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For Yoichi Funabashi's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Post-Coronavirus Briefing
Sep 7, 2020
All-out effort needed to learn successful virus response
Japan risks losing its status as an advanced nation unless it survives the pandemic and comes out on top.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Post-Coronavirus Briefing
Sep 6, 2020
A supersurveillance society and its impact on democracy
The coronavirus pandemic has given rise to stronger authoritarianism, populism and nationalism, threatening to harm rights-based systems.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Post-Coronavirus Briefing
Sep 4, 2020
Neither U.S. nor China will lead post-coronavirus order
The age of the two economic superpowers, which have been engaged in a tit-for-tat trade war, could be over.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Post-Coronavirus Briefing
Sep 3, 2020
The search for a leader in the post-coronavirus new order
With the United States and China facing issues over lack of action and trust, Japan needs to step up to make itself heard on the world stage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Aug 10, 2020
'China literacy': Vietnam's key to combating COVID-19
Both the government and people saw the shadow of China in the background of the battle to beat the coronavirus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2020
Time to build the post-pandemic world order
This is not only a battle about now but also over what comes next.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2020
COVID-19 and the advent of a 'contactless economic system'
The surveillance technology that helps suppress the spread of coronavirus is a double-edged sword.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Apr 10, 2020
Will COVID-19 be China’s Chernobyl?
The virus has exposed the structural vulnerabilities of the Communist Party system in China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2020
The age of geoeconomics is upon us
A new trend is emerging: Countries are using economic strength to achieve a balance of power.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 8, 2020
Will American populism damage Japan?
The sort of polarizing populism exemplified by Trump, Sanders and several other current world leaders may present Japan and the international order with their biggest challenge of the post-war era.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2020
The post-Brexit 'German question'
Brexit will influence the future direction of not only the U.K. but Europe as well, and it seems likely that it will alter the power balance between Germany and France in particular.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2020
Were the 2010s a return to the 1930s?
The last decade saw the framework of the long postwar period start to crumble.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2019
Brexit underlines perils of populist politics
The standoff between equally matched camps may solidify into a deep rupture in the national fabric.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2019
Stealing books isn't really stealing
China's technological innovations have been striking enough to put Silicon Valley on edge.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 10, 2019
Tokyo, Seoul and the weaponization of history
In July, Japan tightened its control of exports of certain materials for semiconductor production to South Korea. On Aug. 28, the government took further action and removed South Korea from its whitelist of nations granted preferential trade procedure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 9, 2019
Water: China's Achilles heel
The most long-term and fundamental of China's vulnerabilities can be summed up in a single word: water.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 9, 2019
The Mideast has oil, China has rare earths
China has a powerful trade-war weapon: an overwhelming dominance in the production of rare earths.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2019
Central banks under siege of populism
In the age of Trump, the Fed's independence from the government is under even greater threat.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 11, 2019
'An unnatural intimacy'
Just as in the prewar and postwar periods, the vital question with regard to the future of U.S.-Japan relations is that of how to confront and manage relations with China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 14, 2019
The digital transformation of national security
Cyberwars are driving the digital transformation of national security. This poses a grave challenge for Japan.
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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
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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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.
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