Two recent cases involving internal and external data breaches in leading telecom companies shine a spotlight on Japan’s policy for the protection of private user data.

Japan’s diplomatic engagement with Pacific Island Countries, while substantive, has not addressed their core needs.

The manner in which the India–China–United States trilateral dynamics play out will have a significant bearing on the stability and shape of the regional and international order.

The Biden administration’s decision to temporarily extend the 1979 Science and Technology Agreement (STA) with China by six months in August 2023 came against the backdrop of apprehensions over Chinese technology theft.

Japan’s political parties, most notably the LDP, have dissolved internal factions, but their relevance may not be over.