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Jeffrey D. Sachs
For Jeffrey D. Sachs's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Demonstrators call for action on climate change and environmental justice during a march in Washington in July 2018.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2023
There can be no climate justice if rich countries don’t pay
Rich countries are responsible for the climate crisis and it's only fair that they bear the burgeoning costs that poorer nations are having to pay.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2022
Ending the war of attrition in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has degenerated into a savage war of attrition that each side believes it will win, but which in reality both sides will lose.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2022
Time to talk peace terms with Russia
The Ukraine in consultation with the U.S. and Europe, which are backing its war-fighting capacity, should formulate and state what a reasonable peace settlement would look like.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2022
How to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty
Putin's reasoning for opposing NATO's expansion reflects a continuation of the Cold War mindset; but that mindset remains active on both sides.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 3, 2022
America’s struggle at home
America's politics have become an insider's game to favor the super-rich and corporate lobbies at the expense of the overwhelming majority of citizens.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2021
Avoiding the worst over Ukraine and Taiwan crises
No global structure of peace can be stable and secure unless all parties recognize others' legitimate security interests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2021
Time to overhaul the global financial system
Banking regulations should be revised and a new and improved credit-rating system implemented to facilitate more lending to developing countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2021
Fixing climate finance
After 29 years of U.S. congressional inaction since the Senate ratified the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, the rest of the world sees just how uncommitted America is.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2021
Group of 20 faces a moral imperative on climate safety
G20 countries account for 80% of carbon dioxide emissions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2021
U.S. leaves more blood in the sand
Almost every modern U.S. military intervention in the developing world has come to rot. It's hard to think of an exception since the Korean War.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2015
Time has come for a new century in the Middle East
2016 should mark the start of a new century of homegrown Middle Eastern politics focused urgently on the challenges of sustainable development.
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2015
Pope Francis is right to call for climate action
U.S. conservatives are dead wrong for criticizing Pope Francis' message on protecting the environment.
Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes off Shikoku
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern Japan on Wednesday. The area marked in red recorded a weak 6 on Japan's seismic intensity scale.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
Japan’s best and brightest designers set to shine in Milan
Adal’s Look into Nature brand, on show at Salon del Mobile 2024, rethinks "igusa" (Japanese rush grass), traditionally used for tatami, as a sustainable material for furniture.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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