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EDITORIALS
May 10, 2017

The pendulum swings in South Korea

The Abe administration must move fast to build relations with the new South Korean president to minimize the impact on Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2017

The personality cult lives on

Despite the horrific legacies of the 20th century's ruthless and criminal despots, the cult of personality shows no signs of decline.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 1, 2017

Let's discuss Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike was named one of the world's 100 Most Influential People of 2017 by Time magazine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 19, 2017

Britain's May betting an early election will buy her more time to hash out Brexit

Nine months after becoming prime minister, Theresa May is learning how to gamble.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2017

Trump more believable and moral than Putin?

In the Syrian strikes Trump effectively followed the policy of 'bomb first, prove later' — exactly the sequence Bush followed in Iraq in 2003 to commit the greatest geopolitical blunder since World War II.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 7, 2017

Delinking different elements in Japan-U.S. ties

There is a danger that the Trump administration will continue to resort to the strategy of linking its approaches to Japan and China.
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2017

Russia wages a new form of war

Disinformation and hacking campaigns are a key part of Moscow's efforts to raise Russia's international stature and counter the Western assault on its political institutions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 4, 2017

'Terri Weifenbach: The May Sun'

April 9-Aug. 29
EDITORIALS
Mar 30, 2017

The U.K.-EU divorce begins

Whatever the outcome of Brexit, one thing is certain: The process will not be easy or painless.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 22, 2017

'Jackie': More pomp than circumstance

There's a scene near the end of "Jackie" where the just-widowed first lady Jacqueline Kennedy (played by Natalie Portman) is talking with her priest (John Hurt) about the meaning of life and asks, somewhat bitterly, "Is that all there is?"
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2017

Street fighter to peacemaker: Northern Ireland's Martin McGuinness dies at 66

Martin McGuinness, a former Irish Republican Army commander and deputy first minister of Northern Ireland who was a key figure throughout five decades of conflict and peace, has died at 66, his party, Sinn Fein, said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 17, 2017

Tillerson's tough talk on North Korea garners mixed reviews

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued bold proclamations during his Asia visit, saying that “all options are on the table” in dealing with nuclear-armed North Korea.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2017

Revolutionary disruption coming to the energy sector

New storage technologies are going to lead to a gargantuan shake-up of the energy industry, sending nuclear to the back seat.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 7, 2017

Top China official says Beijing has right to 'step in' to Hong Kong election

China's third most powerful leader said Monday that Beijing has the right to "step in" to Hong Kong's leadership contest, according to local politicians who met him, in remarks fueling fears of meddling from Communist Party leaders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2017

Why it matters when artists criticize Trump

It is often the arts, serious or satirical, that expose the tragic absurdity of repressive leadership. And the worse Trump behaves, the more demand there will be for artists who oppose him.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2017

ASDF scrambles jets as China sends more fighters and bombers through Miyako Strait

Japan scrambled fighters jets Thursday after China's navy carried out a large-scale drill through a strategic entryway into the Western Pacific between the islands of Miyako and Okinawa — part of Beijing's growing push to project its military clout farther into the Pacific.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2017

Trump immigration policies deja vu for descendants of WWII internees

Seventy-five years ago an executive order issued by then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt uprooted the families of Japanese and Americans of Japanese ancestry, or Nikkei, who were removed from Western coastal regions in the U.S. and taken to remote, guarded camps.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 11, 2017

Dealing with Taiwan's nightmares past and present

On Feb. 28, Taiwan will commemorate the 70th anniversary of what is known as the 2.28 Incident, when Taiwanese rioted against mainlanders from the Kuomintang (KMT) who had taken over control of the island when the Japanese departed in 1945 following their defeat in World War II.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2017

First ladies Akie and Melania show independent streaks but are likely poles apart

When Japanese first lady Akie Abe made her rounds in Washington on Friday, noticeably absent was the high-level chaperone of previous visits — America's first lady.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2017

Cobra Gold set to shift order in Southeast Asia

The U.S. is signaling rekindled interest in Thailand, with the aim of keeping it out of China's camp.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2017

Trump shows how social media can hurt democracy

Social media is amplifying the sway of the powerful.
EDITORIALS
Feb 7, 2017

U.S. defense secretary's reassurance

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to Japan when he visited Tokyo last week.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 4, 2017

Trump card: Japan casts a wary eye on future with new U.S. president

"Japan has a snake in her bosom. That snake is namely flatterers. What led Japan to defeat is neither army nor government, but the snake in Japan's bosom, the flatterers."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2017

White House says no changes to NSC, but Trump's is different

White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday tried to tamp down the furor over President Donald Trump's reorganization of the National Security Council, saying "nothing has changed."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2017

Pyongyang's only private university reaches out to Texas A&M for crop lessons

The leaders of the only private university in North Korea asked Texas A&M University, known for its agricultural economics and public health programs, for help on Monday in teaching subjects such as how to grow food in a land of chronic shortages.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2017

Aligning the West to face an uncertain world

The populist forces that are now pulling at the threads of the post-1945 international order must be resisted.
EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2017

End of an era in Northern Ireland

Martin McGuinness set a powerful example for all Northern Irish politicians and he will be missed, no matter who replaces him.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2017

Syria and the Hippocratic principle: first do no harm

Western interference has caused far more problems than it has solved across the region from Afghanistan to North Africa.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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