Here’s a checklist of information sources, essential items, safety gear that a person or family living in Japan should keep handy.
The February earthquake was a wakeup call for disaster prevention, including the social infrastructure to support the people in hard-hit areas.
2020 saw China repeatedly foraying into disputed waters and putting Indo-Pacific nation-states on high-alert. The new law will now authorize China’s maritime militia to use force,...
The 103 sketches for The Great Picture Book of Everything by Hokusai never made it back to Japan, but they did resurface in Europe in June...
Despite COVID-19, the new “living laboratory” smart city project broke ground right on schedule, in full view of Mount Fuji, under the watchful eyes of Toyota...
Climate, health, and economic crises could well trigger societal and political instability, which in turn has the potential to increasingly threaten regional security and stability.
Citizen groups are trying to get Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s paper withdrawn from an upcoming journal, and the South Korean media has initiated an attack on...
Officials hope that clearer rules and a chance to comply voluntarily will make it easier for foreign nationals to live and work within their visa limits...
Pointing to China’s “systematic attempt to destroy Uyghurs,” Tomomi Shimizu implored, “Japan must not just regard the oppression as something that is happening far away.”
Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori took responsibility for his derogatory statement. Isn’t it time for the West to do the same for the distorted picture it...
Japan’s Emperor has gone online to stay connected with people in the regions: “I am grateful for everyone’s efforts...to stop the pandemic from spreading.”
Those who dislike Harvard Law Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s scholarly interpretation — that comfort women were voluntary employees under contract — have failed to cite any...
