Commentary / World Apr 11, 2017

Blame Woodrow Wilson for the U.S.' constant wars

by Doug Bandow

It's time for U.S. presidents to work hard for peace rather than take what has become the far easier path to war.

Commentary / World Jul 12, 2016

Risk of war returns to Europe

by Peter Apps

Europe remains home to more than half the world's nuclear weapons, and a growing number of experts believe that the risk of a third major war there is increasing.

National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Apr 30, 2016

The German mischief maker here; Eating in London is real problem; New effort to rectify Japan's image planned; Ad-zapping VCR gains popularity

by Edan Corkill

100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 17, 1916 Few realize the menace of resident Germans Count Okuma, judging from his utterances a few days ago, is not unaware of the menace of the German in Japan. He says the German is to be eliminated as a factor or ...

National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Dec 5, 2015

Germans torpedo Yasaka Maru; Men spending more on booze; Japan, ROK restore ties; South Korea to allow singing in Japanese

by Edan Corkill

100 YEARS AGO Friday, Dec. 24, 1915 Yasaka Maru sunk without warning The head Office of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha yesterday received official confirmation of the sinking of one of the best vessels of its fleet. The message was received from the company's agents at Port Said. ...

Commentary / World Apr 14, 2015

Turkish denial causes genocide issue to fester

by Gwynne Dyer

The 1915 Armenian genocide will remain a contentious issue until Turkey comes to terms with its past.

World Apr 6, 2015

WWI graffiti in France reveals trench soldiers' experience

A headlamp cuts through the darkness of a rough-hewn passage 100 feet underground to reveal an inscription: "James Cockburn 8th Durham L.I." It's cut so clean it could have been left yesterday. Only the date next to it — April 1, 1917 — roots it ...

Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Feb 28, 2015

War and National Reinvention

by Iain Maloney

Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, a conflict which many of Asia's current foreign policy headaches grew out of. It's strange then that the role East Asia played in the Great War has often been overlooked by ...

Commentary / World Feb 16, 2015

Great War cost Europe a century

by David A. Stockman

There was absolutely nothing noble about U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's intervention in Europe during the carnage of 1917. It led to a peace of vengeful victors, triumphant nationalists and avaricious imperialists — when the war would have otherwise ended in a bedraggled peace of ...

National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Jan 31, 2015

German prisoners 'fare better than Russians'; Emperor urges cooperation; Sato promotes peace; Gorbachev accepts multiparty system

by Edan Corkill

The German prisoners of war in Japan fare far better than the Russian ones did 10 years ago, says a high officer of the Army, and that is largely due to the decisions of the Hague Conference to pay their salaries on top of ...

National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Jan 3, 2015

Debate over WW1 role; 21 Nazis snatched off Yokohama; new Red China policy adopted; Nagasaki mayor shot

by Edan Corkill

100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1915 Debate over role in European conflict Amid many rumors and arguments about Japanese participation in the European war, two things are certain — namely, that Great Britain does not like it, and that Japan is ready to participate the moment ...