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Kent E. Calder
For Kent E. Calder's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2022
Odessa and Putin's imperial dream
Odessa naturally figures strongly in Vladimir Putin's imperial dreams as it was once the Soviet Union's largest and most important port.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2021
Shades of FDR: Biden's first 100 days
Biden's first 100 days have thus been eventful ones. Strong prospects of vaccinating 200 million Americans before those days are finished at the end of April.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2020
America's face mask ambivalence
At least 10 percent of Americans refuse to wear masks at all, and a third or more fail to wear them consistently in public places.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2019
Donald Trump's puzzling Teflon presidency
If only 107,000 votes in three Rust Belt states had shifted to the left, Donald Trump would not be president.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 18, 2019
Saudi Arabia, Japan and the world beyond oil
At a variety of levels Saudi Arabia is deeply engaged economically with Japan, and in many areas beyond oil.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2019
Trump's wall obsession
Defeat in the November midterms made reviving the wall issue imperative for the U.S. president.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2018
America's deepening gender divide and the midterm elections
Young women could well be the core of a "blue wave" of opposition to the Trump administration in U.S. congressional races this fall.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 14, 2018
The long road to a Korean peace
A framework must be created that all key parties have an incentive to maintain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2018
Olympic diplomacy and East Asia's future
Japan and the U.S. must respond effectively to Pyongyang's subtle seduction of Seoul.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 12, 2017
The art of the deal in Pacific diplomacy
From the standpoint of global stability and enlightened American national interest, this is an unusually important time for Trump to seriously engage with Asia's leaders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2017
Chinese versus American globalism
The Trump administration's conscious abdication of global leadership leaves a big vacuum China is willing to fill, but without the legalistic and transparent niceties long favored by the U.S.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2017
Same bed, different dreams
Japanese officials and their private-sector colleagues will need to be creative and ambitious in developing economic cooperation concepts with the U.S. that match the scale and importance of the "Ron-Yasu" years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 26, 2016
A tale of two Brexit impacts
Brexit's shockwaves will impact Japan and China in different ways.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2016
Early shadows of the fall presidential campaign
Best to prepare now for the outside prospect of an American Berluscon winning the White House.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2015
Abe's Aug. 14 statement and the geopolitics of grammar
The approach taken by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his war anniversary statement may be astute in the short run, but it cannot produce authentic reconciliation.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world