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Kuni Miyake
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 13, 2018
It's still not too late to walk out, Mr. Trump
Trump should stay committed to the goal of denuclearlizing North Korea, even if it means walking away from negotiations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2018
The 'Indo-Pacific' is nothing new
The regional concept has a lengthy past.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 28, 2018
A letter to President Moon Jae-in
Now is the time for South Korean President Moon Jae-in to dramatically change his image in Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 21, 2018
Is history rhyming in East Asia?
Look to Japan-U.S. relations in the 1930s for clues on the course of current Sino-American ties.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2018
A return to hard-liners' heaven?
Trump's appointment of such senior neocons as John Bolton and Mike Pompeo as well as his withdrawal from the JCPOA ensures the return of Iran's hard-liners.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 7, 2018
Can you really walk out, Mr. Trump?
The most vital issue for Tokyo is whether and how North Korea gives up its decades-old strategic nuclear missile development program.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 1, 2018
Yet another Korean kabuki play?
It is at least the seventh time for Tokyo to see such inter-Korean 'agreements' and, most ominously, they have never been implemented.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 23, 2018
Two contradictory proverbs
Few people in Japan are optimistic about the outcome of the Korean talks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 16, 2018
From Damascus to Pyongyang
The implications of the limited U.S.-led air raid against Syria are not about Russia. They concern Damascus, Tehran and Pyongyang.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2016
China should heed Pearl Harbor's lessons
Just as Japan did in the 1930s, China is defying international opinion and challenging the maritime status quo in the western Pacific.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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