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POPULISM

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) and former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg are both experiencing a revival in U.K. political and business circles.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2024
Has the U.K. learned nothing from Brexit?
The current success of David Cameron and Nick Clegg in the U.K. suggests that the country — and the world — have learned little from populism's rise.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2020
World’s populists may regret their embrace of Trump
The likes of Putin, Bolsonaro and Erdogan may be about to see an end to their years as part of a U.S.-led strongman brotherhood.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2020
A virus to kill populism, or make it stronger?
Will the pandemic makes or break the populist leaders that the last global crisis gave rise to?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2019
East Asia's political vulnerability
To avoid Latin America-style political crises, East Asian governments must ensure that their economic policies support equitable growth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2019
Beautiful harmony in an angry world
The internet, which was going to bring citizen liberation, has ushered in forces of social disintegration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2019
What's behind Japan's political stability?
A majority of the Japanese electorate is quite sensible supporting a realistic security agenda and a moderately liberal economic and social agenda.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2019
Boris Johnson and the triumph of gullibility?
New research suggests a startling explanation for the recent success of populist politicians.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 1, 2019
Is disgust with the status quo now feeding nostalgia for the past?
Bulgarian scholar Ivan Krastev, in an interview with the Asahi Shimbun published in March, compared the restless discontent of the 1960s with that of today. Fifty years ago, he said, disgust with the status quo fed hope for the future. Today it feeds nostalgia for the past.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2019
Springtime for nationalism?
The term 'populism' does not capture what is really at stake in national and regional elections around the world this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2019
Technocracy replaces philosophy
In much of Asia, the left-right ideological struggle is over and it is technocracy and technology that now reign supreme.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2019
Democracy in a self-contradictory trap
Populism is the Achilles heel of democracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2019
Trump, Macron and the poverty of liberalism
If liberals want to defeat populists, there is only one route: Regain the trust of the voters that form much of their base.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2019
Politics, economics and carbon in 2019
As 2019 begins, leaders must focus on bread-and-butter domestic issues, while moving toward more flexible and decentralized political models capable of governing diverse populations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2018
Urban-rural chasm defines new Western political divide
Left-right populism is fueling the Western political divide.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2018
Is pensioner populism here to stay?
Western democracies are feeling the political consequences of population aging.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 15, 2018
Italy's Matteo Salvini condemned as racist for moving migrants from 'model' town
Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Sunday defended his decision to move hundreds of migrants out of a southern Italian town widely seen as a model of successful integration as opposition groups accused him of racism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2018
The hard work of constructing a Liberalism 3.0
A look back by The Economist shows that the problem is not the past, it's the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2018
Why is the center-left receding worldwide?
Parties on both the left and right in developing countries have entered into a chaotic age.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2018
2019 Canada election will be fight against polarization, Trudeau warns
Justin Trudeau said the 2019 Canadian election will be a contrast between his Liberal Party's push for a cleaner environment and fighting inequality, and Conservatives who'll attempt to exploit divisions created by a global wave of populism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2018
Two pioneers in the new politics
Britain's Boris Johnson and America's Alex Jones work to create and further the themes and dramas of contemporary populism.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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