Older adults may find learning new languages challenging, but recent research shows the effort itself provides significant ...

This paper examines Japan's vulnerability to foreign influence and proposes legislative measures, drawing lessons from the UK, the US and Australia. The Policy Research Council of the Liberal ...

Two weeks after she asserted that a military threat to Taiwan would spur military intervention by Japan, commentators continue to ask themselves what on earth Sanae Takaichi, the country’s new leader, ...

THE Japanese occupation lasted from 1942 to 1945 — a stark reminder of what happens when our country falls under a foreign power. When the Japanese imperial forces entered Manila in January 1942 and ...

Japan’s bond market has long been a bastion of calm, often ignored by global investors except as a source of cheap funding. That complacency was challenged this week. A surge in demand at a 30-year ...

Sanae Takaichi (2nd R, front) attends the extraordinary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo, Japan, Oct 21, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] In 1938, as China reeled from the Chinese People's War of ...

WHEN JAPAN and China feuded over a set of disputed islands in 2010, China deployed a novel weapon. It imposed an unofficial ban on exports of rare earths, minerals used in everything from cars to ...

The Chinese Communist Party is putting the squeeze on Japan to punish its new Prime Minister for telling the truth. Asked in Parliament on Nov. 7, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi explained that an ...

Review & Outlook: Likening the global threat level to that of 1939, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveils reforms to the Pentagon acquisition process that will ‘rebuild the defense industrial ...

As Europe races to bullet-proof its supply of the obscure minerals that keep its economy running and its jets in the air, it’s turning to an unlikely coach: resource-poor, crisis-hardened Japan.

Japanese proverbs, or kotowaza, are short, poetic reflections shaped by centuries of culture, philosophy, and everyday wisdom. These sayings offer powerful insights into human nature, perseverance, ...