Japan’s Kanji of the Year 2025 is 熊 (bear). Here’s why it won, what it says about Japan.

Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two ...

A new Japan immigration policy plans stricter residency, citizenship and monitoring rules for foreigners—but the changes ...

Yahoo Japan has entered the blogging market launching Yahoo Japan blogs. The move comes following the launch of the Microsoft MSN Spaces service last year and Google’s purhase of Blogger in 2003.

Croatia won the first penalty shootout at the 2022 World Cup to progress to the quarter-finals in Qatar. Japan missed three spot kicks during the shootout while Croatia only missed one. The penalty ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. I am fortunate to participate in projects on Japan or Asia hosted by other experts ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Last week, the Japanese Diet passed a law to begin a comprehensive effort to ...

An 8.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off Japan's northeastern coast, shaking buildings in Tokyo for several minutes and sending people out into the streets. Stay tuned to Japan Real Time for live ...

Compared to a decade ago, before Facebook, Twitter and other social media took over, there aren't as many Japan blogs are there used to be. A few gems still remain. If you're interested in developing ...

I recently fulfilled one of my oldest dreams – to visit Japan. My wife and I spent 3 weeks there – 10 days as part of a tour and 10 days on our own. Japan did not disappoint. It was everything I had ...