While this year’s US – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea diplomacy talks have spurred hopes, there’s little chance North Korea will reduce its arsenals, Amy Shi writes.

With more missile launch tests heating up the weekend, President Trump's tweets about the beauty of Chairman Kim's 'vision' for his country should unnerve, writes Remy Wendel.

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.