Japan/日本

 From Japan Focus  Abstract: With China’s Chang’e 5 rocket launch, which landed on the moon on December 1 and deposited a capsule in Inner Mongolia early in the morning on December 17 Beijing time after a 23 day voyage to the moon and back, the long US-Russian domination of space has a major challenger. The issues extend beyond national pride to a global leadership … [Read more...] about Update: China Shoots the Moon: Mission Accomplished

 From Japan Focus  Abstract: The arrest and prosecution of Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn, together with his dramatic flight from Japan, have focused unprecedented attention on Japan’s criminal justice system. This article employs comparison with the United States to examine issues in Japanese criminal justice highlighted by the Ghosn case. The criminal charges and … [Read more...] about Comparative Reflections on the Carlos Ghosn Case and Japanese Criminal Justice 

 From Japan Focus  Abstract: Although Hong Kong historically has a weak trade union culture, in mid-2020 activists in the movement turned to demanding union representation and began forming dozens of small unions from the ground up. Within a few months of their existence they were able successfully to mount an important strike protesting against the government’s … [Read more...] about The Emergence of Labor Unions from Within Hong Kong’s Protest Movement