Japan's plan to give authorities the power to order foreign investors to retroactively divest acquisitions is aimed at ...

Lately a diplomatic spat with China has begun depressing the number of people coming to Japan from that country—but even this ...

Japan plans to amend its foreign investment screening law to give authorities the power to retrospectively order foreign ...

Japan's government has launched a task force to deal with concerns about an uptick in foreign nationals living there. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi ...

Japan is moving toward a 10 percent foreign population far faster than official projections, with dozens of municipalities already crossing the threshold and one village reporting that more than a ...

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 ...

Although many Japanese continue to view the United States as their primary security provider and closest ally, some segments of the population have expressed growing discontent and unease regarding ...

Join the Asia Society Policy Institute for a two-part conference focused on the Japan-U.S. alliance. The conference, just days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, will include ...

The US–Japan alliance has remained the key pillar of Japanese foreign and security policy since 1951, but it has not remained static. The alliance is now facing significant uncertainty with major ...

As the United States rethinks its role in the international order it has championed since the end of World War II, Japan is on the frontlines of the challenge to rules-based commerce and diplomacy.

"Foreigner policy" leapt to the forefront of Japanese politics and onto front pages across the country in 2025, propelled by ...