Japan

If the yen gets stronger, Japan’s new prime minister will have to come up with something new to protect exports.

The new Japanese prime minister shares many of outgoing Shinzo Abe’s policies—but isn’t as wedded to Abe’s big overhaul.

Abe’s right-hand man taking power could mean a return to the days of short-lived premierships.

An alliance of democracies to contain China makes sense. But Modi needs to clean up his act.

U.S. allies have grown comfortable with Trump and his tough approach to China—and are anxious about a Biden victory.

Why the prime minister’s successors won’t stray too far from his policies.

The outgoing Japanese prime minister’s ultranationalism destroyed ties with South Korea.

The United States hasn’t had to worry about Japan in nearly a decade. Now it might have to start.

The longest-ever-serving Japanese prime minister steered the country through rocky years.

The game is hauntingly beautiful, but it reshapes history and geography.

Seventy-five years after Japan surrendered in World War II and scrapped its armed forces, the Trump administration is redoubling efforts to get Tokyo to be more aggressive in countering China.

For decades, U.S. foreign policy has been badly distorted by the way that World War II ended.

What happens if China fights the United States and Japan? A mutual disaster, wargame predicts.

Seventy-five years after the first nuclear bomb fell, we are grateful it hasn’t happened again, mystified it didn’t, and terrified it still might.

With discussions underway for Canberra to join the Malabar naval exercises, New Delhi hopes to add a new backer in its fight against China

Aegis Ashore was more expensive than bargained for, but scrapping the program may come with its own costs.