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Kuni Miyake

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Mar 21, 2021

Two very different ‘two-plus-two’ meetings

Were the Tokyo and Seoul two-plus-two meetings successful? For Japan, it was a great beginning and much more successful than expected.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 11, 2021

Moon must stop daydreaming about North Korea

The Biden administration should not, and most likely will not, repeat the same mistakes the Trump administration made vis-a-vis North Korea.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Mar 4, 2021

Can Japan really shoot at vessels over the Senkaku Islands?

My American friend in San Francisco said he could not believe Japan could not shoot at invading foreign vessels. His comment hit the nail on the head.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Feb 26, 2021

Mori’s resignation highlights changing gender norms

Yoshiro Mori reportedly decided to resign immediately after the remarks. It was the secretariat of the organizing committee who strongly pleaded with him to stay in his position.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Feb 19, 2021

A decade after 3/11, what lessons has Japan learned?

The March 11, 2011, earthquake's impact on the people and government of Japan has been both physical and philosophical.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Feb 12, 2021

Beijing already using information warfare with Biden team

Whatever the reason, China was clever enough to take advantage of the omission of one-China discussions in the U.S. readout to make the narrative conform to their interests.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Feb 4, 2021

Persuasion, not pressure, must be used with Myanmar

The real question, however, is not whether Japan recognizes the new government in Myanmar. What matters most is how Japan resumes its efforts of persuasion.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Jan 28, 2021

With Biden, Washington returns to normalcy: But 'strategic patience' with China?

If the Biden administration applied the abortive “strategic patience” concept to China, many in Tokyo would indeed be concerned.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 22, 2021

Biden and Trump deliver vastly different messages

Joe Biden’s inauguration last week was the most heavily guarded in memory: Washington’s entire National Mall was fenced off; numerous military checkpoints were set up; and 25,000 National Guard troops were deployed to prevent the public from entering the city center.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 15, 2021

Will Biden undo Trump’s last minute legacy?

The Biden administration may be trapped in a quandary over Taiwan because the U.S. may send the wrong signal to China if the new secretary of state nullifies Pompeo's Jan. 9 decision.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 2, 2021

I beg your 'pardon,' Mr. Trump

What concerns me most about Trump's pardons are those for four former Blackwater employees convicted of shooting indiscriminately into a crowd of ordinary citizens in Baghdad in 2007.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Dec 22, 2020

Dear Canberra, you are not alone

What Australia's prime minister said about a COVID-19 inquiry was appropriate and the international community must remain united and push China to do what is right during these trying times.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Dec 15, 2020

Who were those Trumpists marching in Tokyo?

There were at least two demonstrations organized by Trump supporters in Tokyo last month. The question is who organized the events.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Dec 11, 2020

The expectations of Joe Biden's administration differ from country to country

The U.S., Japan and their allies must compete with China, not each other.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Dec 2, 2020

Wiser heads must prevail after killing of top Iranian nuclear scientist

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quick to blame Israel, describing the act as an indication of “desperate warmongering of perpetrators.”

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Nov 25, 2020

Is China a free trader or just a free rider?

On issues of market access for goods, if China wants to join CPTPP, it must negotiate from scratch with all 11 members.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Nov 18, 2020

Tokyo-Seoul morass awaits Biden White House

“To mend the relationship with Tokyo, it is imperative to have diplomatic negotiations,” South Korea's conservative daily Chosun-ilbo's editorial urged.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Nov 11, 2020

Reality show over as the world gets ready for a new U.S. president

Despite a wish to return to his version of internationalism and traditional alliances, Joe Biden may face many obstacles as he tries to advance his agenda.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Nov 5, 2020

2016 was Hillary Clinton's to lose. Who lost in 2020?

Can American voters really stop the degradation of U.S. politics? Probably not. Did they make the right decision on Nov. 3? Maybe.

Japan Times

COMMENTARY / Japan

Oct 27, 2020

Nine scenarios for the 2020 U.S. elections

Can U.S. voters really stop the degradation of their politics? Will they make the right decision on Nov. 3? There is not much that friends and foes can do about it now.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.

As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals

By Alex K.T. Martin

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