And would Japanese citizens and politicians have the guts to put their lives on the line to protect democracy? Under martial law in South Korea, all political activities, including rallies and ...

Japan’s Liberal Democracy Party (LDP), the ruling party in Japanese politics, is moving ahead with comprehensive regulatory ...

A group of 10 politically active young Cambodians will visit Japan as part of the Japanese government’s support for ...

After Japan’s defeat in the war, Watanabe, like all Japanese, was introduced to the radical concept of democracy by U.S. occupation forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. She learned about core ...

Voters believe they are active participants in democracies, but the real power is concentrated in the hands of the few.

A city of liberal ideas like labor unions, women's rights, and democracy. A city of foreign delights like chocolate and cigars. A city about to be destroyed! Buildings collapse crushing hundreds and ...

A Japanese high court has ruled that Japan’s refusal to legally recognize same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, a latest ...

Japanese politics stands at a crossroad. At home, the LDP’s election loss last year has not just forced an end to more than a decade of stable majority rule; it has also forced unprecedented inner ...

He supported the young activists but, worried that he would be detained as a result, fled to Japan the following year. Than Swe's generation used to sing a song calling for democracy whenever they ...