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 ...

As the United States struggles to find a safe, smart, consistent way to reopen, it might want to watch what’s happening right now in Japan. In many ways, Japan’s experience of the coronavirus pandemic ...

TOKYO — The face masks, thick dark haze and pollution warnings plaguing residents of China’s capital this week once were a fact of life for people living in Japan’s biggest industrial cities. Japanese ...

There is a great deal to remember this week, the one year anniversary of the devastating Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis. Few events in recent history have combined to such an intense ...

Learn how Japan's real estate crisis led to the Lost Decade and discover the economic lessons that can guide better financial ...