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Ispace's Resilience lunar lander at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture, in September 2024.

COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing

Japan’s space systems face growing cybersecurity threats

By Kota Umeda

Space systems depend on data links between satellites and ground infrastructure, making them inherently tied to cybersecurity.

Collingwood Ingram is seen under cherry trees at his home in Benenden, England, aged 99.

COMMENTARY / Japan

‘Sakura diplomacy’: One tree, two men, three wars

By Naoko Abe

Using cherry blossoms to salve war wounds is as important today as in 1926.

DeepSeek’s R1 breakthrough helped trigger a frenetic year in AI, but Alibaba’s move toward proprietary models is now raising concerns that China’s open-source shift may be slowing.

COMMENTARY / World

Why Beijing can’t quit ‘open’ AI

By Catherine Thorbecke

The shift away from open source may be driven by the need for companies to make money, but it's unlikely to happen all at once.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi departs on an official trip to Vietnam and Australia from Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.

Golden Week security assignments for Takaichi’s Cabinet

Japan has strengthened ties with countries throughout the region through aggressive security diplomacy that has revitalized agreements.

EDITORIALS

Japan’s new arms export stance and changing security realities

EDITORIALS

Japan squeezed between economic and social demands

EDITORIALS

A ceasefire in Iran offers the world little hope

EDITORIALS

Japan’s counterstrike move reflects rising regional challenges

DeepSeek’s R1 breakthrough helped trigger a frenetic year in AI, but Alibaba’s move toward proprietary models is now raising concerns that China’s open-source shift may be slowing.

World

Why Beijing can’t quit ‘open’ AI

By Catherine Thorbecke

The shift away from open source may be driven by the need for companies to make money, but it's unlikely to happen all at once.

World

Get ready for another summer of rage in Asia

By Karishma Vaswani

World

U.S. adopts China's playbook on tech and security

By Brad Glosserman

Japan

Japan’s balancing act in an era of U.S.-China dominance

By Stephen R. Nagy

World

Memo to Xi: There is no downside to freeing Jimmy Lai

By Mark L. Clifford

Japan

Japan can help Asia learn to live without the U.S.

By Mihir Sharma

World

AI is coming for our aging parents, ready or not

By Catherine Thorbecke

World

Cherry blossoms are proof of a planet going awry

By Mark Gongloff

Japan

Japan’s constitutional theater: Revising Article 9 would be a mistake.

By Andrew Latham

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Projects like the BuddhaBot aim to re-create dialogue once lost to time, raising questions about whether AI can extend the teachings of Buddha or merely simulate them.

Can AI replace a priest? Japan’s temples and shrines are testing the limits.

By Alex K.T. Martin

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