Japan can play a key role in fighting the rising wave of protectionism
Beijing fuels distrust with heavy hand at home and abroad
Promoting Indo-Pacific strategy and TPP will best advance national interest
Fading influence of factions may signal change in ruling LDP
North Korean abductions remain an open issue as Japan's PM departs
Bringing the self-ruling island into TPP is one option
Despite tensions, pooling data on threats is vital to regional security
Abe's 70th-anniversary statement lays clear the issues
Regional security depends on neighborly relations
As cycle of retaliation continues, communication is vital to prevent disaster
G-20 falls short in helping virus-stricken emerging nations
Time for ruling PAP to debate with opposition on the road ahead
Exporters seen passing cost to American consumers
Tampering with judicial autonomy risks exodus of people and money
Loss of judicial independence puts territory's prosperity at risk
East Asian security rests on a knife-edge as US-North Korea talks stall
Just two parents of North Korean kidnapping victims are still alive
International order must not fall prey to bilateral spat, especially in a crisis
Beijing should heed market's warning on Hong Kong security law
Beijing steps into vacuum left by virus-hit US and ASEAN
Pandemic must not be catalyst for regional disorder
Checks and balances more essential than ever in age of nationalism and populism
Delay of UN nonproliferation conference grants time to work out differences
Health agency's role crucial to ending virus pandemic
Lack of transparency raises questions over early outbreak response