China complains about Japanese official visiting Taiwan as Taipei pushes for cooperation

China has lodged a diplomatic complaint with Japan regarding the visit by a high-ranking official of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party to Taiwan, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday, as ties between the countries strain further.

2025-12-22

A year on from martial law crisis, political polarization is more ingrained, survey finds

One year after a blindsiding martial law decree threw Korea into turmoil, a new poll shows that a majority of the public believes the country has grown even more politically divided, with voters split not who to blame and the ensuing landscape shift.

2025-12-01

Japan's LDP, Ishin agree to form coalition government, Kyodo says

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, have broadly agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.

2025-10-19

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become first female prime minister

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country's first female prime minister.

2025-10-04

Sanae Takaichi claims Dokdo, advocates for ministerial attendance at 'Takeshima Day' event

Sanae Takaichi, one of the leading candidates to become the next leader of Japan’s ruling party, said Japanese ministers should attend an annual event that claims Korea’s Dokdo is Japanese territory.

2025-09-28

Japan's minority government faces election snub as economic storm brews

Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt investor confidence in the world's fourth largest economy and complicate tariff talks with the United States.

2025-07-18

Japan policy chief warns of Trump tariff impact on Asian security

The policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday called on U.S. President Donald Trump to reconsider his plans for reciprocal tariffs, saying they could negatively impact Indo-Pacific security.

2025-04-29

A barren political demography for conservatives

The landslide defeat of the conservative party in the latest election was just the prelude to the fallout from the imbalance in political demography.

2024-04-28

Liberal democracy is in trouble

The best possible way for Korea to safeguard its national interests is to unite with the West to fit its national stature and protect the liberal international order.

2024-01-03

The economy does not run on ideology

The economy can move forward when they demonstrate harmony, especially during tough times like today.

2023-10-22

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