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COMMENTARY
Feb 21, 2008
Starting with Kyoto, Rudd aims high
By Tom Plate and Eamonn Butler
LOS ANGELES — Before too much time goes by, maybe somebody ought to take note of the smart political stuff coming out of Australia lately.
COMMENTARY
Feb 21, 2008
Aussie personalist diplomacy
By Gregory Clark
Australia is never short of surprises. One is the way it has produced a prime minister, Kevin Rudd, who can talk directly with the Chinese leadership in their language. Reports say his Mandarin Chinese is excellent.
EDITORIALS
Feb 21, 2008
MSDF in troubled waters
An Aegis destroyer of the Maritime Self-Defense Force collided with a fishing boat about 40 km south-southwest of Cape Nojima, the southern tip of Chiba Prefecture, early Tuesday morning and split the boat into two. The two fishermen aboard, a father and son, are missing. Investigators are trying to...
EDITORIALS
Feb 21, 2008
Improving the day laborer's lot
The labor ministry has meted out administrative punishment against major employment agency Goodwill Inc. This case and other incidents point to the need for the government and lawmakers to move quickly to improve conditions for temporary day laborers, including revising the manpower dispatching business...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2008
Tyranny will be the biggest winner at the Beijing Games
By Nick Cohen
LONDON — At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, spectators will watch as athletes from the worst regimes on the planet parade by. Whether they are from dictatorships of the left or right, secular or theocratic, they will have one thing in common: the hosts of the games that, according to the...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2008
European Union's catalyst for Kosovo
By Wolfgang Petritsch
PRAGUE — Kosovo's declaration of independence has put stability in the Western Balkans back on Europe's agenda. Unless the European Union acts quickly, the whole region could slide backward, with dire social, economic and security consequences. The EU needs a comprehensive regional approach, focusing...
COMMENTARY
Feb 20, 2008
Chasing out rich foreigners
By David Howell
LONDON — Of all the unwise policies of recent years that have steadily undermined the Thatcher legacy of British economic dynamism and enterprise, perhaps the worst and most ill-judged is the current attempt to drive out the super-rich foreigners who have hitherto found Britain such an attractive place...
EDITORIALS
Feb 20, 2008
Kosovo is born
The Republic of Kosovo has declared its independence. A decade after a bloody separatist war with Serbia that claimed thousands of lives, the Albanian enclave that was one of the last remnants of Yugoslavia has promised to create a "democratic, multiethnic state." The move, bitterly denounced by the...
COMMENTARY
Feb 20, 2008
Obstacles to overcome in the development of a concert of Asia-Pacific democracies
By Brahma Chellaney
NEW DELHI — The new Australian government is signaling a wish to turn its back on an initiative bringing four major democracies of the Asia-Pacific together, even as U.S. Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has vowed to institutionalize that venture.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 19, 2008
Fukuda and Ozawa plotting
A generally accepted view is that the opposition Democratic Party of Japan is bent on forcing Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to dissolve the Lower House and call general elections just as soon as possible, while the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito seeks to put off the elections...
EDITORIALS
Feb 19, 2008
North Korea's progress falters
A year has passed since the six-party talks concluded an agreement in February 2007 on a deal that would end North Korea's nuclear-weapons programs in stages. But the denuclearization process has failed to progress as expected. In October 2007, North Korea agreed to "disable" its facilities at its Yongbyon...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2008
The IMF as a global financial anchor
By Age Bakker
PRAGUE — Financial market turmoil has exposed weaknesses in the current global financial system, of which many were known but went unaddressed. This lack of action reflects the increased complexity and linkages of the global financial system, and the absence of an effective anchor for financial stability....
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
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