Yokota is NEWSWEEK’s correspondent in Tokyo and the editor-in-chief of NEWSWEEK Nihonban, NEWSWEEK’s Japanese-language partner.
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North Korea’s Unlikely Reformer
In a new book out in Japan, Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korea’s new leader, claims that... MORE
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No Power Vacuum in North Korea
The military, not the Kims, wield the power in North Korea, Takashi Yokota writes. MORE
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The Sun Also Rises
After two flawed premiers, Japan may have found a leader who can restore the battered nation. MORE
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Japan Nuclear Nightmare: Tokyo Fears Radiation
The dire situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant appears to be back from the brink, for now, with... MORE
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Will Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan Stay in Power?
Before the quake, PM Naoto Kan was disgraced by controversy, and now he’s tasked with rebuilding a... MORE
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Japan Tsunami: A First-Person Account
Takashi Yokota, who was in a Tokyo office building when the quake hit, describes the ensuing chaos,... MORE
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Japan's Big Fat Sumo Scandal
In Japan, sumo wrestlers are supposed to be the (ample) embodiment of classical virtues such as... MORE
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North Korea Strike May Have Been Premeditated
Regardless of where the first shot came from, Pyongyang seems to have been setting the stage for... MORE
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Pyongyang Strike Throws Korean Peninsula Into Crisis
The Korean Peninsula is in crisis mode as North Korea shelled a South Korean island—injuring... MORE
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Ichiro Ozawa Is Japan's Unlikely Savior
To his detractors, Ichiro Ozawa represents the worst of Japanese politics.... MORE
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North Korea Wants to Talk
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been full of tough talk lately.... MORE
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Japanese DPJ Party Faces Internal Rifts
Just a month and a half into his term, Naoto Kan’s tenure as Japan’s prime minister appears to have... MORE
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Naoto Kan Is Just Another Salaryman
Japan’s new prime minister, Naoto Kan, is known as a self-made politician who clawed his way up to... MORE
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Hatoyama Was Doomed by Tokyo's Hostile Press Corps
It looks a lot as if Japan’s prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, is quitting because he couldn’t... MORE
