Books & arts
20 June 2024
Monte Punshon, the Japanophile once dubbed “the world’s oldest lesbian,” embraced the limelight in old age
Books & arts
4 March 2024
A major new book revisits the moral and legal ambiguities of the Tokyo war crimes trial
National affairs
31 July 2023
A group of Japanese foreign policy experts has a message for the Australian government
Books & arts
17 March 2023
Democracy has spread in a distinctive way among Asia’s success stories
International
20 December 2022
Scientists and Pacific governments are worried by Japan’s plan to dump radioactive wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean
International
15 September 2021
Japan’s Liberal Democrats face a choice between the past and the future
National affairs
18 November 2020
A new defence agreement with Japan raises as many questions as it answers
International
9 September 2020
The Japanese defence minister’s aspiration to join the Five Eyes agreement is seen as too far, too fast among members
International
1 September 2020
Departing at a crucial time, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister leaves much unfinished business
National affairs
27 May 2020
A national institution’s inward turn comes at a strange time
Essays & reportage
23 April 2020
It’s an unsettling time to watch Stanley Kramer’s classic, On the Beach
Correspondents
26 February 2020
Japan approaches its Olympics across a tightrope of risk
International
12 August 2019
Has Trumpism taken hold among US-aligned countries in East Asia?
International
15 July 2019
A quiet campaign for the upper house suggests that Japanese politics is well and truly back to normal
International
10 April 2019
The title of Japan’s new era looks like a subtle challenge to the new emperor
Correspondents
29 January 2019
A Tokyo trip is another lesson in looking afresh
Books & arts
15 February 2018
Review essay | As the regional balance continues to shift, resolving the tension between history and geography is becoming more urgent for Australia
International
23 October 2017
Bad weather and new parties weren’t enough to loosen Shinzo Abe’s grip on Japanese politics. But a low turnout suggests widespread dissatisfaction
International
15 October 2017
Despite a high-profile new party, Japanese voters still don’t have a real alternative, writes a former ABC correspondent
National affairs
16 December 2016
Controversy over a statue in the city’s inner west has deep historical roots
International
13 August 2015
If “normalisation” becomes Japan’s new national narrative, it will undermine the hopeful story that has been told since 1945, write Carolyn S. Stevens…
International
10 March 2015
The firebombing of March 1945 lives on the margins of public remembrance
International
15 July 2014
Japan’s constitutional renunciation of war shouldn’t be seen as an aberration, write Tessa Morris-Suzuki, David Chapman and Carolyn Stevens
International
6 December 2012
A nationalist troika formed in the run-up to this month’s Japanese election poses challenges for the region
International
7 November 2012
The failure to agree on a realignment of America’s military presence in Okinawa generates problems for the US–Japan alliance, Japanese grand strategy, and the region…
International
28 August 2012
For Hashimoto Toru – hailed by many as a future national leader – it’s out with human rights and in with government-authored history
International
29 December 2011
Kim Jong-un’s accession comes at a time of change in the region, underlining the need for a nuanced response from Western countries
International
18 March 2011
Japan can emerge from this disaster strengthened and more vigorous