Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

Although many Japanese continue to view the United States as their primary security provider and closest ally, some segments of the population have expressed growing discontent and unease regarding ...

A senior Japanese national security official confirmed with a French foreign policy adviser that both nations would cooperate toward realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific, ahead of Emmanuel Macron ’s ...

Through these narratives, the Diaoyu Islands are deliberately portrayed as "a space of long-term actual Japanese livelihood and management". In operational logic, this method bears close similarity to ...

Among the many issues that helped propel Sanae Takaichi to power as Japan’s first female prime minister this fall, perhaps none is more politically charged or more important to Japan’s long-term ...