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EDITORIALS

Aug 10, 2004

The dream of nuclear disarmament

The world sleeps easier since the end of the superpower competition and its accompanying threat of nuclear annihilation, but fears that a rogue state or terrorist group might acquire nuclear weapons have grown. That concern has been magnified by the increasingly visible failings of the global nonproliferation...

EDITORIALS

Aug 8, 2004

A tale of two Americans

Japan is currently playing host to two American citizens whom the United States wants returned to its custody to face criminal charges. The coincidence of their presence here has provided a tough exercise in clear thinking. Chess legend Bobby Fischer, 61, was indicted in 1992 for violating U.S. sanctions...

EDITORIALS

Aug 7, 2004

Rationale for denuclearization

Fifty-nine years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there is a disturbing sense that the world could be headed for more, not less, nuclear weapons. As the world's first and only atom-bombed nation, Japan is destined to do everything in its power to strive for the nonproliferation and...

EDITORIALS

Aug 6, 2004

Expectations of impartiality

There are rising expectations that Ms. Chikage Ogi, the first female president of the House of Councilors, will do a good job. She has impressive credentials, having been elected to the Upper House for a fifth 6-year term -- a record number for an incumbent Upper House member. Ms. Ogi once headed the...

EDITORIALS

Aug 5, 2004

Tide of liberalized farm trade

It comes as a great relief that the global trade talks in Geneva have been saved from collapse. Early Sunday, working past the Friday deadline, delegates from the World Trade Organization's 147 member nations agreed on a framework setting basic rules for completing the new round of negotiations that...

EDITORIALS

Aug 4, 2004

To conduct 'proactive diplomacy'

The Foreign Ministry revamped its organization, effective Aug. 1, to conduct "proactive and strategic diplomacy." The makeover is welcome, but redrawing the organization chart is in itself no guarantee of success. What is needed is concerted and determined efforts to produce tangible results. Otherwise,...

EDITORIALS

Aug 3, 2004

Ensure collusion doesn't pay

Japan's antitrust legislation needs upgrading. The Fair Trade Commission is preparing a revision bill to bring the Antimonopoly Law more into line with international standards by tightening the penalties for business-restricting practices. Nippon Keidanren, the Japan Business Federation, has already...

EDITORIALS

Aug 2, 2004

The alternative to Mr. Bush

U.S. Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic nominee for president, is now officially embarked on what promises to be a close race for the White House. He made a good start at the party's national convention in Boston last week by pledging to restore "trust and credibility" to the presidency and rebuild Western...

EDITORIALS

Aug 1, 2004

Priorities at Camp Cropper

Somewhere near Baghdad International Airport is a U.S.-run prison with the stern designation "High Value Detention Site" and the jaunty name of Camp Cropper. It was in the news last week following reports of a visit by Iraq's new minister for human rights, Bakhtiar Amin, to the prison's most highly valued...

EDITORIALS

Jul 31, 2004

Winning battles, losing wars

The war against terror has forced governments to rethink national security. Protecting against invisible, anonymous threats requires extraordinary vigilance and exceptional measures. Ultimately, victory in this battle will rest on a broad consensus on what we are fighting for; only then can governments...

EDITORIALS / WASHINGTON UPDATE

Jul 30, 2004

Taking care of business

The extraordinary Diet session that opens Friday should be an occasion to review the outcome of the July 11 Upper House election. This is true especially for the Liberal Democratic Party, which failed to win its targeted number of seats. Yet neither the LDP nor the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro...

EDITORIALS

Jul 29, 2004

The sustainable whaling option

I t has been just 100 years since Norway began hunting whales in the Antarctic seas, but celebration seems hardly warranted. The International Whaling Commission is effectively paralyzed because its 57 members, split almost equally between prowhaling and antiwhaling nations, are unable to assemble a...

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.

A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan

By Hanako Lowry

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