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COMMENTARY / World

Jul 27, 2002

Gov. Davis goes where Bush fears to tread

By Russell Working

LIMASSOL, Cyprus -- A remarkable event occurred this week in California -- one that should cheer environmentalists around the world who were angered by the Bush administration's rejection of the Kyoto treaty on global warming.

COMMENTARY

Jul 26, 2002

Iran's reformers need support

By Glyn Ford

BRUSSELS -- Images of Iran seem stuck in a time warp that dates back to the early 1980s, when the country was considered to be one of the world's "rogue states" due to its militant standoff with the United States and its state support of Islamic terror groups. Now it is a flawed democracy -- with a distinctly...

COMMENTARY

Jul 25, 2002

Home of the brave, land of the snitches

By Doug Bandow

WASHINGTON -- Washington "will do everything conceivable, everything humanly and technologically possible to preserve our way of life and our citizens," says Tom Ridge, director of the U.S. Office of Homeland Security. Unfortunately, the Bush administration seems ready to threaten our way of life in...

COMMENTARY

Jul 24, 2002

Chinese media's coverage of U.S. proves balanced

By Frank Ching

HONG KONG -- A study of the Chinese media, commissioned by a bipartisan American congressional panel -- the U.S. China Security Review Commission -- has found that the controlled Chinese press, in its reporting on the United States, appears to be relatively balanced overall.

COMMENTARY

Jul 24, 2002

Chirac sets out to win voters' hearts

By Andre Fontaine

PARIS -- Once again, some 150,000 people lined the Champs Elysees on July 14 to watch the Bastille Day parade. At noon, President Jacques Chirac received 6,000 guests at the traditional party held in the palace gardens. At 1 p.m., as he has always done since his first election in 1995, he gave an interview...

COMMENTARY

Jul 23, 2002

Who can succeed Koizumi?

By Kenzo Uchida

A sense of frustration prevails as the marathon Diet session nears its end. Since it convened in January, the scandal-racked legislature has achieved very little, and the political situation has become increasingly unstable.

COMMENTARY

Jul 23, 2002

Musharraf challenged on several fronts

By Farhan Bokhari

ISLAMABAD -- In its eagerness to intensify its fight against domestic terrorism, the government of Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has scored important gains recently.

COMMENTARY

Jul 22, 2002

Tokyo, Seoul narrowing gap

By Kiroku Hanai

The Japanese people's sense of Japan-South Korea friendship has heightened following the World Cup soccer tournament cohosted last month by the two countries. After South Korea advanced to the semifinals, many Japanese cheered the team on to an extent that puzzled some South Koreans.

COMMENTARY / JAPAN IN THE GLOBAL ERA

Jul 22, 2002

'Domesticists' rule amid idea drought

By Jean-pierre Lehmann

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- I do not live in Japan, although I first set foot (a rather small foot at 4 years old) on Japanese soil in 1949 and knew the country throughout the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s, when I either lived there temporarily or commuted frequently. My visits this century have been far fewer...

COMMENTARY

Jul 21, 2002

Will Jiang cling to power?

By Harvey Stockwin

HONG KONG -- As top politicians in the Communist Party of China consult and confer with each other at Beidaihe during their annual seaside retreat, one key question facing them is whether 76-year-old President and CPC Secretary General Jiang Zemin will seek to extend himself in office.

COMMENTARY / World

Jul 19, 2002

Rise of Indian hawk threatens peace hopes

By Gautaman Bhaskaran

When newly appointed Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani recently said that he had no faith in Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, his words could not be brushed aside as they once might have been. Advani's recent promotion to his new post is believed to signal the rise of hawks in...

COMMENTARY

Jul 18, 2002

Terrorism exacts a high price

By Brad Glosserman

HONOLULU -- The war on terrorism will be with us for a long time; honest observers admit the fight will never end. New technologies have permanently altered the balance of power between states and individuals. It is just too easy to commit terrorist acts. The rising number of incidents and the increasing...

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.

The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight

By Mai Yoshikawa

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