The Abe administration should urgently tackle long-awaited structural reforms to generate new avenues of economic growth.

The Diet must scrutinize whether Abe's nuclear deal with India contradicts Japan's efforts to promote nonproliferation and the abolition of nuclear arms.

Beijing's promise to uphold the "one country, two systems" formula that was designed to protect Hong Kong's distinct features — in particular its political system — looks increasingly empty.

The government needs to get more serious about steps to protect people from passive smoking as it prepares for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

The incoming Trump presidency could provide Japan with an opportunity to reassess its priorities in its relations with the U.S.

The Trump victory means that U.S. politics and policies have entered vast and uncharted waters.

The Dentsu overwork scandal shows the problem of overwork can't be solved through the voluntary efforts of businesses.

A year after general elections gave the National League for Democracy a majority in Parliament and almost eight months since the inauguration of an NLD-led government, Myanmar is in a difficult situation. Economic growth has slowed and the progress of democratization and ethnic reconciliation ...

The government must boost consumer confidence if it wants to bust deflation.

Japan must move faster to eliminate the millions of utility poles that are blighting its landscape and bury power cables underground.

The Financial Services Agency will have to thread a narrow line as it urges regional banks to boost their lending to small and medium-size firms.

The government is on the right track in trying to develop better methods to collect and analyze economic data.