Japan

Japan’s new Kishida government seeks to bolster the national response to cyber threats from China, the country’s largest export market. What could go wrong?      

The situation of technical interns in Japan was already hard. For many, the situation has now become desperate.

Japan-Russia relations look set for a lull under Prime Minister Kishida. But there are good reason to continue economic cooperation in the Russian Far East.

Can Japan achieve the new prime minister’s plan for income doubling and economic security?

A strong earthquake in Tokyo last week put the city’s preparedness for a dreaded megaquake under the spotlight.

In addition to India-Japan exercises, there have been several other naval exercises in the region in recent months involving a growing roster of countries.

Biden needs to put more pressure on Japan to abandon coal.

The new Japanese prime minister will find it a challenge to unite his divided party while also winning the confidence of an increasingly skeptical electorate.

While Kishida retains many of his predecessor's economic policies, his mission to reduce income disparities represents a fresh take on economic security.

The implications of Beijing’s progression from donating vials of the vaccine to setting up production in the continent are hard to ignore, especially for the leaders of the Quad.

Kishida looks likely to maintain a typical Japanese approach to the two Koreas.