The world must pressure Russia to release US journalist Evan Gershkovich. It’s unacceptable to charge him with espionage while doing normal reporting work.
In an emotional speech at the award ceremony, novelist Touma Aisaka laments the current situation in Ukraine.
In a historic address to the Japanese parliament, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanks Japan for being the first Asian country to stand up for Ukraine.
Beijing may reckon it has underestimated Western backbone, the difficulties of seizing Taiwan, cost as measured in lives, economic and reputational harm to China.
The Putin administration, using its toughened media controls, has Russian media broadcasting stories to increase bias against Japan in the Northern Territories dispute.
Some Western politicians have been suggesting that unless the world stands up to Russia, it could give China a chance to expand its influence in Asia,...
All indications are there: massing troops, controlling strategic resources, creating obligations owed to it by neighbors.
There is now a real concern that China is moving away from merely “theoretical talk” about enforcing unification with Taiwan to actually contemplating and planning military...