Islandology is spreading globally as other nations recognize the world is a single closed ecosystem.

More Japanese women are working, but many still professionally underachieve.

Tokyo will have to invest more energy in its long-standing security partnership with Washington.

Rising workforce mobility will have many unintended consequences.

The nation's labor force is shrinking, educated and dedicated — attributes that match the needs of a knowledge-based economy

The postwar system that built Japan's formidable middle class is faltering. A two-tiered employment system is needed.

Governments are only now waking up to the need to regulate ICOs and their related tokens.

Anyone thinking about investing in a Japan startup should consider tips from Tokyo based angel investor Jonathan Epstein before taking the plunge.

"Russo-Japanese" Chuk Besher spent years researching Japan's multicultural history. Much later, son Noah, 8, had a question: "What does 'half' mean?"

Danny Risberg, chairman of both the European Business Council in Japan and Philips Electronics Japan, wants Japanese to become fast, smart and independent decision-makers.