The Open Door was closing fast in China. Once the Reds had slammed it shut, the dust of history would settle on half a century of Western endeavor and propagation of Western ideals on Asia’s mainland.

Last week, a trio of late-19th-century Japanese sliding door paintings, originally believed to be missing or destroyed, finally emerged after years spent hidden in a Chicago Park District storage ...

Japan needs workers from abroad to meet labor market demands. Japan is opening its doors to foreign blue-collar workers starting as early as April, an unprecedented relaxation of immigration rules for ...