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Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and others attend a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Sept. 3.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2026
What the ¡®Chinamaxxing¡¯ crowd doesn¡¯t get
When survival and success depend on pleasing the party boss rather than the consumer, honest innovators are weeded out.
A Buddhist monk passes by the Jokhang Temple during a government-organized tour in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, in March 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2026
China¡¯s erasure of Tibet is accelerating
In recent years, the international community has stood idly by while China has systematically eradicated Tibetan culture and identity.
Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui attends the Xinjiang delegation meeting during the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in March 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 14, 2026
China purges third Politburo member in deepening anti-graft drive
Xi Jinping¡¯s yearslong fight to root out corruption has ensnared senior officials of the Communist Party, government and military.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, during a welcoming ceremony before talks at the Kremlin in Moscow in May 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2026
Scarier than fiction: ¡®The Wizard of the Kremlin¡¯ comes to life
The objective is not to promote authoritarianism directly, but to corrode the trust that sustains democratic societies and international cooperation grounded in rule of law.
Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun's poorly received U.S. trip underscored Washington's deep concerns about her China-friendly positions, use of CCP talking points and associations with individuals linked to Beijing's influence networks.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2026
Taiwan KMT opposition leader falls short on U.S. trip
Cheng¡¯s adoption of Chinese Communist Party talking points ¡ª which goes further than any of her predecessors ¡ª has stoked deep concern in Washington.
A giant screen shows Chinese leader Xi Jinping meeting U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing on May 14. China distorts narratives portraying Japan as a military threat while similar dynamics in the U.S. erode truth and accountability.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2026
Defending democracy from the global war on reality
From Beijing to Washington, the very concept of objective truth feels unattainable
China¡¯s one-child policy helped create weak domestic consumption, overwork, youth unemployment and demographic decline, fueling the rise of ¡°lying flat¡± culture ¡ª a threat to the country¡¯s long-term economic sustainability.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2026
Why have China¡¯s young people become so fed up?
Decades of misguided economic policymaking have left China in a demographic hole that it seems incapable of climbing out of.
The West must look beyond caricatures and recognize that China¡¯s aggressive actions are driven by insecurity, misperception and a calculated strategy to manage its rivals.
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2026
To counter China, the West must first understand its phobias
For a regime built on these institutional genes, the ultimate imperative is survival.
A Soviet-made T55 tank is exhibited in front of pictures of the victims of communist dictatorship at the House of Terror Museum in Budapest. The building of the museum was used by the state police until 1956 and its basement was turned into a prison.
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2026
What China will learn from Orban¡¯s defeat
The lesson Mao drew from these events was that under one-party rule, an opening for dissent can easily ignite rebellion.
Demonstrators march past riot police outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing in September 2012. The global media often misrepresents Japan as nationalistic, driven in part by China-backed narratives and unfair stereotypes.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 23, 2026
Falling for Beijing¡¯s anti-Japan propaganda is dangerously naive
This mischaracterization is rooted in Japan¡¯s wartime history, but also shaped by blatant ideological bias and propaganda.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang arrive for the closing session of the Chinese People¡¯s Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 12, 2026
China passes ethnic unity law to advance Xi¡¯s assimilation push
For critics, the law adds to pressure on minorities across the Han Chinese-majority country.
Chow Hang-tung speaks to the media outside Tin Shui Wai Police Station in Hong Kong in March 2021 over activists then being held by the authorities. She now faces an incitement to subversion charge over her role in commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2026
Hong Kong¡¯s democracy fight is also a battle for women¡¯s freedom
Despite gendered repression, smear campaigns and imprisonment by Beijing authorities, women in Hong Kong¡¯s pro-democracy movement continue to lead and resist.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi meet on the sidelines of the 62nd Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2026
In a new Cold War, Japan-U.S. ties grow in importance
After a decade of strategic drift, Washington has finally aligned its resources with the reality Japan has lived with for a generation.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party executive meeting at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2026
Time for Takaichi to tackle Japan¡¯s political taboos
How Takaichi spends her political capital will define her prime ministership, and she may very well be in a position to finally tackle some unresolved voting issues.
China efforts to encourage women to have more babies will have short-lived effects, while coercive measures ¡ª such as bans on contraception and abortion ¡ª would trigger a public backlash.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2026
China¡¯s population rebound faces structural limits
China is widely expected to adopt a range of pronatalist policies in a bid to raise birth rates.
China¡¯s promise of stability is undercut by its tendency toward coercion and control, leaving middle powers still reliant on the U.S. for security and deterrence.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2026
Memo to middle powers: Time for a reality check
Middle powers do not design the system they inhabit. They can maneuver inside it, but they cannot wish away the forces that set the boundaries of that maneuvering.
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda (left) and his Komeito counterpart, Tetsuo Saito, announce their coalition's new name, the Centrist Reform Alliance, at a joint news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 18, 2026
Komeito and CDP form new party, but doubts linger over political viability
The new party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, has an uninspired name and logo, suggesting a rushed and unconvincing partnership.
Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army attend a flag-raising ceremony in Beijing's Tiananmen Square with a portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong displayed on Tiananmen Gate, on Nov. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2025
The secret trial of the general who refused to attack Tiananmen Square
In 1989, Gen. Xu Qinxian defied orders to crush the pro-democracy protests in Beijing. Now, leaked video from his court-martial is on YouTube.
China is advancing a revamped World War II narrative to justify its regional claims while portraying Japan as a threat to the postwar order.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 12, 2025
Is China guardian of the ¡®postwar international order¡¯?
China is advancing a revamped World War II narrative to justify its regional claims while portraying Japan as a threat to the postwar order.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives for a party leaders' debate in the Upper House of parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 26. Takaichi has refused to back down from recent Taiwan-contingency remarks that were fiercely criticized by China.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 11, 2025
China¡¯s heavy-handed attack on Takaichi is backfiring
Japan has never formally accepted that Taiwan is part of the PRC and Taiwan has never, for one day, been under the Communist Party¡¯s control.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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