VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In 2011, Japan was one of the most prepared countries in the world for a massive earthquake. Yet when a mega-quake hit Japan last March, sparking a huge tsunami, it was ...

Therefore, Japan must uphold the principles of the United Nations Charter including peaceful dispute resolution, avoid ...

Editor's note: The ongoing discussions about Japan's "Lost Decades," a period of prolonged economic stagnation spanning 30 years, have sparked debates on whether Japan indeed lost momentum for three ...

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; ...

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 ...

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 ...

An aerial view of Oshima-Mura, Japan, after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck the area in March 2011. (TNS) — In the wake of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, ...

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 ...