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GEORGE F. WILL
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2022
Why the EU can’t get its act together on Ukraine
Geopolitically, Europe is much less than the sum of its 27 parts as its inaction amid the Ukraine crisis demonstrates.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021
Build Back Better would make Biden's terrible year even worse
If in 2022 the Democrats' congressional majorities enact Build Back Better, they might earn, and certainly will merit, the restfulness of the political graveyard in 2023.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2020
Some statistics to enliven election night
Never mind the geysers of overheated 2020 rhetoric about a constitutional crisis. Tuesday evening in the U.S., the nation will likely know that Vice President Walter Mondale's elegant words of concession on election night 40 years ago are still apposite: "The American people quietly wielded their staggering...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2020
Socialism is no longer just a specter
Today, counter-COVID-19 spending already is approximately five times larger than that triggered by the Great Recession of 2008.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2019
U.S. progressives are all too willing to cut constitutional corners
Democratic presidential candidates and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver demonstrate the tendency of too many progressives to despise and bully adversaries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2019
The Korean Peninsula: A dangerous neighborhood
South Koreans live with an existential threat, one that President Moon Jae-in minimizes and that events might be maximizing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2019
Trying to cut cigarette use by banning vaping might backfire
A ban on vaping in San Francisco might drive more teens to smoke cigarettes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2019
Apollo 11's achievement still dazzles
Apollo 11 was a final flaring of American postwar confidence and pride.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2019
Oberlin College had an admirable liberal past — now it's a disgrace
Inciting a mob mentality in response to 'racist' behavior that never happened proves very costly.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2019
Trump, Obama and Congress to blame for Iran problem
Presidents have become adept at waging wars without authorization from Congress.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2019
'Heartbeat bills' are wholesome provocations in abortion debate
Why should 'viability' be the dispositive criterion for abortion?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2019
The Democrats' sweepstakes of frivolity
The Democratic Party would do well to remember the outcomes of the 1972 and 1984 presidential elections.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2019
Thanks to Mueller, 2020 won't be about 2016
It will instead be about a post-Trump future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2019
Might the Democratic push for reparations benefit Trump?
Today's flippant talk about reparations illustrates a worsening pattern of behavior among congressional Democrats.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2019
Reality continues to leak from American life
The Green New Deal reveals Democratic progressives have embraced Trump's political style: A stew of frivolity and mendacity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2019
Theresa May's Brexit plan isn't dead yet
In the end, the British prime minister's rejected agreement might seem marginally less unpalatable than, and the only alternative to, a hard Brexit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2018
The extraordinary life and times of George H.W. Bush
The 41st U.S. president cared more about his legacy than the 1992 re-election he lost.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2018
This Thanksgiving, ample servings of amusement
Sifting this year's other detritus, let us also be thankful for the following amusements.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2018
Trump's trolling versus the 'constitution of knowledge'
Donald Trump's presidency is one giant act of trolling.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2018
America's disturbing plunge into protectionism
Trade wars are easy to win — if you sufficiently define victory down.
Human error caused JAL jet collision at Haneda Airport: safety board
The wreckage of a Japan Airlines plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Jan. 5, three days after the crash.
North Korean hacker group behind DMM Bitcoin’s cryptocurrency leak
A North Korean hacker group is believed to have planted a virus on the computer of an employee at Ginco — a company that was entrusted with the deposit and withdrawal of DMM Bitcoin’s virtual currency — through a fake job recruitment message sent via LinkedIn.
Residents of Shizuoka live longest healthy lives in Japan, ranking shows
The nationwide average for men's healthy life expectancy decreased 0.11 year from the previous survey, three years earlier, to 72.57 years, while that for women rose 0.07 year to 75.45 years.
High levels of PFAS found in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan
The Self-Defense Forces facilities are believed to have become sources of PFAS contamination because they used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in the past.
High levels of PFAS found in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan
The Self-Defense Forces facilities are believed to have become sources of PFAS contamination because they used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in the past.
For baseball fans, 2024 brought The Summer of Shohei Ohtani
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts to a standing ovation from fans after hitting his 50th home run of the season, against the Marlins in Miami on Sept. 19.
Trump's Pentagon policy pick pushed for Japan to spend 3% of GDP on defense
Elbridge Colby (center) speaks at the Threat and the Strategy panel during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in September 2019.
A brief history of ‘osechi ryōri,' Japan's edible tradition for the new year
Japan's traditional New Year cuisine has a long history, though modern developments have led to slight changes in the way things work.
Japan accuses Google of violating antimonopoly law
The Japanese antitrust watchdog said that Google forced smartphone makers to preinstall its search app on their devices, sources say.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
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