At issue is not only the future of one of Japan’s most recognizable retail giants, but also the extent to which Tokyo’s economic nationalism will prevent majority foreign ownership of Japanese ...

When Westerners started to arrive in Japan in the mid-nineteenth century, they were full of admiration for the Japanese custom of daily bathing, which they saw as a mark of cleanliness and hygiene.

That's the marketing message of Sanseito, a new right-wing populist party in Japan known for its stance against immigrants and coronavirus measures as well as calls for rewriting the postwar ...

The rise of family-owned conglomerates marks a significant transformation in global business, moving from the periphery to ...

This episode explores how the Meiji Restoration propelled Japan from a feudal society into a modern imperial power. Through a series of sweeping military, political, and economic reforms, Japan ...

Shinto, once an unwritten tradition rooted in nature, shrines, and ancestral worship, wasn’t always classified as a “religion.” This video traces how Japan’s native spiritual practice was reshaped ...

A Japanese steel giant now owns U.S. Steel thanks to President Donald Trump. Nippon Steel’s $14.9-billion acquisition of U.S.

WILLIAM HURST is Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development and Co-Director of the Centre for Geopolitics at the University ...

Trump has long questioned the value of U.S. membership in NATO, an alliance he’s cast as a drain on American resources.

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, ...

Internationally, Taiwan is mostly celebrated for its success in building a liberal political system despite the persistent ...

On this toasty summer day, I suggest that words such as “liberal” and “conservative” have become confused, misused, and overused to the degree that they are useless and meaningless — particularly ...