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In Hideki Matsuyama, Japan gets its long-sought Masters champion
His victory was the first ever for a Japanese man in a major golf championship, and with it Matsuyama claimed his place in the pantheon of Japanese sports heroes.
While virtually all evidence pointed to China as the source of the outbreak, precisely when the disease appeared and where it came from are bitterly contested.
If the geopolitical logic for support has crumbled, the moral and humanitarian rationale for opposition remains strong. The junta in Myanmar must go.
In many ways, North Korea is quite predictable. The government in Pyongyang was expected to try to provoke the Biden administration, and this week it did just that with a series of missile launches. International reaction has been muted — as it should be. ...
The virtual summit of the four leaders of "Quad" countries should quiet fears that the forum would be just a talk shop, unable to provide concrete deliverables.
As we commemorate those losses, we must also remember the heroes of that day and those that followed, men and women who scrambled to combat an unfolding catastrophe.
The government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga must blunt the Chinese move while demonstrating its understanding of the risks involved.
Supply chain review reflects new national security mentality
National security strictly defined should drive government action, not a desire to protect domestic companies.
A strong stock market is good for Japan, but more important is the health of the overall economy. That remains in doubt.
The country has been embarrassed again by an antediluvian politician, with media at home and abroad condemning Mori’s remarks and the mindset it represents.
During the darkest days of Myanmar's military junta, Tokyo governments worried that isolating Myanmar would push it into China’s sphere of influence.
If the Biden administration gets the big picture — “the larger context of its foreign policy” — right, then differences with allies will be manageable.
