Special Reports
[Bookmark] An Interview with Tony Blair on How Japan and the West Should Engage China
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching
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After Hong Kong, Tokyo Could Be the Next Asian Financial Hub. Is Japan Ready?
China’s imposition of a draconian new security law on Hong Kong is a game changer. Thought crimes, such as […]
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EDITORIAL | At G7 Forum, Abe Should Raise China’s Hong Kong Suppression Law As Top Priority
A May 28 vote by the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber stamp parliament, paves the way for a […]
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To Confront China After Coronavirus, We Must See the Bigger Picture
In a popular movie two decades ago, hard-eyed criminals released into Sydney a woman infected with a virus, knowing [&
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EDITORIAL | Japan Should Join Countries Demanding Probe into China’s Wuhan Lab
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has been ramping up criticism against China’s Xi Jinping ad
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To Protect the Future, Hold China to Account
In the winter of 2002–2003, the deadly SARS coronavirus exploded out of China’s “wet-blood” wildlife markets. SARS infec
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Why Protest, China? The Term ‘Wuhan Virus’ Came from Beijing, Not Elsewhere
‘Wuhan virus sees Olympic football qualifiers moved — Xinhua’ Consider the above headline used by the official Chine
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Why ‘Wuhan Virus’ is the Appropriate Name for this Pandemic
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world and cause pneumonia and other complications among vuln
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EDITORIAL | Japan Out of Step with the West on Beijing’s Human Rights Abuses
The Japanese government has to speak out on human rights in China. The publication of internal Chinese government [
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Japan ‘An Anchor of Stability’ for Allies, Says Danish Ambassador
“I call Japan ‘an anchor of stability,’” said Freddy Svane, the Kingdom of Denmark’s ambassador to Japan, in [&helli
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A Weakened Britain is the Number One Target for Chinese Business
There was amazement in London when Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson was summoned to Number Ten Downing Street and as
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Why China Wants U.S. Forces Out of the Korean Peninsula
(Conclusion) Part 1: Who Benefitted from the Trump-Kim Summit? Xi Jinping and China China has […]