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ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 22, 2014
Energy debate challenges facade of wa
Torn between his nationalistic instinct to resurrect what he seems to regard as Japan's great bygone days of empire-building and the mundane demands of caring for the pressing needs of his nation, a remarkably caring soul might almost feel sorry for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his first months in...
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 21, 2014
Cracks in the ruling coalition
The exercise of Japan's right to collective self-defense has become Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's political creed, but ruling coalition partner New Komeito wants Abe to slow his approach, and others close to Abe have grown apprehensive about the rise of anti-American conservatism within Abe's Liberal Democratic Party. The ruling coalition is showing cracks.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2014
Singh: missing for a decade
It would be interesting to know just what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh — in office for a decade but rarely in power during that time — thinks the job requires beyond being a sycophant toward the first family.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2014
Rand Paul is Republicans' isolated isolationist
As Republicans start to debate foreign policy in advance of the 2016 election, it's shaping up to be a fight between Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul and everyone else. Until recently, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was on Paul's side, but that close relationship is fraying.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2014
Why does the LDP prefer the GOP?
What is the justification for the Liberal Democratic Party's strange preference for America's Republican Party over the years? The two parties have little in common.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 16, 2014
An endangered liberal voice
What has become of the Liberal Democratic Party's 'liberalism' since the Abe administration took the nation's helm? A lone survivor of that tradition weighs in on the future of 'Abenomics' and Japan itself.
EDITORIALS
Feb 16, 2014
Now Kaieda must deliver
The head of the Democratic Party of Japan says the party will fiercely confront the Abe administration, which he called a 'raging horse,' to push politics aimed at protecting people's lives and jobs.
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.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 7, 2014
DPJ exec's denial of Nanjing stands
The Democratic Party Of Japan's Diet Affairs Chief, Declines To Retract His Remarks Almost Seven Years Ago Insisting That There Was No Nanjing Massacre.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2014
Republicans debating illogical immigration deal
U.S. House Republicans' big idea for advancing immigration reforms is to let Illegal immigrants who meet various conditions work in the U.S. legally, but not let them get on a fast track to citizenship. Republicans should drop this subject if they can't do better.
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2014
Calling Abe to account
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito should refrain from ramrodding their proposals through the Diet as they did with the state state secrets bill during the recent extradordinary Diet session.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 25, 2014
Spinmeister Abe: crisis-mongering and distractions
The news media tends to hyperventilate because this generates a buzz that attracts attention.
EDITORIALS
Jan 24, 2014
Opposition needs unified agenda
There are budding moves to reorganize Japan's fragmented political opposition to create a new force that can stand up to the giant ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 23, 2014
Nuclear energy fight highlights aging economy
The 'nuclear village' is at the root of the cronyism, corruption and inertia that continue to prolong Japan's malaise and dent its competitiveness. Tokyo gubernatorial candidate Morihiro Hosokawa threatens that village.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 9, 2014
LDP drops past campaign pledge to 'never wage a war'
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party removes a pledge that Japan will 'never wage a war' from the final draft of its campaign platform for this year.
EDITORIALS
Jan 7, 2014
LDP's secrecy law propaganda
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is rebutting newspaper articles that have criticized the recently enacted state secrets protection law. But its documented arguments are far from convincing.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Toyota chairman proposes record buyout of its supplier at $42 billion valuation
Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda after a meeting in Beijing last month
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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