EVER since Japan's entrance into the family of modern nations in the middle of the nineteenth century her diplomacy has striven, and still strives, to attain two objectives -- equality and security.

For decades, the alliance with Japan has been the cornerstone of U.S. security policy in East Asia. There are more than 80 ...

A newly published report co-written by 11 researchers of Japanese foreign policy and international relations, intending to sketch a new blueprint for Japanese foreign policy, may sound provocative ...

Japan is planning to tighten its immigration rules to crack down on the issue of foreign tourists leaving without paying their medical bills, according to media reports. The new policy could force ...

A visit to the United States this month has further added to Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s growing list of foreign policy achievements, even as his administration continues to be plagued by ...

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walk through the colonnade of the White House in Washington, DC, on their way to the Oval Office on January 13, 2023.

Although the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act of 1949, as well as the Three Principles on Arms Exports and Their Related Policy Guidelines introduced in 1967, effectively imposed a total embargo ...

Japanese military spending has been quite modest but the Japanese government has signaled that it will boost military and defense spending, especially with threats to its security from China and North ...

As President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met privately in Tokyo last year, Biden delivered a message that was as strategic as it was genuine.

Yoko Kamikawa's appointment as foreign minister — the first time a women assumed the role in 19 years — is unlikely to bring a change in policy.

Japan’s policies are designed for “people to work in Japan for preferably a short period of time,” said Yang Liu, a fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo.