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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2013
Summers pulls out of race to be Fed chief
White House adviser Lawrence Summers quits the race for Federal Reserve chairman after a highly unusual political assault against the brusque but brilliant economist.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2013
Conservative Club for Growth targets 'Obamacare'
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2013
Shooting down five myths about cruise missiles
U.S. cruise missiles are no magical solution to the horror taking place in Syria.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2013
Obama's doomed relationship 'reset' with Russia
The failure of the U.S.-Russia relationship 'reset' should come as no surprise, owing to its deeply flawed foundations.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2013
Intervention for separation
Outside intervention in Syria should go even further and seek to separate the warring factions.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2013
Syria presents a constitutional moment for U.S.
No congressional vote about Syria can damage the U.S. presidency as much as Barack Obama has done by overreaching.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2013
How Congress can limit Obama's war on Syria
If Congress wants to limit President Barack Obama's ability to wage war on Syria, it must use its appropriations power.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2013
Google races to keep out government spies
Google is racing to encrypt the torrents of information that flow among its data centers around the world in a bid to thwart snooping by the U.S. National Security Agency and the intelligence agencies of foreign governments, company officials said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 5, 2013
Clinton's Syria stance may be key in 2016 race
Hillary Rodham Clinton was a senator from New York the last time the U.S. Congress was asked to authorize military action in the Middle East. Friends believe her 2002 vote giving President George W. Bush the power to invade Iraq may have cost her the presidency in 2008.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2013
Obama risks little by going to Congress
The transfer of authority from the legislative branch to the executive branch has been, on the whole, a terrible thing for the U.S.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2013
Obama strains to win over public on Syria
President Barack Obama has turned the question of whether to strike Syria into an extraordinary national sales job — seeking to convince skeptics in Congress and among the public that military action would be worth the risk.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2013
Obama gets Abe assurance on Syria stance
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2013
Is America now becoming an international outlaw?
When Barack Obama succeeded George W. Bush as U.S. president, the world heaved a collective sigh of relief. How ironic then that Obama risks making the U.S. the biggest international outlaw of our times.
WORLD
Sep 3, 2013
2014 elections, specter of Iraq loom over Obama's high-stakes Syria gamble
President Barack Obama's stunning reversal on Syria — deciding to ask Congress to approve the use of force just hours after he seemed set on bypassing the legislative branch — amounts to a massive gamble by the commander in chief.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 3, 2013
Obama shows flexibility on Syrian strike proposal
As the Obama administration launches what it describes as a 'flood the zone' campaign to persuade Congress to authorize military action against Syria, officials say they are willing to rewrite the proposed resolution to clarify that any operation would be limited in scope and duration.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2013
U.S. in unending hunt for terrorists in spy agencies
The U.S. government suspects that individuals with connections to al-Qaida and other hostile groups have repeatedly sought to obtain jobs in the intelligence community, and it reinvestigates thousands of employees each year to reduce the threat that one of its own may be trying to compromise closely...
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 1, 2013
Abe, Kishida, Onodera keeping eye on U.S. response
Prime Minister Abe says he is closely watching how Congress will respond to U.S. President Barack Obama's request for backing to attack Syria over chemical weapons.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2013
U.S. obsession with race doesn't help the poor
In 2013, the factors that deny opportunity in the U.S. to poor blacks affect all poor Americans. Race should be dethroned as the organizing principle for social reform.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2013
The Syria questions you were too afraid to ask
The United States is preparing for a possibly imminent series of limited military strikes against Syria, the first direct U.S. intervention in the two-year civil war, in retaliation for President Bashar Assad's suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 1, 2013
Poison gas viewed as uniquely horrible
After the guns of World War I fell silent, the world's nations convened in Geneva to outlaw for the first time an entire class of weapons. Barely 1 percent of the war's battlefield deaths had come from toxic chemicals, yet these had evoked greater horror than the blast wounds, shrapnel and bullets that...
U.S. looks to Japan for help in boosting weapons production
Under the DICAS forum, Japan and the U.S. could look to co-produce weapons that both countries currently do not have in large quantities, with munitions such as Patriot interceptors "low-hanging fruit," according to some experts.
JAL vows to raise crew safety awareness following emergency probe
Between November and May, five major incidents involving Japan Airlines aircraft were reported, prompting the transport ministry to issue the airline a stern warning and conduct an on-site inspection at its facilities late last month.
Japan's parliament faces a long road to digitalization
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and digital minister Taro Kono attend a digitalization panel in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Side job' fraud believed to have taken ¥1.9 billion from 8,600 victims
Kazuki Suzuki, one of the suspects, was taken into police custody in Tokyo on Monday.
Jet fuel crunch sees airlines servicing Japan demand more supply
Some overseas airlines scrapped plans to add or increase services to Japanese airports due to the uncertain jet fuel supply, trade minister Ken Saito acknowledged on Tuesday.
Despite its hardworking image, Japan might be No. 1 in quiet quitting
Only 6% of the Japanese workforce is engaged while a third of the workforce is job hunting or looking out for new opportunities, according to a Gallup report.
Japan's parliament faces a long road to digitalization
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and digital minister Taro Kono attend a digitalization panel in Tokyo on Thursday.
Using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine to top G7 agenda
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, this year's Group of Seven chair, speaks following the announcement of the partial results of European Parliament elections, in Rome on Monday.
U.S. looks to Japan for help in boosting weapons production
Under the DICAS forum, Japan and the U.S. could look to co-produce weapons that both countries currently do not have in large quantities, with munitions such as Patriot interceptors "low-hanging fruit," according to some experts.
At Paris Games, Connor O’Leary aims to win and inspire
Australian-born Connor O'Leary will represent Japan in the surfing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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