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.

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 ...

Key Points. Implementing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s vision of a more regionally and internationally engaged foreign policy is essential to the future of Japan and the region.

Japan’s post Cold War foreign policy evolution stems from emerging threats abroad and political reforms at home. Japan’s Role in Healing the Aral Sea and Engaging Central Asia By Wilder ...

Has Japanese foreign policy changed in the post-Cold War era? On the surface, it appears to have been quite consistent since the end of World War II. It has stressed the U.S.-Japanese security ...

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 ...

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.