When trying to prepare for the next tsunami, building a bigger seawall isn’t the easy solution it sounds, writes Fletcher Howell.

As the world prepares for another Summer Olympics, some people are yet again questioning how the benefits of hosting the Games outweigh the glaring costs, Marvin Vestil writes.

Yaoi Japanese anime and manga functions as an outlet for sexual minorities, Andre Kwok writes.

Unresolved historical grievances are filling the vacuum left by a downturn of US involvement in the region, creating ramifications for the security of the Asia-Pacific, Noah Yim writes.

A cultural shift towards the concept of mottainai or "what a waste!" could assist Australia's pressing climate change challenges, Siena Hopkinson writes.

Protesters are calling for boycotts following Japan’s exit from the International Whaling Commission and return to commercial whaling, but there are more effective measures, Dominic Harvey-Taylor writes.

Alison Wong looks at the possibility of Japan reconciling its colonial legacy through the new Ainu recognition bill. 

The classic 1988 film Akira was set in a dystopian Japan 2019. Now in that fateful year,Hannah Lee looks at what Akira got right, what it got wrong, and what the film can teach us about modern Japan.

Same-sex couples in Japan are suing the government, calling their inability to marry unconstitutional. Timothy Magarry looks at the Japanese constitution and it’s stance on same-sex marriage.

With the world’s third largest economy suffering from labour shortages, Abenomics needs to hit its target, Andrew Thomson writes.