Irritated by South Korea's growing ties with the US and Japan, China aims to create discord by exploiting opposition to the release of Fukushima treated water.
The year's most important meeting for science and technology is the Japan-US-South Korea Camp David summit. Here we look at S&T issues that should be featured.
"We have to show China a fighting posture," says General Kunio Orita. "Even from a budgetary standpoint, it's much cheaper to prevent a war by being...
The plan calls for doubling childcare spending by the early 2030s to support families. Here, fathers weigh in on the priorities they'd most like to see...
Repeated missile and other provocations by North Korea were discussed in the July 20 trilateral in Karuizawa and on the agenda for the leaders' August summit.
A deeper connection with the Global South is imperative for Japan, the author argues, to help counter the dependence on China and Russia for economic security.
Building new-style bilateral ties with the Middle East through technical cooperation promotes regional security while advancing Japan's stable energy goals.
Japan must channel this international momentum. North Korea will not budge unless Japan makes a concerted effort to resolve the abductions problem.
Kim Jong Un’s North Korea should learn from the former Soviet Union, once obsessed over military power but collapsed following the defection of its people.
PM Kishida is using his time to push energy alternatives with Middle East leaders, whose countries' oil generates around one-third of Japan's energy needs.
While NATO is engaging with Japan more than ever, postponing a Tokyo liaison office may lead China to conclude that it has little interest in the...
Japan's plan for releasing treated water from Fukushima Daiichi meets international safety standards. China can't say the same about its own tritium releases.