Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi heads into upcoming snap elections in a position of strength. However, good politics don’t always make for good economic policy, and Japan’s massive debt allows precious little room for error.

The gross miscommunication after a reasonably successful 9th TICAD is a major mistake, but it can also serve as a lesson in how far Japan must go to adapt to a rapidly changing society.

Through its association with Saudi Arabia and other Middle East states, Japan must find a way to lead on human rights again. The growing partnership with Riyadh stands as a critical test.

India is a key member of a BRICS bloc that increasingly appears committed to advancing de-dollarization, yet doing so will only advance Beijing’s regional and global interests at the expense of New Delhi’s.

Japan’s latest Diplomatic Bluebook has identified China as a threat to the established regional order, continuing a deterioration of security perceptions years that began years ago.

Amid high-profile port calls from MSDF destroyers in Cambodia, it’s important to differentiate what is tangible in terms of a potential geopolitical shift, from what is merely an exercise in optics.

In the face of mounting security challenges in the region, neither Tokyo nor Seoul can afford to wait for another generation to finally bury the proverbial hatchet.

Tasked with a growing list of global crises, the UN must get serious about communicating its results before donors start to lose patience.

In supporting Israel, Prime Minister Modi has found a foreign policy issue that echoes the symbolism of BJP politics back home.

The Biden administration’s decision to skip the latest ASEAN Summit is an obvious ‘lose-lose’ proposition: it harms the credibility of the bloc, and it makes the oft-stated US commitment to Asia-Pacific appear far less credible.