As relations worsen between Japan and South Korea, Tokyo Review's editors discuss the reasons for the dispute - and what kind of...
Shinzo Abe is Japan's most powerful post-war Prime Minister - but the real story isn't his dominance, it's how little he's been...
Kenneth Pyle's recent book on U.S.-Japan relations raises, but fails to entirely answer, important questions about the American role in democratising Japan.
Japan's free trade agreement with the EU, covering 30% of the global economy, begins on February 1st - what are the implications...
Civilians killed in war are the subject of complex competing narratives - some promoted by parties as diverse as global superpowers and...
The short answer to the question of what the U.S. midterm elections mean for Japan is “very little.” This might seem surprising...
Japan's opposition leader Yukio Edano met with Bernie Sanders in Washington - but how successful can a "Sanders-style" movement in Japan actually...
August 15 marks 73 years since Japan surrendered. The hostilities initiated by Japan since 1937 killed over 30 million – a staggering...
Feeble new legislation will do little to solve Japan's chronic overwork problem - a change in attitudes and a focus on productivity...
A nasty tackle by a Nihon University American Football player made headlines last week - but the problems it reflects are endemic...
As Japan takes on a more proactive leadership role in Asia, the country finds itself facing a dilemma familiar to other liberal...
Shinzo Abe returns to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President Donald Trump this week - but the high-level summit is unlikely to provide...