Japan’s latest confrontation with China was as a quiet signal on a radar screen. On Monday, a drone believed to be Chinese crossed the narrow band of airspace between Taiwan and Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island.…
Japan’s latest clash with China did not unfold in a press conference or a televised speech, but in the quiet, formal language of letters filed at the United Nations. Beijing went first. Tokyo answered. And…
Netflix’s live-action One Piece was never supposed to work this well. That was the quiet consensus among critics, fans, and even parts of the industry right up until the moment the series dropped in 2023…
China and Japan have argued over Taiwan before, but this time the disagreement has traveled farther and hardened faster than most diplomats expected. What began as a brief parliamentary remark in Tokyo has now surfaced…
Japan and China have been here before, circling each other with wary eyes and long memories, but the latest collision over Taiwan has a sharper edge than usual. What began as a statement in a…
Japan’s decision to quietly press a Chinese diplomat in Osaka to return home reflects how the political weather in Northeast Asia has shifted. What might once have been handled through back-channel conversations has now become…
A fully digitized record of the Nuremberg trials is now online, opening one of the most consequential legal archives of the 20th century to anyone with an internet connection. The launch coincides with the 80th…
Japan’s recent fires have pulled an old fear back into the present. Fire shaped the country’s early cities and has always lingered at the edge of collective memory, but the speed and reach of this…
Donald Trump has shifted his position in dramatic fashion, urging Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote for the full release of government files related to the late Jeffrey Epstein. The call came late…
