As the G7 Hiroshima Summit came to a close, a key country in the focus of G7 leaders was China, including its economic opportunism and aggression.
Hours ahead of the G7 Summit's kickoff on May 19, PM Fumio Kishida held bilateral meetings with Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, and Giorgia Meloni.
Through four female protagonists, Mayu Nakamura explores COVID's impact on Japan, delving into themes of loneliness and societal pressures imposed on women.
At the 25th Far East Film Festival, renowned actress Chieko Baisho received the Golden Mulberry Award for her outstanding contribution to Japanese cinema.
Based in Tokyo for more than 40 years, Pio d'Emilia was a reporter who loved his job more than anything else. This passion brought him to...
Two cities have come up with innovative ways to advertise their Instaworthy townscapes to residents looking for a forever home.
“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...
What is necessary for the modern age and the future is to look not for the material, but for something immaterial that “resonates in people's hearts.”
Recent statements from the leaders of France, Germany, and Italy cast some doubts on their commitment to never allow “changes to the status quo by force.”
They share the concern that China might be plotting to use force to annex Taiwan and change the status quo in the East China Sea and...
The Japanese PM and British PM Boris Johnson agreed at his last stop that “security in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions is indivisible.”
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