Japan

Online harassment is now punishable with jail time or fines. Yesterday, Japan’s parliament passed new legislation that imposes stiffer penalties on acts of online harassment and cyberbullying. When this new amendment to the country’s...

Russia and Japan have still not settled tensions from World War II. At the end of World War II, Russia seized a contingent of islands located off the coast of the northernmost Japanese island...

Kishida has taken office after the resignation of Yoshihide Suga. Following the deeply unpopular handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, as well as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the country’s 99th Prime Minister, Yoshihide...

Two ballistic missiles launched by North Korea North Korea is demonstrating its nuclear power by launching two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan that was confirmed by Japanese, South Korean, and American officials....

The Olympics Committee promises vaccines for participants All sporting events around the world are facing changes with growing concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, especially the biggest international sporting event the Olympics. The International...

Kim Jong Un’s health The dictator and supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, isn’t in the best of health and an unnamed U.S. official has “direct knowledge” that Un’s health is in...