Revitalizing the U.S.-Japan alliance will involve paying attention to securitiesand balance sheets in the planning and conduct of our diplomatic relations.

Putting its moribund economy back on a path toward growth, will require Japan to undergo draconian reforms in public and private finance.

Panelists will discuss new options for the Obama administration's North Korea policy.

Seven years into the George W. Bush presidency, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea can point to a number of important domestic and international successes, despite the highly unfavorable environment that has confronted its leadership.

Throughout this period, Pyongyang has been able to suppress all internal dissent and remain the...

Two years after its last deep downturn and period of financial instability, Japan’s economy appears to be heading toward a crisis. As the second-largest economy in the world and the largest global creditor, a crisis in Japan would be certain to have major repercussions in the United States and...

There is a corrosive perception that the voting system in parts of the United States systematically prevents people from voting and that this particularly discriminates against blacks.

The beginning of the twenty-first century has been troubled for U.S.–South Korean relations. On the economic front, the Korean economy continues to recover from the Asian financial crisis, but has not firmly established its position within the first rank of global economies. Trade disputes continue to burden relations, and talks...

The Japanese economy has remained stagnant despite recent efforts by the central government to boost investment and consumer spending.