Commentary / World Feb 23, 2021
How Trump set up Biden for success
by Karl W. Smith
As his administration clarifies its economic agenda, it’s becoming clear that Biden’s true legacy lies not in rolling back Trump’s policies but in refining them.
Business Dec 10, 2019
Paul Volcker, the towering former Federal Reserve chairman who tamed U.S. inflation in the 1980s and decades later inspired tough Wall Street reforms in the wake of the global financial crisis, died Monday at the age of 92, according to his daughter, Janice Zima. Volcker, ...
Business Oct 22, 2018
China looks to historic foe Japan for lessons on handling Trump trade war
by Connor Cislo
As China braces for the full impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, it's seeking to learn from Japan's economic battles with Washington during the Reagan years. Chinese officials, businesspeople and academics have been pressing their Japanese counterparts to share experiences from the 1980s, ...
National / Politics | GAUGING TRUMP Jan 20, 2017
Echoes of 1980s trade war seen in Trump comments on Japan
by Eric Johnston
As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump surprised and angered many in Japan with comments about how unfair Japan's trade policies were. His Twitter comments threatening Toyota Motor Corp. with a border tax if they built a plant in Mexico and tried to sell their cars ...
National / Politics Jan 12, 2017
Declassified papers show U.S. urged Japan to pay more for security costs in 1980s
The U.S. government in 1983 strongly urged Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone to raise Japan’s share of spending on security, according to diplomatic records declassified by Tokyo on Thursday. The files also showed that Nakasone immediately responded to a U.S. request to contribute funds to a ...
Baseball | BASEBALL BULLET-IN Nov 26, 2016
Pondering Trump's future prospects of throwing out first pitches in MLB, NPB
by Wayne Graczyk
What kind of president will Donald Trump be regarding sports? U.S. presidents have a tradition of throwing out the first ball to open a Major League Baseball season. They are also known for welcoming World Series winners and champion teams from other sports leagues to ...
National / Politics Aug 19, 2016
Ex-Reagan aide says Abe has yet to eclipse Nakasone in terms of strategic vision
by Ko Hirano
In the wake of the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling bloc victory in the Upper House election in July, Shinzo Abe appears set to eclipse Yasuhiro Nakasone this year as the fourth-longest-serving prime minister in postwar Japan. But as many point out, the issue is not ...
Commentary / World Mar 8, 2016
Ronald Reagan owed his great success to Nancy
by George Will
Without his wife Nancy, Ronald Reagan would not have come to the place he occupies in history.
National / History Dec 24, 2015
Nakasone sought early meeting with Reagan during LDP race for prime minister
Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, while running for leadership of the ruling party in late 1982, sought to arrange an early visit to the United States if he became prime minister, according to a Japanese diplomatic document declassified Thursday. Nakasone conveyed the wish for a ...
Commentary / World May 14, 2015
GOP hawks twist Reagan's foreign policy legacy
by Doug Bandow
A de facto peacenik who was horrified by the prospect of needless war, Ronald Reagan would be angry at Republican hawks' attempts to use his legacy to justify a failed foreign policy.
Commentary / World Jan 13, 2015
Reagan played key role in U.S. war on inflation
by Robert J. Samuelson
There is common agreement that the decline of double-digit inflation in the U.S. was the big economic event of the 1980s. But to say that President Ronald Reagan had almost nothing to do with that is wrong.
World / Crime & Legal Jan 3, 2015
Reagan shooter Hinckley will not be charged over Brady death
Federal prosecutors will not charge John Hinckley Jr. in the death of former White House press secretary James Brady even though a medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. Brady was shot in the head during Hinckley's 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. The gunshot ...