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John Lloyd
For John Lloyd's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2017
Merkel wrong about Trump, Brexit
All over Europe, politicians and commentators are rolling up Brexit and Trump into one ball of populist horror, and spitting on it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2017
Europe's fear of Muslims runs deep
A poll on European attitudes toward immigration, Islam and terrorism, shows that a majority of Europeans don't want any more Muslim immigration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2017
Trump shows how social media can hurt democracy
Social media is amplifying the sway of the powerful.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2016
Democracy may be down but it's far from out
This past year has been one where the limits and failings of democracy became more visible than at any time since World War II enshrined the view that representative government was best.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2016
Putin's dangerous fan club
Vladimir Putin's admirers, including U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, should realize that in the Russian leader's zero-sum world, what belongs to another is his to get, what's his is non-negotiable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2016
How the European left lost the working class
If left-wing parties can't appeal to the working class, what's their use?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2016
Leaks aren't always good for politics or journalism
Today's ability to download and disseminate vast banks of information has changed journalism and politics forever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2016
It's not only Britain trying to re-divide Europe
Poland's nationalistic conservative government is steering the country away from the ideal of a united Europe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2016
In Syria, Putin aims to recapture Soviet glory
Vladimir Putin is, bit by bit, seeking to rebuild the glory and the power that he believes was the Soviet Union.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2016
Inside Vladimir Putin's unassailable bubble
Vladimir Putin lives in a sphere reserved for those terrifying figures who are seen to have protected Russia and made it great in the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016
Queen Elizabeth II: longer may she reign
Still going strong at 90, Queen Elizabeth appears determined to keep her promise that she will devote her whole life to the nation's service.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2016
The radical post-modernism of Islamic State
Islamic State's strategy to destabilize liberal societies is working.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2016
Russia can use U.S. as an excuse for only so long
The Putin regime has helped create enmity with the West because it needs enemies for its legitimacy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2015
Islamic State is an existential threat to the West
Western leaders are wrong: Islamic State does pose an existential threat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2015
Elected autocrats help the media learn its place
The combination of media corporations that need governments, and governments that no longer need the mainstream media, render the central, self-defined task of journalism — holding power to account — archaic.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2014
The less Muslims and Jews know each other, the more hatred grows
The memory of Jews has been rubbed out through much of an Arab world that has become less cosmopolitan in the past half-century. So when an imam calls for 'death to Jews' these days, it is a call most easily pronounced by those who know nothing of those they wish to see dead.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2014
Gaza war may be a taste of the future
The latest war between Israel and Hamas is further testament to the historical fact that Israel's forefathers had to conquer the land that today's Israelis dwell in and ferociously defend. Is there hope of finding a lasting settlement with the Arabs?
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2014
Will India's Modi resist the lure of nationalism?
If newly elected Narendra Modi runs into trouble as Indian prime minister, will he be the prime minister for all Indians, as he has promised, or will he revert to his divisive roots?
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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