When Shigeru Ishiba steps into the Prime Minister's Office this week as Japan's new leader, he will be emerging immediately with the challenge of reining in escalating regional tensions.From day…
Animated and welcoming, Dr Ken Weinstein had just returned from a whirlwind trip to Seoul and Tokyo when we caught him on September 9. Earlier in the morning, he had…
Bitter comments are being exchanged as politicians in South Korea wrestle over the relationship with Japan. Members of the main opposition group, the Democratic Party of Korea, or DPK, use…
Yasushi Kaifu has never been to China, and the 15-year-old Tokyo resident does not plan on visiting any time soon.Few of Kaifu's high school friends have ever traveled to China…
US Vice President Kamala Harris will bring continuity to American foreign policy in Asia — including on support for the alliance with Japan and countering China — if the front-runner…