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INDIA

COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2014
India's election will not be decided on old lines
A great rage and discontent is blowing across India's landscape of thwarted modernization. Whoever rides this angry tiger into the country's highest office following the current election will have to pacify it quickly.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2014
Can a nuclear-weapons state champion disarmament?
India should be the one to step forward to champion a phased, regulated and verifiable global nuclear disarmament governed by a universal, nondiscriminatory nuclear weapons convention.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2014
In defense of traditional Indian masculinity
A male Indian novelist chips away at the simplistic picture of the gender wars in India, whose men, according to a OECD survey, spend just 19 minutes a day on 'routine housework.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 22, 2014
Toyota to lift lockout at Indian factories
Toyota Motor Corp. will resume production in India after an impasse with union workers over wages led to a temporary lockout and halt in assembly work.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 7, 2014
Modi to take on Congress in polls
Street clashes erupted in India after this week's announcement that parliamentary elections will start April 7 in a race that pits Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi against the unpopular Nehru-Gandhi family's ruling party.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2014
Singh seeks India votes with 29th state as opponents vow fight
India's lower house moved to create a new state in the south to resolve a 50-year dispute, risking unrest where Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have their offices as the ruling Congress party seeks votes before elections.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2014
Big money backs wrong man in India
There is a great, virtual storm blowing through India today to make Narendra Modi, the chief minister of Gujarat, seem like the nation's natural and inevitable leader.
WORLD
Jan 25, 2014
'Abe-genda': nuclear export superpower
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is now in New Delhi to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Indian Republic. His presence speaks volumes about closer diplomatic, security and economic ties and, at least from Tokyo's perspective, a common agenda on responding to the rise of China. India remains...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2014
India's shambolic Afghan policy
India stands at a crossroads where it remains keen to preserve its interests in Afghanistan but has refused to step up its role as a regional security provider.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2014
Expanded links to Indian air force eyed amid China spat
Japan and India moved to expand air force ties before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits New Delhi in a few weeks, bolstering relations two months after China declared an air defense identification zone in a disputed area.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 28, 2013
Incredible India and the New Delhi Dissensus
On a recent visit to New Delhi, I met an activist promoting the rights of dalits (untouchables), who quipped, playing off a current national-branding campaign: "India is indeed incredible . . . but only in paradox."
COMMENTARY
Dec 27, 2013
America's one-sided application of diplomatic law
The entire Indian foreign service bureaucracy has been antagonized by the arrest and search of a colleague in New York. As U.S. relative power wanes, is diplomatic trust worth breaking with a growing number of friends and allies?
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Dec 25, 2013
Race-based ID checks in front of families send wrong message
I cannot accept the way Japanese police treat foreigners such as myself in public places — especially how they judge people by color and appearance. I have had several unpleasant experiences that suggest this is the case.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 22, 2013
Champion of women's rights reportedly underpaid nanny
A week after the arrest and strip-search of an Indian diplomat in New York caused a international firestorm, new details are emerging about the woman at the center of the controversy, a seemingly contradictory figure who advocated for women's rights in public but is accused of underpaying and overworking...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2013
Diplomat's arrest sparks clash of political cultures
The escalating diplomatic spat between India and the U.S. over the treatment of an Indian deputy consul-general who was arrested in New York highlights a clash of pathologies of two political cultures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 19, 2013
Strip search puts strain on India-U.S. ties
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed his regret to India over the arrest and strip search of a consular official in New York as he sought to calm a row over the incident Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Dec 16, 2013
India gang rapes rise despite growing awareness
The chauffeur's boss was out of town, so the driver called a friend and said "Let's have some fun" — which police say meant finding a woman to rape.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2013
Mandela's final step to freedom
Nelson Mandela's life had many parallels with that of Mahatma Gandhi. Above all, Mandela was an eternal optimist who believed in the possibility of improvement and progress by appealing to the better angels of our nature.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 9, 2013
India's Congress party trounced in state elections
India's governing Congress party suffered a bruising blow Sunday, losing four keenly watched state elections in what is seen as a semifinal for the national vote next spring.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2013
India again shows signs of irrational sanguinity
India shows no signs of facing its underlying problem of poor governance or overcoming its sense of political drift. What, then, accounts for its relentless sanguinity?

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