Posters in Tokyo’s enormous Shinjuku railway station are normally used for advertising commodities like cosmetics and food, as well as new films. But occasionally...
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A recent public opinion poll taken by Japan’s left-leaning Asahi Shimbun newspaper indicates that US President Donald Trump’s excessive tariffs, disruptive foreign policy and...
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is heading to Japan. This visit needs to be more than cordial meetings reaffirming the US-Japan alliance...
South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile was in Tokyo last week for meetings with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi and...
In a race similar to the Anglo-German naval buildup before World War I, the US, Japan and China are gearing up to build large,...
Eight years ago, the United States had a new president, Donald Trump. This writer wrote some advice for the then-new ambassador headed to Japan...
TOKYO – Even before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Japan is experiencing something of an economic reckoning that government officials seem to...
They’re back. After a hiatus earlier in the new century, Western private equity firms are increasingly targeting Japan for their Asian investment strategies. And the Japanese...
In the post-apocalyptic horror film “A Quiet Place” survivors try, by being completely quiet, to escape from blind alien invaders who possess an acute...
TOKYO — In 2024, Japan Inc’s foreign direct investment into the US hit a record high of US$77.3 billion amid efforts to hedge against...
