Japan
Explore our coverage of Japan’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Asia
America recreates a warfighting command in Japan
The threat from China hastens the biggest military transformation in the Pacific in decades
Asia
Is this a new age of warrior Japan?
The country is spending more on its armed forces. But not everyone is on board
Asia
Japan’s mind-bending bento-box economics
The paradox of red-hot labour markets, falling demand and rising prices
Asia
Takashima Ryosuke is Japan’s youngest ever mayor
At 27 years old, he is bucking the trend of the country’s gerontocratic politics
Leaders
Japan and South Korea are getting friendlier. At last
As the world economy fragments, two export powerhouses see the virtue of chumminess
Business
Japanese businesses are trapped between America and China
Could geopolitics kill off an incipient corporate revival?
Asia
Japan and South Korea are struggling with old-age poverty
Their problems may be instructive for other countries
United States
A surprising Japanese presence in a traditional American craft
Quilting connects continents
Finance and economics
Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
Asia
Why do the Japanese love CDs?
They have not taken to streaming as keenly as the rest of the world
Asia
An obscure communist newspaper is shaping Japan’s politics
Stories by Shimbun Akahata consistently pack a punch
Asia
America’s Asian allies are trying to Trump-proof their policies
Kishida Fumio meets Joe Biden in Washington, DC, to shore up deterrence