Lauren Rose Kocher never worked full-time in the US, so her understanding of corporate culture was formed almost entirely in ...

After hitting an all-time high of 39,000 in 1989, Japan's Nikkei average has mostly fallen since. At present, it sits at 7,969, an ugly drop of 79% over the last 20 years. Japan's economic and market ...

A tutoring company has launched what it says is Japan’s first online cram school, where every teacher is an active VTuber.

This blog has looked at lessons education policymakers can learn from high–performing nations in Asia. Today I want to share an example for classroom teachers. Part of the definition of global ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Japan, Northeast Asia, and U.S. policy toward the region. Abe spent some time situating his comments in the larger flow of ...

There is a great deal to remember this week, the one year anniversary of the devastating Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis. Few events in recent history have combined to such an intense ...

Wandering the streets of Tokyo’s Roppongi district on a wet night, you know where film director Ridley Scott got the inspiration for his dystopian Los Angeles in Blade Runner. Multicolored neon; ...

In Japan, Takaichi took a risk by calling a snap election just three months after she became prime minister. Her confidence ...

Luminaris has launched Wish High, Japan’s first online cram school staffed by active VTubers teaching core academic subjects.

TOKYO — The face masks, thick dark haze and pollution warnings plaguing residents of China’s capital this week once were a fact of life for people living in Japan’s biggest industrial cities. Japanese ...

Even as the situation continues to unfold, it is clear that Japan's high-stakes fight to contain a disaster at a crippled nuclear power plant will yield vital lessons for America, and for every other ...