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EDITORIALS

Feb 23, 2009

State of the world's children

With the media paying so much attention to the casualties of the economic slowdown, it would be easy to overlook a vital report on the grave situation faced by the world's two most vulnerable classes of citizens — women and children in impoverished countries.

EDITORIALS

Feb 22, 2009

The freedom of Mr. Khan

On its face, the decision to release Mr. Abdul Qadeer Khan from house arrest in Pakistan is a slap in the face of international opinion and a blow to efforts to halt the proliferation of nuclear weapons. According to Pakistan's Foreign Ministry, the work of the world's greatest proliferator "is a closed...

COMMENTARY

Feb 22, 2009

Sea bump echoes Cold War risks

By Gwynne Dyer

LONDON — A ship I once served in had a small brass plate on the bridge with a quotation from Thucydides, the Greek statesman, historian and seaman of the fourth century B.C.: "A collision at sea can ruin your whole day." It is still true.

COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT

Feb 22, 2009

Shiftless apathy to the victims makes all Japanese guilty for the past

By Roger Pulvers

"When we speak of guilt about the past, we are not thinking about individuals, or even organizations, but rather a guilt that infects the entire generation that lives through an era — and in a sense the era itself.

COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT

Feb 22, 2009

Shiftless apathy to the victims makes all Japanese guilty for the past

By Roger Pulvers

"When we speak of guilt about the past, we are not thinking about individuals, or even organizations, but rather a guilt that infects the entire generation that lives through an era — and in a sense the era itself.

EDITORIALS

Feb 21, 2009

New approach to a dispute

In a meeting in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin, Prime Minister Taro Aso and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to accelerate efforts to solve the sovereignty dispute over four islands off Hokkaido by pursuing a "creative and unconventional approach." They also agreed that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir...

COMMENTARY / World

Feb 21, 2009

U.S. policy shift in South Asia

By Harsh V. Pant

LONDON — The recent visit by U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke to South Asia comes at a time of growing unease in the region and underscores the Obama administration's efforts to formulate a new strategy for winning the Afghan war.

EDITORIALS

Feb 21, 2009

Third strike against smoking

As if there already weren't enough good reasons for kicking the cigarette habit, doctors have found yet another: thirdhand smoke. That's the term doctors at MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston have given to the invisible particles and gases that linger on clothing, hair, carpet, furniture and...

COMMENTARY / World

Feb 20, 2009

Beijing's hopes for Obama

By Wang Jianwei

SHANGHAI — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week has embarked on her first overseas trip to Asia as America's chief diplomat. While the leadership in all four capitals she visits are eager to gauge the pulse of the new U.S. government, Beijing is probably more anxious to figure out the...

EDITORIALS

Feb 20, 2009

Israel's resurgent right

It still is not clear who will be Israel's next prime minister, but the winner of last week's vote is plain: Israel's right will now pace the country's politics. The violence and insecurity of daily life pushed Israeli voters toward hardline solutions to national security. They have tired of promises...

EDITORIALS

Feb 19, 2009

Ms. Clinton's view of Japan

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone on Tuesday and agreed that the Japan-U.S. alliance is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. She also met with Prime Minister Taro Aso and the Democratic Party of Japan chief Ichiro...

EDITORIALS

Feb 18, 2009

Surprisingly sharp decline

The Cabinet Office's statistics show that the Japanese economy is in a serious recession. In the October- December quarter, gross domestic product in real terms shrank by 3.3 percent from the previous quarter or an annualized 12.7 percent.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.

Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?

By Alex K.T. Martin

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