Jagan Chapagain: Is the global humanitarian system breaking down?
The IFRC chief on US aid cuts, attacks on aid workers and whether neutrality can survive modern wars....
6hAl JazeeraPoliticsImpact
Japan: Popular Prime Minister Takaichi calls early election
Japan's first female leader is popular with voters. She has now called for early elections to leverage their approval. The move could bolster her position, but it carries risks....
23hDeutsche WellePolitics
Fiscal threats lurk in the undergrowth for Japan
The country is the darling of investors, but that could change...
2dFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact
Why Japan has fallen for its new prime minister
Sanae Takaichi hopes to convert personal popularity into solid electoral gains for ailing ruling party in expected snap vote...
4dFinancial TimesPolitics
An unreliable America is making Japan turn to drumstick diplomacy
If Tokyo can’t count on Washington, forging pragmatic new alliances with former foes increasingly makes sense...
3dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact
Japan and the Philippines sign defence pact to counter 'growing China threat'
According to Japanese and Philippine officials, the new pact would assist both countries in responding to natural catastrophes, a shared concern, and taking part in UN peacekeeping missions, which wil...
3dEuronewsPoliticsImpact
Seoul, Tokyo watch US foreign policy twists with rising fear
Donald Trump's hostile signals over Greenland and the aftermath of the Venezuela attack have raised fears in Japan and South Korea that Washington is no longer committed to its allies in East Asia....
3dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact