Michael Penn

New LDP leader ex­pect­ed to be in­stalled as prime min­is­ter on Mon­day with elec­tions just weeks away.

Tokyo is no­to­ri­ous for be­ing hot and hu­mid in July and Au­gust rais­ing con­cerns about the risk of heat-re­lat­ed ill­ness­es.

Japan qui­et­ly shifts its stance on Tai­wan amid grow­ing con­cerns over Bei­jing’s eco­nom­ic and mil­i­tary might.

Have the pop­ulist move­ments that have swept oth­er coun­tries qui­et­ly passed by the East Asian na­tion?

Ex­perts say fran­chise’s suc­cess re­flects slow-burn de­vel­op­ment and a sto­ry with glob­al ap­peal.

Wor­ried about sup­ply chains, Japan steps up co­op­er­a­tion with Rus­sia over Trans-Siber­ian Rail­way and North­ern Sea Route.

Tougher mea­sures in­tro­duced to try and slow spread of COVID-19 that is be­ing dri­ven by new vari­ants.

Blos­soms are due to reach their peak in Tokyo on Mon­day, but au­thor­i­ties are urg­ing peo­ple to avoid tra­di­tion­al par­ties.

Japan’s strug­gle to clean up and de­com­mis­sion the plant pro­vide stark re­minders of the risks of nu­clear pow­er.

Tens of thou­sands were evac­u­at­ed af­ter the 2011 Fukushi­ma nu­clear dis­as­ter in Japan. Many still wor­ry about ra­di­a­tion.