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First Female Prime Minister Expected To Shift Japan to the Right

Rebeka Kis October 4, 2025

The leader of the right-wing Liberal Democrats pledges a tough approach to migration and tighter controls on foreign nationals.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi (R) inspects the Interim Storage Facility site where soil contaminated by the 2011 nuclear accident is being managed and treated, in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on February 19, 2025.

Japan Rethinks Use of Nuclear Power to Achieve Climate Goals

TEC News / AFP July 22, 2025

After the 2011 tsunami, the nation shut down all of its nuclear reactors.

The radar system of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's Type 052D guided-missile destroyer Zhanjiang (165)

Japan Sounds Alarm on China’s Military Aggression

TEC News / AFP July 15, 2025

Beijing’s airspace incursion and war games near Japan prompt Tokyo to brand China its greatest strategic threat.

A Silent Counterrevolution: The Nippon Kaigi in Japan

Leonardo Rivalenti November 19, 2024

Nippon Kaigi is leading a movement to enlarge the role of the emperor and reaffirm a conservative nationalism.

Sumo and the Sublime

Carlos Perona Calvete October 16, 2023

If we consider the origin myth of sumo, we may reflect on how the war between the celestial and earthly realms was tamed by the sport and turned into an arena structured by higher principles.

G7 in Japan: Finger Wagging at Russia and China

Tristan Vanheuckelom April 19, 2023

Apart from Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Beijing’s increasingly muscular position on its claim to Taiwan and the South China Sea is bringing the G7 considerable anxiety.

Russian Naval Exercises in Pacific Grate on Tokyo

Tristan Vanheuckelom April 19, 2023

Russia’s naval drills coincided with a visit by Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who said that military cooperation between Russia and China was “developing very well.”

Japan Splits With U.S Sanctions on Russian Oil Purchases

Thomas O'Reilly April 4, 2023

Japan has struggled to wean itself off Russian energy imports and made the decision with the prior approval of the United States.

Japanese PM Pledges $5.5 Billion Financial Aid for Ukraine

Tamás Orbán February 21, 2023

Two-thirds of Japanese believe in supporting Ukraine, even if that’s economically harmful to them, as PM Kishida vows to ramp up financial aid.

Yale Professor Considers ‘Mass Suicide’ for Japan’s Elderly

Tristan Vanheuckelom February 18, 2023

Backtracking on his earlier statements, Japan’s celebrity academic argued that terms like “mass suicide” and “mass seppuku” were intended as “abstract metaphors.”

Tag: Japan

First Female Prime Minister Expected To Shift Japan to the Right

Japan Rethinks Use of Nuclear Power to Achieve Climate Goals

Japan Sounds Alarm on China’s Military Aggression

A Silent Counterrevolution: The Nippon Kaigi in Japan

Sumo and the Sublime

G7 in Japan: Finger Wagging at Russia and China

Russian Naval Exercises in Pacific Grate on Tokyo

Japan Splits With U.S Sanctions on Russian Oil Purchases

Japanese PM Pledges $5.5 Billion Financial Aid for Ukraine

Yale Professor Considers ‘Mass Suicide’ for Japan’s Elderly

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