Russia and China have been moving to increase their influence on the continent. Japan, having extended assistance to Africa for years, has room to counter this.
Bangladesh is one of the most free-market countries in South Asia and with about 164 million consumers, becoming one of the area's most lucrative marketplaces.
Japan can play a role as a bridge between India and the other G7 countries. Kishida should renew the close ties that former PM Shinzo Abe...
Japanese government aid to India was really to support the refugees from Tibet living there, says the author, while asking why is Japan so secretive about...
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.
Tokyo hopes that, through direct talks with Beijing, it can encourage restraint on the Taiwan situation and China's provocative behavior around the Senkakus.
Huge underwater volcanic explosions at Hunga-Tonga and Hunga-Ha'apai have disrupted communications, transportation and left the island nation without a clean water supply.
As the Philippines rethinks its relationship with China, Japan’s JSDF are poised to help them beef up cooperation to ward off China while contributing to the...
~In Japan's broader world, rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted many countries to demand answers that never came. Japan’s reaction and theirs: seek stronger alliances...
(First of 2 parts) Part 2: [Asia’s Next Page] Indonesia in Tokyo’s Changing Regional Outlook Vietnam, unlike other Southeast Asian partners, occupies a key...
Japan’s 2020 action plan for infrastructure-related exports was revealed in early July, and for the first time it identified Japan’s shipbuilding industries as a...
Japan has lost a lot of ground to China these past 20 years. Japan’s roaring economy used to be the world’s second biggest, after her...
