The West was trending in Japan 150 years ago. That might seem like a silly way to put it, but it’s also true. After two centuries of isolationist policy, Japan was forcibly opened up to foreign ...

The significance of the Meiji Restoration, an important political period in Japanese history credited for ushering in an era of major political and social change continues to be debated extensively, ...

A new book by Associate Professor M. Antoni J. Ucerler explores the encounter of Christianity and premodern Japan in the wider context of global and intellectual history. In The Samurai and the Cross: ...

Historian Sheldon Garon will receive one of Japan’s highest honors awarded to a civilian from another country, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. The award honors Garon’s ...

The Liberal Democratic Party, a key political force in Japan since 1955, stands at a crossroads after the political murder of former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Growing apprehensions about the ...