Editorials

Taking on ticket scalpers

Ticket scalping needs to be stamped out, but doing so won't be easy.

Changing the spousal tax break

The authorities had better tread very carefully when deciding whether to change the spousal tax deduction system.

Commentary

Could new drug prevent Alzheimer's disease?

A promising experimental drug called aducanumab could be an important development in preventing Alzheimer's disease.

Preventing China from changing the status quo

The world's attention has been focused on North Korea, but the greatest long-term threat to peace and security in the region is Chinese aggression in its maritime borders.

Editorials

The LDP's presidential term limit

The LDP has every right to weaken or even end the term limits on its presidents, but should it do so now just to keep Shinzo Abe in power?

A right-wing scare for Germany

Angela Merkel's support for immigration and the settlement of more than a million refugees have cost her party dearly at the ballot box.

Growth in senile dementia cases

Japan must prepare to handle a larger number of senile dementia cases as the size of its eldlerly population increases.

All eyes on the Federal Reserve

Central bankers have done their part to spur economic growth, it is up to politicians to do theirs.

Slowdown in tourist spending

Regional authorities, businesses and communities need to help turn around the slowdown in spending by overseas visitors.

Reining in the price of costly drugs

In approving the use of breakthrough drugs, the government must ensure their cost doesn't place undo strain on the nation's public health insurance system.

Preventing youth suicides

More than 300 schoolchildren take their own lives every year.

Taking risks with Syrian cease-fire

The new cease-fire attempt in Syria deserves applause, but it will need sustained political and military backing to achieve a real peace.

DP's challenges under new leader

Despite the controversy surrounding Renho's candidacy, the Democratic Party can hardly afford not to unite its new president.

Power retail deregulation

Reform of the nation's electricity business is far from complete.

Commentary

Inside Vladimir Putin's unassailable bubble

Vladimir Putin lives in a sphere reserved for those terrifying figures who are seen to have protected Russia and made it great in the world.

Troika of female politicians under scrutiny

The media has been abuzz about the emergence of three prominent Japanese female politicians: Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and Renho, the head of the Democratic Party. However, the significance of this development is limited. Overall, politics in Japan remains a ...

Hernando De Soto

Casting globalization to help everyone

Information technology has democratized so many elements of our lives. By democratizing the law, perhaps it can save globalization — and the international order.

Takamitsu Sawa

The AI revolution has begun

The crucial issue now facing humans is how to live in harmony with artificial intelligence.

Ramzy Baroud

Honor Aylan Kurdi by ending the Syrian war

It's time to end a hideous war that has claimed the lives of 50,000 Syrian children.

Daniel Gordis

Israel ponders the future without its fathers

Israelis will soon face an uncertain future without their founding generation, who always surmounted the seemingly unsurmountable.

Walter C. Clemens Jr.

Offer Kim security for a freeze

A freeze on the development of North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs in exchange for an end to sanctions and the establishment of ties with the U.S. would be a win-win situation for everyone.