Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Japan, Northeast Asia, and U.S. policy toward the region. Abe spent some time situating his comments in the larger flow of ...

Wandering the streets of Tokyo’s Roppongi district on a wet night, you know where film director Ridley Scott got the inspiration for his dystopian Los Angeles in Blade Runner. Multicolored neon; ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In 2011, Japan was one of the most prepared countries in the world for a massive earthquake. Yet when a mega-quake hit Japan last March, sparking a huge tsunami, it was ...

There is a great deal to remember this week, the one year anniversary of the devastating Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis. Few events in recent history have combined to such an intense ...

SENDAI, Japan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When professional boxer and model Tomomi Takano heard that children in Japan's Fukushima prefecture were becoming unfit and overweight as the 2011 nuclear ...

This blog has looked at lessons education policymakers can learn from high–performing nations in Asia. Today I want to share an example for classroom teachers. Part of the definition of global ...

An aerial view of Oshima-Mura, Japan, after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck the area in March 2011. (TNS) — In the wake of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, ...

Policy decisions by central banks – such as an accommodative monetary policy which is designed to stimulate economic growth by lowering short-term interest rates to make borrowing money less expensive ...

Learn how Japan's real estate crisis led to the Lost Decade and discover the economic lessons that can guide better financial ...

Even as the situation continues to unfold, it is clear that Japan's high-stakes fight to contain a disaster at a crippled nuclear power plant will yield vital lessons for America, and for every other ...