Northeast Asia

Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2021. Toru Hanai/Pool via REUTERS

Will new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida bring change to Japan?

Mireya Solís and Adrianna Pita

Monday, October 4, 2021

People taking selfies near a footbridge decorated with lanterns ahead of the Lunar New Year, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The island country will see few people in the streets as events, activities and gatherings for festival celebration have been cancelled or postponed to avoid the transmission subsequent to a cluster of domestic outbreak. (Photo by Daniel Tsang / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Can Taiwan have security AND the good life?

Richard C. Bush and Bill Finan

Friday, April 23, 2021

Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama speaks to media after attending Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, RCEP, meetingheld via video conference on Nov. 15, 2020. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Trading places: America, Japan, and regional trade

The Asia Chessboard

Monday, March 1, 2021

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga gestures as he is elected as new head of the ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo | Credit: Kyodo

Who is Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s next prime minister?

Mireya Solís and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Image: PM Shinzo Abe in front of Japanese flag

What’s next for Japan after Abe’s resignation?

Mireya Solís and Adrianna Pita

Friday, August 28, 2020

A soldier stands guard at a checkpoint on the Grand Unification Bridge which leads to the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - RC2RAH9I02ID

Why has North Korea escalated tensions in the run-up to the Korean War anniversary?

Jung H. Pak and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, June 25, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are adjusted before the opening session of trade negotiations between U.S. and Chinese trade representatives at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

It’s not a lie, it’s a tweet

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson

Slate Political Gabfest

Friday, May 29, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides artillery fire competition in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 20, 2020. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RC2XNF9LIL0G

All things North Korea

Jung H. Pak and Mike Safoshcnik

Mike Safo Podcast

Friday, May 22, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Third Enlarged Meeting of the Seventh Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in this undated photo released on December 22, 2019 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RC2ZZD9GVBIF

North Korea’s public health vulnerability

Jung H. Pak, Daniel Russell, and Kee B Park

Asia In-Depth

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Floral tributes are seen in front of statues of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung and late leader Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to commemorate the 108th birth anniversary of the North Korean founder, in this undated image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 16, 2020. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. - RC2A5G935950

Becoming Kim Jong Un

Jung H. Pak, Arielle Landau, Grace Kier, and Samantha Barnes

BigNukeEnergy

Monday, May 11, 2020