Japan has ramped up its security cooperation with the Philippines in other ways, too, steadily donating vessels and other ...

Japan’s new leadership is increasingly focused on deepening tieswith India as a counterweight to China. The “Free and Open ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...