Can middle powers turn global turbulence into strategic opportunity? Bill Emmott explores how Japan can build influence ...

Japan is bracing for a “Reiwa oil shock” as the war in the Middle East again exposes the nation’s vulnerabilities in relying ...

As Israel and Gulf states build deeper strategic and economic ties, Tokyo has a growing interest in regional stability and cooperation. The Middle East has changed profoundly since the oil shocks of ...

There is a big debate going on in Tokyo over Japan’s position in the Israel-Hamas war. Some say Japan should strongly support Israel together with other major Western countries, especially as this ...

TOKYO—Japan’s exports and imports continued to rise in March but the trade outlook for the months ahead remains clouded by war in the Middle East. Exports climbed 11.7% on the year last month, ...

It has long been the dream of the US foreign policy elite to bring Japan and South Korea into a tighter alliance. Notoriously dismissive of history, American leaders don’t understand why the two ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's crude oil imports from the Middle East plunged over 67% in volume in April from a year earlier, the lowest single-month level on record, government data showed Thursday, ...

Japan’s top government spokesman said on Friday the country would send units with a warship and patrol planes to the Middle East early next year. The main goal of the squad would be to gather the ...