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Taiwan’s President Tsai Sworn in for Second Term

The second inauguration ceremony for President Tsai Ing-wen was held today, marking the start of Tsai’s second term as president after her January 2020 election victory.

Document: Political Mission of the Japan Communist Party

Whereas most Japanese political parties, whether the ruling conservatives or the mainstream opposition, effectively have little in the way of fixed party policies, the Japan Communist Party, the nation’s oldest political party, is very different, taking its own platforms very seriously.

Bread & Roses: Challenging Japan’s Rampant Housing Discrimination

Pets, music, foreigners. Do these words ring a bell? They might if you are a foreigner who has tried to rent an apartment in Japan. They’re known as the three big barriers in rental housing.

Typhoon Hagibis Ravages Japan

A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of October 2019.

Healthcare Worker Shortage a Silent Crisis

The World Health Organization estimates that there will be a shortage of 18 million healthcare workers by 2030. This equates to a 20% gap in the global capacity to provide healthcare services. Japan, which is already grappling with an aging society and its attendant problems, is at the forefront of this crisis.

Power Is Not Given; It Is Taken

A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 23, 2019.

Japan and the Rise of China: What’s the Rumpus?

Gökberk Durmaz of the University of Tsukuba joins WTR to discuss the potential threat to Japan which is inherent in the rise of China.

Peace Walker of Libya

Nuri Funas, an ordinary citizen of Libya, has been traveling the world on foot with a message of peace. The SNA interviewed him at the Libyan Embassy in Tokyo recently during his stop in the Japanese capital.