Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Sep 20, 2017
Japan doesn't need to criminalize hate speech
by Shaun O'dwyer
Considering constitutional issues and the risk of creating 'martyrs,' the current law strikes the right balance.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Sep 13, 2017
What will it take to convince Japanese to 'choose family'?
by Nicholas Drapier
Without a societal model that makes family life appear important and attractive, perhaps it's no wonder that many Japanese people have stopped choosing it.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Sep 6, 2017
The other eclipse: Nazism recasts its shadow in Japan and the U.S.
by John G. Russell
People on both sides of the Pacific must take a stand as a 20th-century scourge again infects political discourse.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Aug 27, 2017
How a love of Japan led me to stop dating its women
by Damian Flanagan
A British academic concludes that the only way he can truly enjoy and develop his love for Japan is by excluding his love life from the equation.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Aug 23, 2017
Trump or decency? Every American, whether in Japan or elsewhere, must choose a side
by Jesse Glickstein
Trump made his choice. Now it is time for every American, including those of us living in Japan, to choose between hate and tolerance, ignorance and knowledge, revisionism and truth.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Aug 16, 2017
Re-imagining Japan? Focus on the youth
by Miikka J. Lehtonen
It must have been in 2007 or 2008, during my graduate studies at a business school in Helsinki, Finland. I was sitting in a classroom with 30 fellow students when one of them asked us to raise our hands if we were considering a ...
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Aug 9, 2017
Of guns and cutlery: Memories of the war, from the Netherlands to Japan
by Hans Brinckmann
A chance rediscovery leads an author to reflect on the lessons to be learned from the devastation of two continents.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Jul 19, 2017
To find the joys of 'real Japan,' get on your bike
by Damian Flanagan
Japanese society and culture seem intrinsically suited to bicycles, which require a degree of safety of environment and intimacy that are alien to many thunderously car-based, brash and crime-ridden Western societies.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Jun 28, 2017
Japan — where the suburbs meet utopia
by Damian Flanagan
After flirtations with city and country, a roaming suburban boy finds that true bliss lies somewhere in between.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Jun 21, 2017
Deafening silence from U.S. government as Okinawa defoliants quietly destroy children's futures
by Kris E. Roberts
Lt. Col. Kris E. Roberts, who found dozens of barrels of hazardous waste buried at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in 1981, reflects on the consequences of that discovery.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Jun 7, 2017
Found in translation: At a Japanese hospital, life-saving cancer care and top-class staff
by Siok Hui Leong
A foreign patient finds much to praise after her stint at a hospital in Japan, despite the language and cultural hiccups.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Apr 12, 2017
Resisting Trump's America: why we march in Japan, again
by Jesse Glickstein
On April 15 we will gather again in Tokyo to peacefully protest in solidarity with over 150 sister marches worldwide to demand the release of President Trump's complete tax returns since 2005.