Japan wants to ship carbon emissions to Malaysia in a first-of-its-kind project in Southeast Asia for carbon capture and ...

A unified force in Japan's House of Representatives opens the door for widespread military reform under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, writes analyst Ronny Sasmita.

Japan will provide assistance to four countries in Southeast Asia in their efforts to combat cross-border crimes, such as scam operations.

Beijing summons Southeast Asian envoys and invokes Japan's WWII history, but campaign to isolate Tokyo gains little traction In the days that followed Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi's controversial ...

Japan’s decision to fund Southeast Asian efforts against cross-border crimes is not a minor development in regional cooperation.It is a signal that the ...

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Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

Sanae Takaichi’s election as Japan’s first female prime minister signals both a symbolic shift and strategic return to Abe-era conservatism. Her leadership promises continuity in Japan’s Indo-Pacific ...

Asia’s manufacturing activity split across the region’s various hubs in August with Indonesia and Thailand powering ahead while South Korea and Japan cooled as tariffs weighed on output. In Indonesia, ...

Last week, the Australian government announced it will raise its cap on foreign students by 9%, to 295,000, and will prioritize applicants from Southeast Asia. Japan aims to increase its foreign ...

Undersea cables have become central to Southeast Asia’s security calculus as the US–China rivalry spills onto the seabed. Disruptions in Europe and Taiwan show how cables can be weaponised, while ...