It remains necessary to raise awareness of depression, which is a treatable condition, in Japan's general population.

Although the war on Iraq has ended, ruthless attacks on Iraqi children continue.

Eighty years after Guernica, an even more criminal action is being carried out against Yemeni civilians, mainly by Saudi Arabia with the complicity of the U.S.

Peace between Israelis and Palestinians will not be achieved overnight, and it is only through a massive effort involving the citizenry that reconciliation and cooperation can occur between both peoples.

Afghanistan has been called the graveyard of empires. It should more properly be called the graveyard of illusions.

On a global scale, the magnitude of undiagnosed and unaddressed mental health problems remains high.

The U.S. has been intervening in other countries through a variety of mechanisms that have led to their destabilization.