OTHER ARTICLES IN OUR ‘JAPAN IN 2020’ SERIES: Japan in 2020: Get Ready for the Geopolitical Olympics Japan in 2020: Foreign and Security Policy From...
In Western culture, we normally think of the New Year as being the one big “hurrah” between the last day of the year and the...
With all the votes tallied, President Tsai Ing-wen has been re-elected president of Taiwan. By a significant margin of 18.5% or 2.65 million votes, the...
The election results show that Taiwanese people are committed to upholding democratic values demonstrated and that Taiwan deserves to be treated fairly by the international community....
United States President Donald Trump, known as a man of self-confident showy displays and a way with intemperate language, has impressively restrained himself beyond all expectations...
The United States drone attack on the Baghdad airport that killed Iranian General Qassem Suleimani was a necessary act of self-defense in response to an...
Dr. James (Jim) Auer, a keen observer of United States-Japan and the Northeast Asia security environment for over half a century, is director of...
As the New Year 2020 begins, Rei (令) – the first character of the Reiwa era (dedicated to Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito) – has been...
According to Vladimir Lenin, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” As Japan moves into the second year of the Reiwa...
As 2019 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan this year, and the stories our...
As 2019 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan this year, and the stories our...
The international community, especially Western countries, are casting a stern eye on the suppression of Tibetan and Uyghur human rights in China, the world’s second...