Editorials Jul 8, 2019
The risk of an accident or miscalculation is real and the animosities that dominate regional relations would fan the flames of any incident.
Editorials Jul 7, 2019
Ability, not nationality, should be the most important factor in the selection process.
Editorials Jul 6, 2019
The political parties have made progress in boosting the numbers of female candidates, but they can do a lot better.
Editorials Jul 5, 2019
It's time to make more serious efforts to restore Tokyo-Seoul relations, and the first step that must be taken is for South Korea to promptly agree to hold talks with Japan over the wartime labor issue, as called for under the 1965 agreement.
Editorials Jul 4, 2019
This month's Upper House election will give voters another opportunity to cast judgment on the 7-year-old Abe administration.
Editorials Jul 3, 2019
The government needs to listen to what patients' relatives have gone through and explore what can be done to make up for the damage done.
Editorials Jul 2, 2019
While history was being made at the DMZ on Sunday, an old danger persists: Trump's hunger for a deal will result in the legitimation of North Korea's nuclear program.
Editorials Jul 1, 2019
If the G20 was not the unquestioned success that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had hoped, it cannot be called a failure either.
Editorials Jun 30, 2019
The Supreme Court's decision to quash a bid for a retrial should prompt more discussions on reforms of the system for seeking retrials.
Editorials Jun 29, 2019
More can be done to break the vicious cycle of poverty that passes from parents to children over and over.
Editorials Jun 28, 2019
It is a long shot, but optimism and energy are demanded now.
Editorials Jun 27, 2019
The enactment of a new law that spells out the government's responsibility to ensure adequate Japanese language education for residents from overseas is a step forward. Policy actions and funding to back it up must now follow.