On October 21, Japan’s new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, formed her Cabinet. The political environment surrounding Japan has grown increasingly challenging, forcing the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP ...

For the past decade, Japan’s foreign policy has been organized around a strategic purpose: promote and defend the international rules-based order. Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and his successors, ...

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 ...

Following methanol poisoning warnings from the UK Foreign Office (FCDO) this week, prospective travellers may be questioning the safety of drinking alcohol in Japan. The FCDO added methanol poisoning ...

As the United States rethinks its role in the international order it has championed since the end of World War II, Japan is on the frontlines of the challenge to rules-based commerce and diplomacy.

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With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday. By Martin Fackler Reporting from ...

Japan's government has launched a task force to deal with concerns about an uptick in foreign nationals living there. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi ...