Japan

The BOJ’s bold monetary easing takes Japan into uncharted waters, but won’t be enough on its own.

While N. Korea dominates headlines, the Senkaku islands still loom over East Asia. Could Ban Ki-moon help?

Various news outlets are reporting that President Obama will name Caroline Kennedy U.S. ambassador to Japan.

From provocations coming from North Korea to various island spats, East Asia is rife with hotspots. Could Mongolia play a role?

With talk of an American-EU free trade pact, Japan could also be looking to Europe as well.

Shinji Kagawa becomes the first Asian player to score a hat-trick in the English Premier League.

Can Japan’s economy prosper with new leadership at the Bank of Japan?

“The increasingly inverted structure of Japan’s population pyramid, with fewer young people than old people, means that it will be very difficult to generate the tax revenues necessary to pay for the healthcare needs of the elderly. “

More Japanese football and rugby players are moving to Europe and Oceania. Media frenzies ensue.

There are many reasons why China and Japan won’t go to war. Now is the time to explore how to actively prevent it.

Donald Richie, American writer on Japan, mentor and humanist, has died at 88.

Could the push for a transatlantic free trade agreement overshadow similar efforts in the Asia-Pacific?