Editor’s Note: Recently, Christine Powell, a special education teacher from Southern California, traveled to Japan to attend a three-day conference on Asian Education and International Development.

Whither Japan? How is Japan changing (or staying the same)? What are the big questions and problems it faces--culturally, economically, politically, diplomatically, demographically? How is Japan ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan mentioned "reflection" in his memorial address for the war dead on the anniversary of Japan's defeat, marking the first time in 13 years that the term has been ...