Recent events in Japan have shown how vulnerable we are to environmental disasters and how we have to prevent man made ones, writes Simon Hardy Read more...

Japan has been thrown into its worst crisis since the Second World War as an earthquake and Tsunami has devastated whole areas of the country. Now a crisis at a nuclear power station threatens to make what is already an appalling crisis even worse Read more...

The Japanese Communist Party has seen massive growth in the last year. Chris Brennan examines why Read more...

Japan's economy is sinking into stagnation, Michael Gatter examines why Read more...