Commentary / Japan Aug 25, 2020
Japan's take on a most unconventional Democratic convention
by Kuni Miyake
The reaction in Tokyo was mostly even-handed, if a little less enthusiastic than the coverage in the U.S. media.
Commentary / World Mar 11, 2020
Biden obviously has dementia and should withdraw from the race
by Ted Rall
It's anti-American and unpatriotic to vote for someone suffering from dementia for a position with exclusive control over nuclear launch codes.
Commentary / World Feb 23, 2020
Can Michael Bloomberg make America proud again?
by Stephan Richter
The electoral odds inside the Democratic Party are aligning in such a manner that former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg could end up as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency on Nov. 3.
Commentary / World Feb 18, 2020
Is it already too late to stop Bernie Sanders?
by Ramesh Ponnuru
Like Trump before him, the Vermont senator is benefitting from a divided opposition.
Commentary / World Feb 7, 2020
Forget the Iowa fiasco — Trump is the Democrats' real problem
by Ramesh Ponnuru
The U.S. president's triple threat: high approval rating, stable economy and a united party.
World / Politics Aug 28, 2019
Tense talks aimed at forming a new Italian government inched forward on Wednesday as two major political parties, struggling to bury years of hostility and avoid snap elections, agreed to re-install Giuseppe Conte as prime minister. The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the opposition center-left Democratic ...
World / Politics | ANALYSIS Nov 7, 2018
Let the 2020 White House race begin. Tuesday's elections sounded the starting gun for a long, crowded, expensive and no doubt dramatic race for the presidency. Democrats, riding a wave of momentum from their gains in the U.S. House of Representatives, enter the presidential cycle without ...
Commentary / World Sep 2, 2018
Does corruption matter to voters? It depends
by Stephen Mihm
Democrats' main target should be the Republican Party, not the president.
Editorials May 12, 2018
The Kibo no To-DP merger seems to be yet another example of an unprincipled union of political parties in pursuit of numbers.
National / Politics May 7, 2018
by Reiji Yoshida
Only 62 of their combined 107 members plan to join the new entity.
National / Politics Jan 26, 2018
Proposed Kibo no To policy criticizes Abe-backed security laws, but conservative members may balk
by Reiji Yoshida
The leadership of Kibo no To (Party of Hope) on Friday proposed to rank-and-file members that the opposition party strongly criticize the controversial 2015 security laws pushed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a senior member and media reports said. The new policy, proposed during a ...
National / Politics Jan 17, 2018
Alliance negotiations between two Japanese opposition parties break down
Talks between the Democratic Party and Kibo no To on forming an alliance in the Diet end Wednesday amid strong opposition from rank-and-file lawmakers on both sides.