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Doug Bandow
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2017
War with North Korea is not a viable option
North Korea is the land of second-best solutions, it has been said. But war is far worst than second best.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2017
U.S. once again learns that intervention isn't cost-free
It's time for Washington to turn defense responsibilities over to Seoul and withdraw its troops from the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 10, 2017
Is a Trump-Putin reconciliation in the air?
If U.S. President Donald Trump claims to be a leader, he should set as a priority normalizing relations between Moscow and Washington.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2017
Vacationing in North Korea: only for the brave or crazy?
The U.S. would be wrong to ban Americans from visiting North Korea in response to the tragic case of Otto Warmbier.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2017
The U.S. human rights conundrum
All of the Mideast nations playing important roles in U.S. regional strategies have human rights issues.
COMMENTARY / World
May 6, 2017
'Fintech' can empower Africa's poor
Africa's greatest hope may be in the commercial advance of technology.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2017
Nervous China ramps up religious persecution
If Beijing continues its repressive course against religious believers, it will make political upheaval and the collapse of communist rule more likely.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2017
Blame Woodrow Wilson for the U.S.' constant wars
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
Apr 4, 2017
How Trump should prepare for Xi
U.S. President Donald Trump needs to become something he's never been when he meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week — a knowledgable statesman.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2017
Mideast's religious refugees deserve U.S. priority
Washington should act on behalf of Mideast Christian refugees, who are facing death and destruction at the hands of determined killers.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2017
Trump accelerates risk of confrontation with Kim
The Korean Peninsula is heating up and the Trump administration's policy appears to be to stoke the flames.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2017
China shouldn't treat South Korea as an enemy
Beijing should rethink its self-defeating strategy of trashing Seoul.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2017
North Korea doesn't belong on state terrorism list
The U.S. and its allies should respond to what Pyongyang is rather than what it isn't.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2017
The U.S. shouldn't be running scared of Russia
Russia may not be America's best buddy, but Washington's campaign to turn Moscow into an enemy is dangerous.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2017
The Trump fantasy: If we say it, they will do it
American officials have been frustrated with China's support for the North, but so far have failed to give Beijing a good reason to risk instability and chaos on its doorstep.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2017
Another move in the North Korean chess game
It seems Kim Jong Un is tying up loose ends, eliminating a family heir who might have been used to legitimize a successor regime.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2017
Anti-Christian religious persecution on the rise
The brutal mistreatment of religious minorities is the norm in Muslim-majority countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2017
Time for U.S. to rethink its North Korea policy
Washington's refusal to negotiate with Pyongyang hasn't slowed down North Korea's military activities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2016
Trump may hand China economic leadership
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again. But his economic policies are likely to have the opposite effect
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2016
As liberal Europe withers, whither the EU?
The EU started as a loose collection of states cooperating for common ends but has turned into a consolidated continental state with little concern for what European peoples desire.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
A year after going private, structural reforms bearing fruit for Toshiba
Toshiba's Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Koji Ikeya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Yasuyuki Yoshida stirs a brew in a fermentation tank at his brewery in Hakusan.
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