--- description: Kingston is a professor of Asian studies at Temple University, Japan. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jeff Kingston ## Jeff Kingston Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Kingston is a professor of Asian studies at Temple University, Japan._ ## Jeff Kingston Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Feb 15, 2026 ### [Takaichi Wants to Make Japan Great Again. It Won't Be Easy.](https://time.com/7378431/sanae-takaichi-japan-economy-military-china-trump/) Sanae Takaichi wants a prosperous and muscular Japan but remains vague on funding her reforms. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 30, 2025 ### [How Japan's PM Torpedoed Ties With China](https://time.com/7337322/japan-china-takaichi-spat-taiwan/) The fallout from Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan continues to send shockwaves. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 4, 2025 ### [Why Becoming Japan's First Woman Prime Minister May Be the Easy Part](https://time.com/7323329/sanae-takaichi-japan-prime-minister/) Sanae Takaichi, who is set to become Japan's first female prime minister, faces daunting challenges—... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 28, 2025 ### [Japan Is Entering the Populist Era](https://time.com/7312911/japan-populism-sanseito-kamiya-sohei/) The country is looking less immune to the populism that has afflicted virtually all other rich natio... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/jeff-kingston/","name":"Jeff Kingston"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/jeff-kingston/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/jeff-kingston/"},"name":"Jeff Kingston","jobTitle":"Contributor","description":"Kingston is a professor of Asian studies at Temple University, Japan.","url":"https://time.com/author/jeff-kingston/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```