Japan and the United Kingdom signed on October 23 an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which “opens a clear pathway” to the latter’s membership in...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
In 2019, the Japanese government announced that it would invite Chinese President Xi Jinping to Japan for an official state visit. It was a...
To overcome the global pandemic, it is imperative for the international community to swiftly develop vaccines and drug treatments for COVID-19, and make them freely...
I distinctly remember feeling a chill of horror. I had never experienced anything like it in my 30 years of being a reporter. ...
Global companies cannot exit China. Nor can people suddenly stop buying goods which are made in China, or which contain critical components manufactured there. ...
Two months after Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, on August 14, 1941, the heads of government of the United States and the United Kingdom...
Who could have predicted that Japan’s Constitution would be marking its 73rd anniversary, just as the nation is in the midst of a crisis...
Human rights in Asia, highlighted in the 2019 coverage of the treatment of Uighurs and democracy protests in Hong Kong, have been overwhelmed this year...
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...
Hong Kong invoked the “Emergency Regulations Ordinance” on October 4, placing broad emergency powers in the hands of the chief executive of this special administrative region...
Second of Two Parts (Part 1: INTERVIEW | Gordon Chang: U.S., China Have Reached Tipping Point) The respected American scholar on Asian affairs Gordon...
