We need to keep a careful eye on the Biden administration’s Asia policy. China is an authoritarian state bent on maritime expansion.
Any surge in demand for rare metals could result in China, which controls production, expanding its global influence. Development of alternatives is a must for Japan...
'Our message heightens the presence of the multilateral partnership. We are standing together on this with our partners Japan, the United States, Australia and India.' (Admiral...
Notable for the participation of many Japanese startups, the world’s largest consumer electronics show this year featured products and technologies embracing the new normal.
A United Nations research institute is being set up in China that will amass and analyze huge amounts of data from around the world on sustainable...
Sovereign immunity is a bedrock principle of international law, which South Korea trampled upon when a local court ruled that Japan should compensate former ‘comfort women.’
Steps to approve marketing genome-edited tomatoes that help curb hypertension "truly of great significance,” says bioethicist Dr. Tetsuya Ishii.
The entire world has been sitting in a cinema, watching a very bad film without being able to get up. Once the people leave the cinema...
There are many things Japan should do, but in terms of geopolitics I would say two things: prepare to go alone without American support, and find...
Japan in 1989 thought “China will be transformed into a more politically free and open state” after Tiananmen. Instead, the dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party...
Japan makes up for its short history celebrating the Christmas holiday with an abundance of creativity and array of winter illuminations
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