In May 2024, 15 business, community and government leaders from Hawai’i traveled to Japan for the Kibou for Maui project. Kibou means “hope” and the program – funded by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign ...

If you are living in the U.S. or Western Europe and feeling pretty bad about the miserable state of the recovery, political paralysis, and growing unease about your country’s future, remember things ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. The photos and videos of the aftermath of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami are devastating: freezing and emotionally numbed ...

Wandering the streets of Tokyo’s Roppongi district on a wet night, you know where film director Ridley Scott got the inspiration for his dystopian Los Angeles in Blade Runner. Multicolored neon; ...

This blog has looked at lessons education policymakers can learn from high–performing nations in Asia. Today I want to share an example for classroom teachers. Part of the definition of global ...

An aerial view of Oshima-Mura, Japan, after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck the area in March 2011. (TNS) — In the wake of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, ...

Are you ready to elevate your conversational Japanese skills in an engaging and interactive environment? Look no further. WeLearn Community has just launched exciting new features designed to enhance ...

Editor's note: The ongoing discussions about Japan's "Lost Decades," a period of prolonged economic stagnation spanning 30 years, have sparked debates on whether Japan indeed lost momentum for three ...

Policy decisions by central banks – such as an accommodative monetary policy which is designed to stimulate economic growth by lowering short-term interest rates to make borrowing money less expensive ...