Before rushing through a mandate for solar panels in new homes, Tokyo must deal with the costs, damage, recycling, human rights, and other issues it creates.
In the upcoming Upper House election, we should intensely scrutinize pledges made by political parties — that these are not just rhetoric designed to win votes.
The entire Japanese archipelago is undergoing a distinctly active seismic phase — and not just the Noto Peninsula where the recent earthquake swarm continues.
Will candidates for Japan’s Upper House be better than outgoing ones who delayed condemning China’s human rights violations and deciding constitutional reform?
Recent statements from the leaders of France, Germany, and Italy cast some doubts on their commitment to never allow “changes to the status quo by force.”
Implanted microchips link pets and their owners to a national registry for easy tracking in the case of separation, using each animal’s unique ID.
Moscow is issuing Russian passports to Ukrainians in occupied areas, then deporting them to Russia as “refugees," reminiscent of what the Soviet Union did to Japanese...
While absolved by the Supreme Court of responsibility, the Japanese government must carefully explain to the nation why nuclear energy is essential.
General Wei Fenghe warned: “If anyone tries to split Taiwan from China, we will not regret paying any price and fight to the end. That path...
It can no longer rely solely on power conservation. To expand supply, there is an urgent need to restart nuclear power plants whose safety has been...
Japan’s security environment is harsher than NATO’s and the menace is not limited to Russia. Spending more than 2% of GDP is critical for national security.
The only parties opposing bolstering of Japan’s defense capability are China, North Korea, and Russia, that treat international law with undisguised contempt.