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EDITORIALS

Jun 25, 2002

A problem of corporate ethos

The Financial Services Agency has ordered the Mizuho Financial Group, whose computer system crashed spectacularly on the occasion of its integration last April, to improve its internal management setup so as to prevent any recurrence of the bungle. Mizuho itself has decided to cut the pay of all of its...

COMMENTARY / World

Jun 25, 2002

Shenyang highlights bilateral problems

By Ding Dou

BEIJING -- Although the furor raised by the two-week dispute over the Shenyang incident has died down, it has not entirely dissipated -- particularly in Japan. The incident highlighted Japan's sensitivity toward China's growing power, and demonstrated that if frictions in this area are not effectively...

COMMENTARY / World

Jun 25, 2002

Nuclear taboo remains strong

By Yumiko Nakagawa and Brad Glosserman

Recent comments by leading Japanese politicians have raised international concern about Tokyo's nuclear intentions. Those fears are misplaced: Japan's nuclear taboo remains as powerful as ever. The comments do signal growing frustration within Japan's policy community over the need for a long-delayed...

EDITORIALS

Jun 24, 2002

Mr. Bush's Middle East dilemma

U.S. policy toward the Middle East is reaching a critical point. Although every U.S. instinct is to keep a safe distance from the explosive conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, the administration of President George W. Bush is being forced to take a more active role in the region. The success...

COMMENTARY / World

Jun 24, 2002

Shameful progress on reducing hunger

By Cesar Chelala

NEW YORK-- The World Food Summit in Rome underscored the severity of malnutrition around the world. More poignantly, it showed how slow the progress has been so far toward eliminating hunger and malnutrition. According to some estimates, 800 million people worldwide -- among them 300 million children...

COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK

Jun 24, 2002

U.S. lessons Japan may prefer to skip

By Hiroaki Sato

NEW YORK -- Americans love to learn and teach lessons. The Japanese love to seek and accept them.

COMMENTARY

Jun 24, 2002

There's a spoiler in China's dynamo economy

By Kiroku Hanai

It is becoming a fad among the Japanese media to praise China as a new economic giant. Some reports say the fast-growing neighbor poses a serious threat to Japan's economy; others say China is emerging as "the factory of the world."

COMMENTARY / World

Jun 24, 2002

Remote Okinawan location handicaps research university

By Philip G. Altbach

BOSTON -- The Japanese government has announced plans for a new research university to be built from scratch in Okinawa Prefecture, the island chain located 2.5 hours flying time southwest of Tokyo and known mainly for its tropical weather and U.S. military bases.

COMMENTARY

Jun 24, 2002

Lawyers see gold in tooth-filling lawsuits

By Doug Bandow

WASHINGTON -- The American judicial system abounds with scare stories and strike suits. Leave it to the trial lawyers to blame almost every human ailment on someone with a deep pocket. The latest cause celebre is tooth fillings.

COMMENTARY / World

Jun 24, 2002

Breeze of de-escalation blows in Kashmir

By Gautaman Bhaskaran

MADRAS, India -- Maybe the world is breathing easier now. There will probably not be a nuclear conflict between the two long warring Asian rivals, India and Pakistan. There are distinct signs of de-escalation between their armies, which have stood in a defiant eye-to-eye confrontation for several months....

EDITORIALS

Jun 23, 2002

What's 'Onion' in Chinese

You have to feel a little sorry for those fellows over at the Beijing Evening News. Here they are a global laughingstock, and they still don't get why. But was it altogether their fault? Those of us who have tried and failed to comprehend humor, let alone satire, in a foreign language are privately thinking,...

COMMENTARY

Jun 23, 2002

Support for reshuffle builds

By Kenzo Uchida

The regular Diet session has been extended for 42 days through July 31. On Wednesday, when the extension was approved, the Lower House voted unanimously to accept a request from the Tokyo District Court to issue an arrest warrant for legislator Muneo Suzuki. And later the same day, public prosecutors...

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