Japan’s Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike: The Trials of Asian Democracy

These are times of trial – literally in the courts – for a growing number of Asia’s democracies. The list of major national political leaders in the region who have faced, or are about to face, criminal More...

Japan’s former defense minister, Yuriko Koike: Japan’s Beheaded Illusions

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on a six-day tour of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine, when the Islamic State posted a video online threatening to murder two Japanese hostages, More...