Japan

India, Japan, Australia, and the United States have a good model if they want to keep the peace without threatening China.

Conservative commentators dislike Biden, but they’re a minority.

Neither U.S. presidential option is great for Tokyo.

Japan’s new prime minister has the skills to take on the country’s bureaucrats.

U.S. policy to contain China will require a lot more continuity with Trump than Biden’s backers would like to admit.

The nascent pact with Australia, Japan, and the United States is pointless. It should be quietly disbanded.

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.