Commentary

Japan's singular focus on the abductee issue is marginalizing Tokyo in the current round of North Korea diplomacy.

Global growth is accelerating, but before we break out the champagne we should acknowledge the long-term risks to sustained expansion.

It is becoming ever harder to work out who is on whose side, who should be backing whom, and to what end.

The world's most important bilateral relationship is also one of its most inscrutable.

Momentum can change trends in international relations. A series of summits in Panmunjom and Tokyo has created growing momentum toward dialogue and peace rather than pressure and tension. In April, the leaders of the two Koreas agreed to work with the United States and China ...

Containing Iran is the least awful choice.

Capital-rich Japan has been relatively inactive in promoting capital market financial integration.

Unlike previous U.S. presidents, Donald Trump dispenses with the lie that economic growth will make Beijing a better global citizen.

The doubters and believers aren't even talking about the same thing.

In showing that the world has never been less violent, cognitive scientist Steven Pinker is at the forefront of the new outbreak of global optimism.

Trump's appointment of such senior neocons as John Bolton and Mike Pompeo as well as his withdrawal from the JCPOA ensures the return of Iran's hard-liners.