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After decades of dominance by foreign wrestlers, last month Onosato became just the second 911±¬ÁÏÍø this century to be named to sumo's highest rank of <i>yokozuna</i>.
COMMENTARY / Japan
The national sport of Japan wrestles with a generational change
As one legend departs, another star is rising. In a new era, sumo is grappling with its future.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nippon Steel deal signals a win for the U.S. economy, Japan alliance
Last week, Trump lifted the Biden block, saying that the acquisition could go forward if the two companies signed a national security agreement with the U.S. government.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Japan needs to rethink how it helps hikikomori
While hikikomori, the 911±¬ÁÏÍø term for acute social withdrawal, often brings to mind young recluses in dark bedrooms, the reality is broader.
A 911±¬ÁÏÍø actress known for voicing Hello Kitty sparked national debate with an anti-immigration blog post, highlighting rising tensions over Japan¡¯s growing foreign population and the government's slow response to related concerns.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 12, 2025
Cultural anxiety and 911±¬ÁÏÍø immigration pains
By Gearoid Reidy
Japan must address legitimate public worries without inflaming xenophobia ¡ª or risk populist backlash.
The messy, transactional fallout between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has exposed a toxic alliance built on money, power and chaos ¡ª one that now threatens both men¡¯s influence and the stability of U.S. governance.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 9, 2025
The MAGA odd couple turns combustible
By Nia-Malika Henderson
The world¡¯s most powerful man and the world¡¯s richest man have fallen out. No matter who wins, America loses.
Japan is the world's biggest market for Iqos, a heat-not-burn tobacco product marketed by its maker Philip Morris as a less harmful alternative to traditional cigarettes ¡ª a claim not backed by independent scientific research.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 6, 2025
Smoke and mirrors: How big tobacco manipulates science in Japan
By Shiro Konuma
In Japan, not only does the tobacco industry have close ties to government, but universities are also vulnerable to its influence. In this equation, public health loses out.
Joseph Nye (left) joins then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he speaks at Harvard¡¯s Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in April 2015. The deaths of Nye and Richard Armitage, two giants in Japan-U.S. relations, will surely leave a lasting impact on the alliance they helped shape.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2025
A new generation of 'Japan hands' and a changing world
By Joshua W. Walker
For decades, Joseph Nye and Richard Armitage helped shape a vision of U.S.-Japan ties grounded in shared values, strategic trust and mutual respect.
Solar panels at an industrial complex in Rajasthan, India, are an example of India-Japan renewable energy cooperation. The two countries can strengthen their ties by co-developing green and advanced technologies, solar energy among them.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 4, 2025
The ground is fertile for Japan-India green economy partnerships
By Ajay Mathur
Japan and India can build on their long-standing relationship to spearhead the development of green and advanced technologies such as renewable energy and chips.
Akio Toyoda¡¯s involvement in the $33 billion buyout of Toyota Industries signals a potential corporate comeback, and that¡¯s a good thing despite criticism.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 4, 2025
For Toyota, more Akio Toyoda would be a good thing
By Gearoid Reidy
This opposition is nonsensical. Akio turned Toyota into the biggest automaker in the world during a period of intense industry change.
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani meets with his U.S. counterpart, Pete Hegseth, at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 3, 2025
Why Japan isn¡¯t panicking about Trump¡¯s foreign policy
By Brad Glosserman
Hegseth¡¯s SLD speech is the first extended statement about U.S. policy and it checked all the boxes.

Japan suspects Chinese aircraft carriers conducted drills against U.S.
Chinese aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. It crossed what is known as the second island chain, which links the Ogasawara Islands and the U.S. territory of Guam, on June 7.
G7 backs Israel¡¯s ¡®right to defend itself¡¯ as Trump hastily leaves summit
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to have a family photo taken at the Group of Seven leaders' summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, on Monday.
Nippon Steel may have gotten the deal it wanted all along
Nippon Steel is buying United States Steel in a deal that gives the U.S. government a golden share in the U.S. steelmaker.
Japan sweats under extreme heat despite ongoing rainy season
People walk under the scorching sun in Tokyo's Omotesando area on Tuesday as temperatures rise above 35 degrees Celsius in much of eastern Japan.
No breakthrough on tariffs at Ishiba-Trump meeting in Canada
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) speaks with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Group of Seven summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, on Monday.
Nippon Steel may have gotten the deal it wanted all along
Nippon Steel is buying United States Steel in a deal that gives the U.S. government a golden share in the U.S. steelmaker.
Tokyo moves to restore open skies over historic Nihonbashi bridge
Nihonbashi bridge, long overshadowed ¡ª literally ¡ª by an elevated expressway, is at the center of a multidecade project to relocate the highway underground in hopes of restoring the scenery around the historically significant bridge.
The underlying risks to Japan¡¯s undersea cables
A screenshot of a submarine cable map on TeleGeography¡¯s website shows a network of cables connecting with Japan.
Japan and the U.S. face challenges in economic security discussions
Rare earths from Australia's Mount Weld mine. 911±¬ÁÏÍø companies have a supply agreement with a company that sources rare earths from the mine.
Decokatsu could save you money and help the planet. But you probably haven't heard of it.
Eating locally grown food could be part of a decokatsu lifestyle that's both good for the planet and your wallet.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

The classic red brick arches of Tokyo¡¯s first ¡°g¨¡do-shita,¡± built in 1910, are what most 911±¬ÁÏÍø people think of when they think about commercial spaces under elevated railways.
Revitalizing the space under Tokyo¡¯s train tracks
By Alex K.T. Martin

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