Commentary

Recent events continue to suggest that discussions of racism in Japan typically prove problematic. This is largely because those discussions typically present it as a "uniquely" Western phenomenon, a matter of black and white or white and nonwhite, from which a mythic "uniquely monoracial" Japan ...

The Cabinet Office regularly publishes its Economic and Fiscal Projections for Medium to Long-Term Analysis outline. The latest projection, released in July, said Japan's GDP growth "is projected to rise gradually and reach 2 percent in real terms and 3 percent or more in nominal terms in the lat...

The world's preoccupation with the Carlos Ghosn affair hides in plain sight the pathetic state of Nissan Motor Co.'s business and the value destruction that has continued since his arrest. In a video message released Tuesday, the company's deposed chairman spent much of his time talking about ...

Beginning in the 2020 academic year, which starts this April, teaching of English will become mandatory at elementary schools. Pupils in the third and fourth grades will go through "foreign language activities" for 35 hours per year, or one or two classes a week, to learn the basics of English la...