While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.

The growing accessibility of online fund-raising tools, including crowdfunding, has led Japanese political parties to ...

Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over ...

Diplomatic crises often change the stakes for each, and for the Japanese, the consequences of this crisis are multifaceted.

China and Japan’s diplomatic spat shows no sign of an immediate offramp even as the leadership of a Japanese political party ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has won the catchphrase of the year for her pledge to “work, work, work, work and work” for the country.

Opposition parties criticized the political reform bills, with a Komeito lawmaker calling one of them 'totally unacceptable.' ...

Yuta Kato says he is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the streets near his work in Tokyo's upscale Ginza district or distracting ...

Japanese voters delivered a stinging rebuke to the country’s longtime ruling party in elections Sunday, plunging the world’s fourth largest economy into a rare period of political uncertainty. Japan’s ...

The U.S. trade deal will further support improving economic fundamentals in Japan, which underpin our constructive equity positioning on the country. As we highlighted in our analysis last month, ...

Lately, Japan’s extreme weather – record-breaking heat followed by flash floods – seems to parallel the extremes in national politics. Japan’s ruling party may be preparing to elect a new leader, but ...

For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the Confucian notion of personal sacrifice for the good of the family – and that has extended to their names. Encouraged by a sexual ...