Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a two-thirds supermajority in the lower house, demonstrating the viability of a migration politics grounded in demographic realism and ...

Just last week the Chinese firm Moonshot AI released its latest open-weight model, Kimi K2.5, which came close to top proprietary systems such as Anthropic’s Claude Opus on some early benchmarks. The ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ‘s governing party secured a two-thirds supermajority in parliamentary elections, Japanese media reported, citing preliminary results. The ...

Progress on corporate governance in Asia has been uneven in part because it has relied on the zeal of politicians and ...

Sanae Takaichi’s governing coalition could win more than two-thirds of the 465-seat lower house, NHK public broadcaster ...

A broad coalition of over 50 civil society organizations, North Korean defectors, and overseas compatriots officially ...

China placed wide-ranging restrictions on critical exports to Japan this week, escalating a standoff between Beijing and Tokyo that is echoing throughout the region and beyond. China’s Ministry of ...

A new Japanese supermarket is opening in the Bay Area. Tokyo Central will open its first East Bay location in Emeryville. The store offers a range of imported Japanese foods, made-to-order and ...

China has banned exports of dual-use items to Japan that can be used for military purposes, according to a commerce ministry statement on Tuesday, Beijing's latest move in reaction to an early ...

China has banned exports of some rare earth elements and other items to Japan that could be used for military purposes, straining already tense relations between the two countries following the ...

In context: Most modern games are designed for a global audience, often including English localization, a sharp contrast to older releases that remained Japan-only. Some hidden Japanese gems still ...

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber on Dec. 10, 2025. (Japan's Ministry of Defense/AP) Japan is barreling forward with efforts to ...