Where is Prime Minister Kishida’s sense of urgency? All celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the normalization of ties with Beijing should be canceled.
Approximately one thousand people gathered at the Nippon Budokan on a sweltering August day to commemorate the end of the Second World War in Japan.
“It’s just amazing. I just can’t believe it,” said the 17-year-old Baba, who captured the title by the largest margin since 1961.
Over seventy-five years later, the concept and realities of nuclear warfare are still as unfathomable and horrifying as ever but deserve our attention nonetheless. For this...
Learning from Justice Radhabinod Pal, the WWII victors and vanquished must unite to preserve the world from the plague of China and Russia’s neocolonialism.
Prime Minister Kishida must now address China’s belligerence, constitutional reform, and other priorities that affect the whole nation.
“Japan’s efforts on the SDGs range from innovative technologies to traditional ways of protecting the environment that are just waiting to be rediscovered,” – Managing Editor,...
What’s the debate in Japan, and what’s trending? The Week is a podcast that sets out to help you stay informed on news, culture, music and...
The war games simulation in Tokyo used scenarios “so timely as to be frightening,” and well within the range of possibilities.
The deplorable attack on Rushdie is reminiscent of the fatal stabbing of Igarashi, the first translator to bring out his most famous book into Japanese.
A pair of Diamond League victories and a bronze medal at the world championships serve notice of Kitaguchi’s rise to stardom.
It’s not just money that is lacking. Successful development of medical therapeutics in Japan ー including vaccines ー takes transparency and ethical policies.
