Did Kim Yo Jong offer to accept Kishida's visit to North Korea on the condition that the abductions issue would not become a stumbling block? Here's...
A man of enormous political force, Daisaku Ikeda expanded Soka Gakkai globally and created a political party that has strongly influenced Japan's China policy.
To normalize relations between Japan and South Korea, the Seoul government must also admit and explain the 2018 South Korean radar lock-on of a Japan SDF...
The Xi Jinping dictatorship has become absolute. What does that mean to Japan, and how will it affect Tokyo's economic and security policy choices?
Japan spent over $24 billion USD in foreign aid to China to foster relations and spread democracy. Instead, the massive aid helped create a monster.
PM Kishida says his administration will do its utmost to return all abductees soonest. North Korea mocks him, launching a ballistic missile over Japan.
Amicable relations with a stable Beijing has proved a fantasy. In fact, Tokyo needs to conduct a wholesale reframing of our relations with that country.
China’s former Foreign Minister Qian Qichen says in a book: “Japan was the weakest link in the western nations’ united front on sanctions on China.” Japan...
U.S. cooperation and pressure from international society are essential to force North Korea to settle the longstanding problem of abductions, and Mr. Nikai should not be...
