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Also this week: Japanese Farageism and the birth of the new Observer.
ByIn the wake of Trump’s turn against Ukraine, the UK must coordinate with both its European and Asian allies.
ByThe Japanese writer and nationalist, a darling of the US far right, was haunted by the aesthetics of self-destruction.
ByTrump, slowed progress in AI and military conflict contribute to an atmosphere of nerves.
ByIn two new blockbusters – Godzilla Minus One and The Boy and the Heron – Japanese filmmakers grapple with atomic…
ByThe country’s economic travails have echoes in history.
ByFossil fuel use could decline as soon as next year, but G7 proposals risk slowing the green transition.
ByUeda Kazuo faces a more extreme version of the challenge facing the UK: the end of cheap money in a…
ByRussia’s war and China’s military build-up are provoking an unprecedented change in Japan’s approach to its defence.
ByAs Japan’s prime minister Kishida Fumio has warned, low birth rates will revolutionise society – and it is a worldwide…
ByWith the West distracted by the war in Ukraine, Kim Jong Un may have decided now is the time to…
ByJapan’s former prime minister will be remembered as its most consequential modern leader.
ByOn 8 July, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech at an event in the…
ByThe US president will visit South Korea and Japan to reaffirm America’s regional policy in Asia.
ByFrom the Caucasus to the western Pacific, Russia’s opponents are eyeing their chances of redressing the balance of power.
ByA new exhibition provides a photographic portrait of communities living with radiation and trauma a decade after the Japanese earthquake,…
ByWhile 23 countries signed on in Glasgow to end coal, Japan is finding it hard to break its addiction to…
ByThe omens are good for Fumio Kishida but the newly united opposition is determined to deny him an easy ride.
ByThe leader has been described as a moderate in a Liberal Democratic Party dominated by its right wing.
He’s loved by his party’s old guard, but Fumio Kishida wants to prove he’s different from his predecessors. Are voters…
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