Economists and legal experts question how the strongest economy in the world can be facing a national emergency over the ...

Having awoken Thursday to news of a long-awaited and long-feared new U.S. tariff regime, key American allies in East Asia ...

Japan’s politics are in flux. With the LDP losing ground and voter behavior evolving, political expert Tobias Harris dissects ...

Rice prices and inflation are putting pressure on Ishiba’s minority government.

Japan’s parliament, the Diet, voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been ...

Japan’s commitment to ESG principles remains steadfast, even as major economies diverge in their approaches. While the United ...

An authoritarian regime is a type of government system where power is restricted in the hands of a single leader or a group, ...

Japan's parliament passed the budget for fiscal 2025 on Monday, the day before the new financial year starts, after Prime ...

Authoritarian states increasingly use persuasive narratives to shape public opinion in democracies. A new study finds that Japanese voters are broadly susceptible to illiberal narratives from China ...

Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder ...

The Japanese government passed a record defense budget in 2024, in line with its commitment to increase its defense spending to two percent of its GDP by 2027. The country’s new prime minister, ...