The Defense of Japan 2020 annual white paper, released on July 14, expressed a strong sense of caution against China’s moves in the Japanese...
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a decoupling movement, as states try to disentangle their supply chains and political commitments from an increasingly...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday evening, May 25, the lifting of the state of emergency in Tokyo and the remaining prefectures, crediting “the strength...
While the novel coronavirus has rampaged around the world, Japan has avoided an explosion of the infection and contained the virus in the initial...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Thursday evening, May 14, the lifting of the state of emergency in 39 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, two weeks earlier...
Who could have predicted that Japan’s Constitution would be marking its 73rd anniversary, just as the nation is in the midst of a crisis...
Ending days of speculation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially announced on Friday evening, April 17, that the Japanese government had reached the decision to give a...
The Japanese government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Thursday evening, April 16, that the state of emergency will be extended to...
I have written on this subject time and again, but the phrase “Military Comfort Women” was coined long after the war ended. This terminology has...
At 5.45 PM on Tuesday, April 7, Shinzo Abeformally declared a “State of Emergency” to fight the spread of COVID-19. The declaration applies to 2 metropolitan...
Governor Yuriko Koike on Monday evening, April 6, gave residents of the wider Tokyo metropolitan area a preview of what to expect when Prime Minister Shinzo...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Saturday evening, March 28, the inclusion of an economic stimulus package in the new national budget, targeting sectors affected...
