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Japanese official says relations with China getting worse

  Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has warned that ties with China are "significantly deteriorating"after Chinese vessels repeatedly entered disputed waters in the East China Sea. Mr. Kushida had called the Chinese ambassador to Japan to protest what the...

Preparations begin for Japanese emperor’s abdication

  Emperor Akihito. The Japanese government has begun work to revise the law governing the imperial family system  to permit an emperor to abdicate. Emperor Akihito wants to abdicate, government sources have said. He has been treated for prostate cancer and heart...

BGF’s John Savage cited for cybersecurity work for G7

BGF’s John Savage cited for cybersecurity work for G7

Needless to say, the colleagues of Prof. John Savage at the Boston Global Forum  (BGF) were very pleased to read the announcement below from Brown University, which we have slightly edited for clarity. John Savage is a  BGF member and  the An Wang Professor of...

Japan plans major warplane purchases to counter Chinese expansionism

As Chinese expansionism fuels fears all over East Asia, Japan plans to buy new fighter jets worth a total as much as $40 billion. Japan is increasingly worried about Chinese aggression in the East China Sea, where there are a number of islands whose ownership the two...

Wonders at Japanese artificial-intelligence show

Robot with some social skills. A fascinating display of the Japanese artificial-intelligence sector is now open at Tokyo Big Sight. At the three-day AI World exhibition,  15 companies exhibited cutting-edge AI technology to try to build a society in which AI will make...