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WAR

COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2015
World's crises are an opportunity for progress
Only when world leaders recognize the common source and the interconnectedness of current international crises will they be in a position to address them effectively.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2015
What's with news media that censor news?
The mainstream media should realize that publishing graphic war-related images can help jar the world into taking action, and censoring such images delays action.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 4, 2015
Opposition leaders pledge last-ditch efforts to block security bills
The leaders of six opposition parties Friday agreed to form a united front in trying to prevent the ruling camp bulldozing two contentious security bills into law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 29, 2015
Only a teenager, yet an expert on war
'The last war was the worst."
WORLD
Aug 2, 2015
Chinese military paper warns a corrupt army does not win wars
The Chinese military's official newspaper warned on Sunday that a corrupt army would not win wars, three days after the government announced a former senior officer would be prosecuted for graft.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2015
Zero fighter plane being prepped for first flight since WWII
Almost 70 years after it was flown by the Imperial Japanese Navy, a Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane is being prepared to once again take to the skies of Japan to mark the anniversary of the end of World War II.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2015
Failure of new U.S. weapons systems may be more than science fiction
There is a belief that the U.S. and China will never go to war because they are economically interdependent. But a closer look at history should worry everyone.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2015
How to avoid a war between the U.S. and China
To avoid a war, the U.S. and China must activate top-level diplomacy, build strong crisis-management mechanisms and enrich the rules of engagement in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 30, 2015
Is 'proactive peace' just a new term for war?
"Have you ever heard the roar of a jet fighter?"
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2015
Is the world getting more peaceful? Maybe not
While some academics believe the world is getting more peaceful, new research suggests they might be getting their math wrong.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 9, 2015
It's all fun and games until war breaks out
Not far from where I live is a kind of amusement park where you can play soldier. It has a lot of chain-link fences and gray structures that look like bombed-out buildings. On weekends, men, and sometimes women, dressed in camouflage and armed with replica air rifles, re-enact the kind of military operations...
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2015
Yemenis forced to take to sea from Aden as civil war rages through ancient port
The rocket that tore through a minivan outside the Aden Grand Hotel last week killing nine men, women and children was a clear message that it was time to leave. Yemen's civil war had come too close for comfort.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2015
Battle of Iwojima forgotten, except toll
When Yoshitaka Shindo was a boy, he did not hear much from his family about his grandfather, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of the Japanese troops who fought and died in the bloody Battle of Iwojima.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2015
China eyes new venue for end-of-war parade
China's planned military parade to mark the end of World War II is likely to be held at the site Japan attacked in 1937 to trigger the Second Sino-Japanese War, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the plan.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2015
Americans must tell Washington no more war
No matter how disastrous the outcome, the American war lobby of fools lives on, insisting that the idea to go to war was sound and that any problems resulted from engaging too few troops, not doing enough bombing, ending an occupation too soon or spending too few dollars.
JAPAN / 70 YEARS OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY
Jan 4, 2015
Patriotic few battle addiction to peace
The Japanese school system's treatment of modern history is so slipshod that having a rational debate on the need for war is nearly impossible, young nationalists say.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 16, 2014
'Yasukuni' director says 2007 film timelier than ever
With Angelina Jolie's film "Unbroken" about Japan's brutal treatment of prisoners during World War II being released this month, Chinese filmmaker Li Ying figures his 2007 anti-militarist documentary "Yasukuni" has only gained in relevance.
WORLD
Dec 12, 2014
Senate panel votes to authorize U.S. war against Islamic State
A Senate panel voted to give President Barack Obama a three-year authorization for the use of military force against Islamic State and affiliates, opening a debate that's unlikely to be settled until the new Congress convenes next month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 28, 2014
Ukraine prime minister warns of war after winning confirmation vote
Arseniy Yatsenyuk received lawmakers' approval to remain Ukraine's prime minister, clearing an obstacle for aid talks with the International Monetary Fund as the country grapples with a separatist insurgency in the east.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2014
Obama is no 'reluctant warrior'
When it comes to killing members of the Islamic State, U.S. President Barack Obama is anything but a reluctant warrrior. To the contrary, he makes former President George W. Bush look like a dirty peace hippie.

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