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 ...

ommentary Just when we thought Japan was on the right track toward global best-in-class capital stewardship and pro-free markets rule making, we get a rude wake-up call suggesting Japan's national interest and free capital flows may be on a collision course. In late October, Prime Minister Shin...

Inside the sprawling Dhaveevatthana Palace in Bangkok is a prison built to lock up those betraying the trust of the new Thai king, Vajiralongkorn. On March 27, 2012, during the Yingluck Shinawatra administration, the Ministry of Justice issued an order regarding the construction of a prison withi...