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Last week, the leaders of France and the United Kingdom pledged that they would coordinate use of their nuclear weapons to jointly respond to any “...
Shigeru Ishiba’s rise to Japanese prime minister once seemed so unlikely, it felt like a fever dream. Nearly 10 months later, Ishiba has lasted...
U.S. Vice President JD Vance recently tried to cast President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure as a wildly successful...
In the United States, Social Security is often referred to as the "third rail," meaning you touch it at your peril. In Japan, the "third rail" is...
The most recent trade talks between the United States and China in Geneva and London provided little more than temporary relief in the conflict...
There are two key questions that voters will seek answers to in Sunday's Upper House election: The more immediate question is how do we overcome...
Sunday's Upper House vote will be an election of historic significance for the future of Japan. The Japanese Communist Party will do everything in...
“We will protect you from rising prices.” That’s the promise the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) is making to voters in Sunday's...
Japan’s Upper House election Sunday is of exceptional importance, especially because the ruling coalition now holds only a minority in the Lower...
Plenty of contentious issues loom ahead of Sunday’s elections in Japan: A shrinking economy, falling real wages and no trade deal to shield against...
What will be on voters’ minds Sunday when they cast their ballots for the nation’s Upper House election? A recent NHK poll asked that question to...
When American forces carried out airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities last month, the world was shocked that U.S. President Donald Trump, who...
In the weeks since the U.S. attacked the Iranian nuclear program with 30,000-pound "bunker busting” bombs and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles,...
Recent news from Eastern Europe has given us hope for liberal democracy. In Hungary, the largest-ever Budapest gay pride parade defied bans imposed...
Milan is the place to be these days if you’re rich and can stand the pizza. Goldman Sachs Group’s Richard Gnodde, who leads the firm’s businesses...
With Bitcoin reaching new records, it shows more investors are getting swept up in the dream of "being their own bank” via tokens that can be...