Japan was isolated from the outside world due to years of internal conflict and fear of colonization by European powers. When ...

The upcoming visit of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to Japan later this month carries great symbolic and strategic ...

The U.S. trade deficit in goods surged 10% in March to a record high of $162 billion, the government said Tuesday. Back To Top ...

But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way of life. HISTORY & CULTURE The samurai were a preeminent class ...

Kim Hyun-chong spoke with officials at the White House in what is being called an unprecedented meeting between a key adviser for a specific candidate and US authorities weeks out from the election ...

a show of gunboat diplomacy meant to threaten the Tokugawa shogunate with mass destruction if it did not open trade relations with the U.S. and change its policy of self-imposed national isolation ...

Toshogu Shrine, the resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, is the most popular attraction in this city. Nikko also has a national park that offers waterfalls, lakes, ...

China’s leadership has vowed to stabilise the economy and society, as the country is now at a critical stage in handling the unprecedented trade war with the United States. In an economic ...

Within this tradition, Hiroshige – a grand new exhibition of whose work will open at the British Museum next month – developed a distinctive artistic voice, and this was nowhere more visible than in ...

Consider Japan under the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603–1868), when isolationist policies limited exposure to trade and technological change. Or India, whose economy withered under British colonial ...

President Donald Trump’s global trade war will hurt economies around the world this year, including the US, according to a new report by the World Trade Organization. The WTO projects global ...

The World Trade Organization slashed its forecast for merchandise trade this year as soaring US tariffs and broader uncertainty hammer international commerce. The Geneva-based WTO expects the ...