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For George Will's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2016
Historical facts vanish in Putin's memory holes
Modern tyrannies depend on state control of national memories — retroactive truths established by government fiat.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2016
Trump won't defend the U.S. Constitution
Donald Trump's track record suggest he would undermine the U.S. Constitution rather than uphold it.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2016
The WWI battle that continues to haunt Europe
The most important battle of the war that spawned our modern era began on July 1, 1916.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2016
A welcome revival of nationhood in Britain
A wave of skepticism may lead other countries to leave the European Union.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2016
In Britain, anti-Semitic sentiment endures
Anti-Semitism is staining Britain's Labour Party.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2016
Britain, too, is infected with political silliness
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is a reactionary masquerading as a revolutionary.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2016
The British people will choose their destiny
The 'Brexit' referendum presents an explicit opportunity to reject a rising and unaccountable administrative state.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2016
Britain at the crossroads as 'Brexit' vote looms
The 'Brexit' referendum is the most important vote in Europe in a half-century.
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2016
Due process is being kicked off U.S. campuses
A lawsuit by a suspended Colorado university student should be remedial education for administrators.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2016
Histories that shouldn't be secret
U.S. President Barack Obama should release classified documents on the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Bay of Pigs fiasco in Cuba in 1961.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2016
It's time to come to grips with cyberwarfare
Should using cyberskills to damage another nation's physical infrastructure be legally categorized as aggression?
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2016
Libya mars Clinton's foreign policy credentials
Hillary Clinton was a co-author of the U.S. plan to topple Moammar Gadhafi, which led to Libya becoming a failed state.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2016
Why the future will disappoint us
We can't replicate the 'special century' that took place between 1870-1970 — an era that completely transformed the human condition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2016
Trump's 'peak' might be coming
Defenders of GOP traditions are trying to prevent a stampede to Donald Trump of 'Vichy Republicans,' collaborationists coming to terms with the occupation of their party.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2016
Ronald Reagan owed his great success to Nancy
Without his wife Nancy, Ronald Reagan would not have come to the place he occupies in history.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2016
The albatross of a Donald Trump endorsement
Republican politicians who endorse Donald Trump will find that nothing will redeem the reputations they will ruin by placing their opportunism in his service.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2016
Donald Trump relishes wrecking Republicans
It's time to change the topic to Donald Trump's tax records.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2015
On U.S. campuses, a freedom from speech
Some U.S. campuses are so saturated with progressivism that they celebrate diversity in everything but thought.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2015
Fix America's broken criminal justice system
If the Republican Party wants to win a bigger share of the African-American vote, it should hone an agenda for reform of the troubled U.S. criminal justice system.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2015
U.S. must rethink the size and shape of its navy
As China increases its arsenal of land-based anti-ship missiles, how much longer will aircraft carriers be able to play a central role in the U.S. Navy's projection of force in Asia?
'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.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

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Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree
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