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COMMENTARY

Mar 1, 2011

Wrong choice in Kosovo

By Gregory Clark

A recent Council of Europe report says that during and after the 1998-99 Kosovo conflict, militia leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) tortured and killed hundreds of Serbs and political rivals in secret Albanian hideouts, removed their organs for sale and dumped their bodies in local rivers....

COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE

Feb 28, 2011

Judicial allergy to appeals

More than 1,800 criminal cases reached Japan's Supreme Court on appeal in fiscal 2009. But 98.01 percent of them were thrown out without a hearing. The situation is not much different with civil cases. This trend has chipped away at the very foundation of the nation's three-tier judiciary system, in...

COMMENTARY / World

Feb 28, 2011

India-Pakistan matrix challenges nuclear security efforts in region

By Harsh V. Pant

LONDON — According to the most recent estimates by U.S. intelligence, Pakistan has doubled its nuclear stockpile over the past few years. The nation's arsenal now totals more than 100 deployed weapons.

EDITORIALS

Feb 28, 2011

Investigatory reform

A private advisory body for Justice Minister Satsuki Eda, headed by his predecessor Ms. Keiko Chiba, is now discussing ways to reform Japan's prosecution process. It is scheduled to make proposals by the end of March. Proposals should ensure that investigation by public prosecutors is done in a just...

EDITORIALS

Feb 28, 2011

Tracking former sex offenders

A proposal by Gov. Yoshihiro Murai of Miyagi Prefecture to attach Global Positioning System devices to ex-convicts of sex crimes and people prone to committing domestic violence has given rise to renewed discussions of how to prevent sex-crime recidivism.

COMMENTARY

Feb 28, 2011

Is it the destiny of Muslims and Jews to fight?

By Cesar Chelala

NEW YORK — Negative stereotypes and prejudices have been a constant source of friction and misunderstanding between Muslims and Jews. Can a level of understanding be reached between them that would make peaceful relations possible? I believe so. An almost forgotten episode during World War II could...

COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT

Feb 27, 2011

All hail the wonders of Japanese cuisine — if not what Japanese eat

By Roger Pulvers

Ask almost any Japanese living overseas what they miss most and they are more likely to say the food than their relatives. Ask virtually any tourist what excites them most about Japan and you are apt to be told "Japanese food."

COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK

Feb 27, 2011

Indefensible costs of military one-upmanship

By Hiroaki Sato

NEW YORK — I was recently surprised to learn that Singapore has 72,500 troops on active duty and plans to double the number of "combat-ready aircraft" to more than 200. It also plans to have 10 more submarines to add to the four it has today. Or so the Wall Street Journal reported ("Asia's New Arms...

COMMENTARY / World

Feb 27, 2011

Beijing in Washington's footsteps

By Kevin Rafferty

HONG KONG — The so-called financial leaders of the Group of 20 nations propped up this month's agreement in Paris against a fluffy set of economic indicators that may lead to their taking concerted action to head off a future potential global economic crisis. But it would be unwise to hold your breath...

EDITORIALS

Feb 27, 2011

Japan in Cambodia

As Japan seeks good relations with Southeast Asian countries, one positive development of late is its continued aid to Cambodia. A recent news report noted that Japan is the largest donor to the Cambodian court seeking to try members of the Khmer Rouge for crimes committed during its reign. Support for...

CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN

Feb 27, 2011

CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY

Feb 27, 2011

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.

80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped

By Elizabeth Beattie

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Muji has been sustainable from the beginning

Muji has been sustainable from the beginning

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