On 27 February 1976, then Japanese prime minister Takeo Miki announced a ‘unified view’ that Japan would ban the export of defence equipment. On 21 April 2026, the government under Prime Minister ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit Australia in early May 2026 — on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and almost 70 years on from the ...

Emma Dalton is a Japanese studies scholar with interdisciplinary research interests in sociology and political science. Her research is concerned broadly with gender inequality in Japan and more ...

Victor Crochet is Partner at Nishimura & Asahi. He is also a PhD student at Cambridge University where he conducts research on international trade and investment law. Victor also regularly teaches and ...

Despite the impact of super Typhoon Yagi and a stormy geopolitical landscape, Vietnam’s GDP grew by 7.09 per cent in 2024, exceeding international forecast figures. But 2024 was not just a reset for ...

ASEAN’s involvement in the South China Sea dispute began informally and incrementally. As Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, China and Taiwan firmed up their territorial claims, the dispute ...

The 2021 military coup has devastated Myanmar's education system through widespread violence and school closures. As the junta loses territorial control, the National Unity Government and Ethnic ...

From 2012 to 2021, Beijing steadily advanced its claim to ‘historic rights’ in most of the waters, seabed, and airspace of the South China Sea, using coercion and threats of force to do so. But since ...

China, as the world's largest bilateral lender, faces challenges dealing with the debt distress of some borrowers under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). While the BRI has drawn criticism, ...

Indonesia is experiencing record job creation, adding nearly 5 million positions in 2024 alone. Yet most of these are informal, low-wage roles rather than secure corporate or public sector employment.

Tesla’s decision to set up its electric vehicle (EV) car manufacturing in neighbouring Malaysia was a blow to Indonesia’s efforts to lure investments for building an end-to-end EV supply chain ...

Gender equality was a key aspiration of the popular movements that led to the toppling of Indonesia’s authoritarian New Order regime 24 years ago. The catchcry of that euphoric moment — pemberdayaan, ...