Wrangling over international quotas for bluefin tuna highlights the broader problem of an overall decline in wild fish stocks.

The Bank of Japan’s shifting approach toward interest rates could have broader effects on Japan ’s economy—and the world’s.

Weeks after a warm visit with Chinese leader Wen Jiabao, the Japanese premier headed to Washington, where an alliance shows signs of strain.

Japan's recent denial of its historic role in the coercion of “comfort women” raises questions about official apologies.

Rising Japanese interest rates had a role in Asia's recent market turmoil. Now some analysts are predicting the demise of an investment strategy known as the carry trade.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi plans another visit to a notorious shrine, even after revelations about why imperial visits stopped almost thirty years ago. Experts say the issue is heating up tensions with China and South Korea.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits the United States for the last time as he prepares to step down after six years in office. The visit, intended to celebrate Tokyo's close relationship with Washington, comes as North Korea's threat to launch a long-range ballistic missile raise concerns across the region.

Japan's military spending is not rising nearly as quickly as that of its neighbor, China, or of its closest ally, the United States. Yet political and military moves by the Japanese are raising neighbors' wariness about a remilitarized Japan.

Sheila A. Smith examines the way in which the 2010 crisis emerged between Japan and China, arguing that a crisis management initiative between Beijing and Tokyo rather than an overall reconciliation agenda may be what is now needed.

Scott Snyder reviews Getting the Triangle Straight: Managing China-Japan-U.S. Relations, edited by Gerald Curtis, Ryosei Kokubun, and Wang Jisi.

David Abraham and Ira Wolf say that changing consumer habits in Japan are making its economy more attractive to multinationals.

Sheila A. Smith says the U.S. president and the Japanese prime minister must reassure their publics of the value of a continued U.S.-Japan alliance.

Sheila A. Smith says the nuclear summit offers Japan the opportunity to voice its long held aspirations for a nuclear free world.

David S. Law discusses the conservative nature of the Supreme Court of Japan.