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I cannot recall a New Year holiday during which I felt less at ease than the one that ushered in 2026. Even in the opening days of the year, anti-...
The world can’t get enough of Japan. The feeling isn’t exactly mutual. Amid a surge in arrivals of both migrants and tourists, Prime Minister Sanae...
Just three months ago, in October, Japan saw two historic firsts: Sanae Takaichi became the nation's first female prime minister and Satsuki...
Russia’s patriotic bloggers and war correspondents — the group most supportive of the country’s “special military operation” in Ukraine —...
Iranians have taken to the streets to protest the collapse of the country’s currency and surging inflation, with many calling for an end to the...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reportedly hates the summer. "It’s a state secret,” Koichi Hagiuda, a senior figure in the ruling Liberal...
In recent weeks, two seemingly unrelated developments have cast a revealing light on how central bank independence is understood in Japan. The...
The art of diplomacy with rising powers demands more than goodwill. It requires strategic literacy, carefully cultivated leverage and the...
Tokyo has displayed admirable restraint in the face of Beijing’s outbursts over the past two months. When China signaled a 40% cut in tourists to...
Hours after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on a snowy Minnesota street, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he’d been worried just such...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may have found her answer to the question of how she legislates despite minority control of the government: Get more...
The protests that erupted in Tehran on December 28 and quickly spread across Iran were triggered by a specific grievance: the collapse of the...
There’s an enticing way to rationalize this month’s extraordinary events in Caracas. It means the return to Spheres of Influence, rather than a...
It is not too dramatic to say that Japan has only 12 years left to secure its future. By 2038, Chinese President Xi Jinping will be 85 years old....