Two weeks after she asserted that a military threat to Taiwan would spur military intervention by Japan, commentators continue to ask themselves what on earth Sanae Takaichi, the country’s new leader, ...

THE Japanese occupation lasted from 1942 to 1945 — a stark reminder of what happens when our country falls under a foreign power. When the Japanese imperial forces entered Manila in January 1942 and ...

While many young Singaporeans can only dream of studying abroad thanks to sky-high rent and international tuition fees, 24-year-old Sabrina has managed to make it a reality — and keep it affordable.

WHEN JAPAN and China feuded over a set of disputed islands in 2010, China deployed a novel weapon. It imposed an unofficial ban on exports of rare earths, minerals used in everything from cars to ...

The Chinese Communist Party is putting the squeeze on Japan to punish its new Prime Minister for telling the truth. Asked in Parliament on Nov. 7, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi explained that an ...

Review & Outlook: Likening the global threat level to that of 1939, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveils reforms to the Pentagon acquisition process that will ‘rebuild the defense industrial ...

As Europe races to bullet-proof its supply of the obscure minerals that keep its economy running and its jets in the air, it’s turning to an unlikely coach: resource-poor, crisis-hardened Japan.

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Taking a defensive posture by lying face down when encountering a bear can prevent serious injuries, according to a new Japanese study. Japan had a record number of fatal encounters this year as nine ...

One of my favourite social psychology/social cognition studies is what I have come to refer to as the trick-or-treat study. Specifically, I’m talking about the research conducted by Diener and ...

The Iowa State Japanese Association offers free Japanese lessons every Tuesday night, providing students with a chance to learn the basics of the language and interact with native speakers. Held in ...

Post World War II, architects like Kenzo Tange pioneered a new blend of tradition with modernism, sparking the influential Metabolist movement of the 1960s that imagined cities as organic, adaptable ...