As the United States rethinks its role in the international order it has championed since the end of World War II, Japan is on the frontlines of the challenge to rules-based commerce and diplomacy.

Policies regarding foreigners, such as accepting refugees and workers from abroad as well as inbound tourists, have become ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces significant foreign policy challenges just days after taking office ...

There are roughly 200 Trinidadians and Tobagonians scattered across Japan’s 47 prefectures—just enough to fit inside two ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has made addressing issues related to foreign nationals one of her key policy agendas.

The U.S. has a trade deal with the Asian nation, but the Japan Mobility Show demonstrates the market still isn't buying what ...

Takaichi will likely seek to follow the Abe line, but domestic politics (and the U.S.) may constrain her choices.

Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith discusses the country’s historic election of its first female prime minister, her politics ...

President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will. He has used them in an unprecedented way, not only as the underpinning of his economic ...

Sanae Takaichi has voiced anti-immigrant policies at a time when Japan’s population continues to fall, threatening economic ...

Trump’s return to Asia has been markedly different in tone, if not in intent. After years of deriding allies as “freeloaders” ...

Japan’s new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, outlined an ambitious vision for Japan’s economy and security in her first policy ...