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For TED RALL's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2017
Why won't Dems kick Trump while he's down?
The refusal of the Democrats to pogo-dance on Trump's grave is one of the biggest missed opportunities in recent political history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2017
How I'll know it's time to flee the United States
If you're not scared of Donald Trump, you're not paying attention.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2017
Time for U.S. left to start putting Americans first
Nationalism, not globalism, is the future of American politics — but right now, it's only the right that's riding the wave.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2017
Failure and hope in Women's March
Coopted by the Democrats, the Women's March was doomed to join the list of fruitless liberal marches — yet it gave hint at the better country Americans could have.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2017
Three rules of resistance against the new regime
It's time for Americans who oppose the Trump administration to get serious.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2017
Life under Trump: What will happen next?
What happens now?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2017
Impotent Democrats won't be America's savior
Americans who oppose Trump shouldn't waste time waiting for the Democratic Party to take action against him.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2017
Democrats: Stop the fear and loathing of 2017
Democrats need to stop wallowing in misery and start planning on how to take America back.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2016
Charges of Russian hacking fall flat without evidence
Why are the very same media outlets that let themselves get duped 13 years ago dutifully transcribing what amounts to nothing more than unsubstantiated allegations?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2016
Democratic Party's choice: fight Trump or die
Democrats have one last chance to act like Democrats — something they haven't done in 50 years — or watch their party come apart at the seams.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2016
Thanks to Trump, no more 'Ameri-splaining'
The U.S. has always been corrupt, savage and brutal. President Trump suits us fine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2016
Six reasons why Trump's win wasn't a surprise
As with any large-scale disaster, the ascent of a spectacularly unqualified buffoon to the most powerful political office on Earth came about as the result of numerous system failures and operator errors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2016
Trump's fascism picks up where Obama's left off
Fascism under Trump will merely continue Obama's fascism with a smiley face — a fascism that we let him get away with for far too long.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2016
No, everything won't be alright
With his Cabinet and closest advisers coming from the paranoid far right, there's no chance of 'President Trump' ending well.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2016
Rise of the anti-Trump Left
The election of Donald Trump sets the stage for a civil war within the Democratic Party in which its liberal progressive wing is likely to emerge victorious.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2016
Hate Trump and Clinton? There are better alternatives
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the least popular presidential candidates of all time. So why vote for either one?
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2016
Win or lose, Hillary is finished
If Hillary Clinton is the most qualified person ever to have run for the U.S. presidency, why has her campaign been such a train wreck?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2016
Hey lefties, Hillary Clinton is not your friend
Look for the Democratic Party's left-wing to be defanged under Hillary Clinton if she wins the presidency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2016
Four things Hillary Clinton can do to seal the election
Hillary Clinton is leading Donald Trump by several points, but a few key policy changes could give her an insurmountable lead.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2016
Guerrilla politics pioneered by Trump are here to stay
Donald Trump may be a novice politician but he understands media better than anyone else.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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