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Japanese biologist Tomitaro Makino believed that “there is no such thing as a weed.” Instead, he insisted that the label depends on the larger...
Ten years ago, Australia’s main stock exchange decided its future lay in a radical shift to clearing and settling share trades using the blockchain....
At 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945, the morning rush had begun in Hiroshima. Streetcars rattled through the city, office workers settled at their desks and...
As the U.S. relationship with some traditional allies fractured during the second Trump administration, ties with Tokyo have only improved. Now, after...
If there was a coordinated attempt across the Pacific to strengthen the yen, then the Bank of Japan was the weakest link. Whatever happened with...
RABAT – What is the most reliable development path for an increasingly fragmented global economy? China and India, the world’s two most populous...
When more than 500 Rohingya were feared drowned in the Bay of Bengal last month, foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
Artificial intelligence is already transforming warfare, whether it’s waged by missile, drone or satellite; on land or sea, or in the air, space or...
It’s the movie event of the summer: A spectacle in which our protagonist journeys to mysterious islands, encountering monsters and sirens, and...
A thoughtful essay by a Japanese author, circulated anonymously within a private discussion group to which I belong, captured a sentiment many people...
Not for the first time since he began a six-week war with Iran five months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump finds himself stuck. He told the world...
At the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada repeatedly emphasized that his nation is undertaking a...
At a gathering of central bankers recently in Basel, Switzerland, Harvard University economist Gita Gopinath presented some unsettling data about...
Iran has launched large numbers of one-way attack drones costing only thousands of dollars each into the Persian Gulf, complicating operations for...
I’m a doom scroller — I wrote “Peak Japan,” remember? — so I’ve been captivated by “Europe 2031,” a speculative future history that...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s disclosure recently that Russia is seeking as many as 30,000 additional North Korean troops — nearly...
U.S. President Donald Trump made a highly unusual diplomatic move this week. His July 28 meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi styles herself after Margaret Thatcher, who famously was not for turning. But successful long-term governing sometimes...
Donald Trump has waded into the furor over his administration’s reported, but as yet unpublished, nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, posting on Truth...
In a step forward, Japan is strengthening Japanese-language education for children with foreign backgrounds. Schools and municipalities are expanding...
GENEVA/LONDON – In a recent New York Times essay, Northeastern University psychology professor David DeSteno posed a provocative question: Can...
As America’s congressional midterm campaigns gather momentum, politicians from both parties will once again court Indian-American voters, donors and...
Just 18 months into his second term and with the U.S. midterm elections approaching, U.S. President Donald Trump has generated a remarkable number of...
Fresh off the recent All-Star break, Major League Baseball took aim at artificial intelligence. As the season resumed, clubs were barred from using AI...
SEOUL – Global imbalances are again dominating international economic debates and with good reason. Large and persistent imbalances often end badly,...
When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visited Australia in May, she brought her host a gift chosen with diplomatic care: Crown Melons from...
It’s rare these days to hear a dictator openly admit he won’t bother holding elections. Even the world’s most brutal authoritarian regimes...
CHICAGO – As the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in the opening wave of U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in February, drew to a...
MELBOURNE – The inaugural Enhanced Games, held in Las Vegas in May, allowed participating athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs. The Games’...
At a wedding, rigidity usually means keeping everyone vertical as the drinks start to flow. In Japan, it also describes a growing problem with the...
Ten years after Japan’s deadliest mass stabbing, one of the survivors of the brutal attack at the Tsukui Yamayuri-en residential facility has become...
Authoritarian regimes often project strength. But history suggests the opposite: Systems built on fear and political loyalty ultimately undermine the...
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut – For generations, the United States distinguished itself not simply by its wealth or military power, but by offering...
One of the world’s current hottest commodities is in the midst of a huge disruption. It may sound like I’m talking about oil and the blockade of...
Of all the culture-war flash points that could become political wedge issues, you might think “don’t waste energy” would be toward the bottom of...
Ten months ago, Nepal’s Generation Z helped bring down a prime minister, then swept a new government into office on promises of accountability and...
Corruption isn’t a new problem in Indonesia, but a spate of recent scandals is threatening an already fragile investment climate at a time when the...
This month marked 18 months since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump. From contentious tariff negotiations and remarks hinting at U.S....
At the risk of turning myself into a pariah, I don’t think money in politics is a problem. Voters on the right and left don’t seem to agree on...
CANNES, France – The Gulf ceasefire lasted barely three weeks. After Iranian attacks on three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the United...
On July 17, Japan’s parliament enacted the first major substantive revision to the Imperial House Law in nearly eight decades. To address a...
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Francis Fukuyama’s 1990s end-of-history thesis was the last big narrative that united the liberal-democratic West. Western...
In 2011, Japan’s Ministry of Finance unveiled Kokusai-sensei, a mascot whose smiling face is made from the first kanji character in the Japanese...
“The United States is respected as never before.” U.S. President Donald Trump has confidently repeated that assertion since his first term in...
Pity the poor British teen as they try to work out what they’re legally allowed (and not allowed) to do as they enter adulthood. They can get...
As the White House keeps roiling the topmost organization in the American espionage hierarchy, questions have resurfaced that date back to the...
Japan has no shortage of cultural influence. It has a shortage of ownership. That distinction is becoming harder to ignore. The Cool Japan Fund, the...
Japan is stepping up its role in global offshore wind, committing billions to projects abroad even as its domestic sector struggles to keep pace. In...
SpaceX’s willingness to blow stuff up and learn from the failures has propelled it from a cash-strapped startup to one of the world’s most...
With the yen recently falling to 40-year lows, a key question is what will force the Bank of Japan to become more aggressive. It is unlikely to be the...
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