Head of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Center for Civil Liberties, Oleksandra Matviichuk charges Putin with rewarding war atrocities in an exclusive interview.
In Tokyo for the 2022 US-Japan Council meetings, David Yutaka Ige spoke about how his Japanese-American heritage shaped him and his admiration for Shinzo Abe.
Like what it is doing to Ukraine, Russia's occupation of Japan's Northern Territories is a "violation of international law and needs to be resolved," says Ukrainian...
Faced with North Korea's rapid missile development, "We will consider all defense options, including the so-called counterstrike capability," he says.
The Praemium Imperiale advisor talks about the role of art in helping us appreciate our common humanity as aggressive nations threaten to drive the world apart.
Filming an interview with Japan's top ice climber was a challenge for sure, but offered great lessons shared here by action photographer Jason Halayko.
"Tibet is not just a political issue. It is an environmental and livelihood issue too. Ten major rivers of Southeast Asian countries originate from Tibet."
In 2018 the IWC officially shifted the organization’s purpose from whaling management to whale conservation over dozens of objections – and Japan withdrew.
Dr Kato naturally hoped that the IWC would act based on the scientific results of the research. But whales had become a totem of the environmental...
“How much better and stronger can I become from now on? I want to be stronger in terms of expression, technique and physical strength.”
Thunderous one moment and humorous the next, the Indian folk metal band promises: “We’ll change the world together, one song at a time.”
“Even if it seems that society never changes, it does transform anyway. And if we turn back, we can see how things are different now from...