Japan has been shifting its defense focus toward Southeast Asia over the past decades, a process that has accelerated under the Takaichi administration. Analysts said the rise of right-wing forces in ...

In response to the 2025 US National Security Strategy, Japan needs to develop its own defence capabilities and expand access ...

The Intra-Asia Marine Cable will deliver 320Tbps capacity across the region, complementing subsea cable investments by hyperscalers such as Google and Meta in recent years.

The global shift to renewable energy is poised to shape 21st-century geopolitics, much as fossil fuels did in the 20th. While China is investing in green technology to advance both economic and ...

East and Southeast Asia stood out in 2025 as emerging education hubs in their own right rather than just source markets. Here ...

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 ...

Japan’s Defense Minister Kihara Minoru (left) attends the signing ceremony of the Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) along with (from left) Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, ...

Thailand accounts for nearly 20 percent of the Southeast Asian auto market. However, the combined share of the Thai market held by nine Japanese automakers dropped to 69.8 percent for the first 10 ...