Japan will evacuate “by every means” its nationals who are in Wuhan City, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus in China’s Hubei province. This was...
Anticipation is building for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, which take place in the approaching summer. Yet, once again, political propaganda aimed at...
Japan, having entered the Reiwa Era from May 2019, must resolve important, difficult challenges involving national fundamentals, one by one. In contrast to the 30-year...
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The Middle East situation has remained very tense due to a standoff between the United States and Iran. Under the circumstances, the need for dispatching...
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his counterpart South Korean President Moon Jae In: “The quantity of radioactive substances in treated water released at Fukushima...
The author looks at studies of the political affiliations of American university professors to understand their academic bias.
As the New Year 2020 begins, Rei (令) – the first character of the Reiwa era (dedicated to Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito) – has been...
According to Vladimir Lenin, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” As Japan moves into the second year of the Reiwa...
As 2019 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan this year, and the stories our...
Shinzo Abe became Japan’s longest-serving top political leader in the nation’s post-war history on November 20, having served for a total of 2,887 days. What...
The Japanese government has to speak out on human rights in China. The publication of internal Chinese government documents on the ongoing suppression of...