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Central Asia — encompassing the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — was among the world’s...
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed secretary of health and human services, everyone knew he was capable of doing great damage. He had a long...
U.S. President Donald Trump is fanning the flames of yet another trade war by calling Japan “spoiled” and threatening to hike tariffs to 35%. Yet...
In 1966, the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France, and China not only were the only countries that possessed nuclear...
The consensus after Israel’s 12-day war with Iran seems to be that it ended in humiliation — not just for the Islamic Republic, but also Russia,...
More than a dozen private companies around the world are looking to profit from extreme measures to combat global warming — filling the sky with...
China’s economy today bears an unsettling resemblance to Japan’s in the 1990s, when the collapse of a housing bubble led to prolonged stagnation....
This month, the Japanese public will be going to the ballot boxes to vote for members of Japan’s Upper House. In the past, these elections have...
Ahead of the Upper House elections on July 20, Sanseito, the party I lead, has adopted the slogan “Japanese First” and is fielding candidates in...
Election season is upon us, as voters will take to the polls on July 20 to elect representatives to Japan’s Upper House. Several opposition parties...
From July 6, Rio de Janeiro will host the two-day BRICS Summit of presidents and heads of state. With 10 current member states and many others...
When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek unveiled the open-source large language model DeepSeek-R1 in January, many referred to it as the "AI Sputnik shock...
Life as we know it will probably not come to an end in Japan this weekend. But what if it does? That’s the question consuming a disaster-prone...
China’s unparalleled shipbuilding capacity has the U.S., Japan and its allies — both military and economic — rightly concerned about maritime...
What percentage of gross domestic product should a country be spending on its defense? That question has continued to be at the center of debates...