The nation's deteriorating security environment explains why people continue to support the Abe administration even though they harbor doubts about it.

Abe advocates freedom and openness while abroad, but at home he does not hesitate to reverse the accomplishments of postwar democracy.

In both Japan and the U.S., the governments are retreating from the rule of law and guarantee of people's freedom under the cause of national security.

With the inauguration of new U.S. President Donald Trump, democratic politics are being confronted with changes of the magnitude that could happen only once in a century.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is going to great lengths to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough with Russia — perhaps too great.