When they go to the polls, voters must rationally assess the successes and shortcomings of the LDP under Abe and what they mean for Japan's future.

Cheap speech is reducing the relevance of political parties and newspapers as intermediaries between candidates and voters, which empowers demagogues.

School operator Kake Gakuen's application to open a new veterinary medicine department strayed from well established procedures.

The Kurds' quest for self-rule puts them in the crosshairs of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Russia and the United States.

Even if mankind can avoid a nuclear apocalypse, the coming AI and robotic revolution may prove an equal existential challenge.

The Trump administration's apparent determination to break the Iran nuclear deal is causing global alarm, for good reason.

Myanmar's de facto leader still retains enough moral authority to prevent the Rohingya people from being driven out and forgotten — if she is willing to use it.

Pulling South Korea and Indonesia into the TPP tent would make the free trade pact all the more meaningful.

America's institutions of higher education should follow the same standards of justice as the rest of the nation.

Hillary Clinton's new campaign memoir remains true to her long-standing line: The fault for any mistakes always lies with others.

The cost of preventing thieves from stealing American's constitutionally guaranteed freedoms is growing increasingly high.