By announcing new investments in Central Asia, Japan is entering a crowded field of competition and must prove the advantages of cooperation with it.

In August this year, Japan hosted the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), attended by many leaders. We engaged in dynamic discussions on how Japan and Africa can create ...

The upcoming C5+Japan Summit offers Tokyo its clearest opportunity in two decades to align its foreign policy with its ...

In October, a tourist from Spain was attacked by a bear in the Gifu Prefecture. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

TOKYO — Japan’s new defense minister has agreed to send troops to help a northern prefecture deal with a surge in bear attacks that have killed or injured dozens of people, a Defense Ministry ...

Tensions are rising fast in East Asia. After Chinese and Russian bombers conducted aggressive military drills near Japan and South Korea, the United States and Japan responded with a powerful show of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asia's economic, trade and policy matters. US, Australia's and Japan's flags on display, along with South Korea's ...

HONG KONG — Less than a week before he was killed, Charlie Kirk was in Asia spreading his conservative and anti-immigration message, making stops in South Korea and Japan, where he urged people to ...

Japan’s defence policy shift — doubling spending, acquiring counterstrike capabilities and loosening arms-export restrictions — is reshaping Southeast Asia’s security landscape. Tokyo’s new official ...

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the military to one badly hit area to set traps. By Javier C. Hernández and Kiuko ...