East Asia

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be keen to tout Japan’s untapped labor force, but will he go beyond the rhetoric?

The recent toughening of Beijing’s policy on North Korea is a case study of how policy decisions get made within the Chinese government.

Xi Jinping may have grabbed the APEC Summit limelight, but China still needs to resolve some foreign policy questions.

They are likely to headline China’s new economic reforms. But they cannot be pursued in isolation.

Japan’s security policies are widely misunderstood. With some better prioritizing, Abe could help correct that.

When it comes to the East China Sea, it might be time to step back and look at the bigger picture.

Importing natural gas from the U.S. could give Japan the energy security it seeks.

Mixed-race individuals and their families seek acceptance in a homogeneous Japan.

The country’s space program will need sweeping reform before that happens.

Despite talk of an emerging China-Russia alliance, Moscow fears growing Chinese dominance in the east.

The Diplomat takes a look in pictures at Japan’s recovery from the March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

For years the Iran factor in North Korea’s ballistic missile program has been hiding in the open.