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Yuriko Koike
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / The Year Ahead
Jan 2, 2023
The Ukraine war and Asian security
The real question facing leaders across the Indo-Pacific is whether the region can build a structure of peace to prevent national ambitions and hostilities from escalating to open warfare.
Japan Times
JAPAN / IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition
Sep 14, 2018
Future water sustainability a major priority
It is truly a pleasure and great honor to host the first International Water Association congress held in Japan and to welcome so many people who have come to our city from all over the world. May I take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to IWA President Diane d'Arras and her staff, and...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 19, 2018
Asia's metropolises against North Korea
Mega-cities must play a central role in helping to avoid conflict and defuse tension.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2016
Cleaning up the Olympics
Gov. Yuriko Koike is aiming for a successful Olympics that enhances — rather than derails — Tokyo's future.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 23, 2016
Barack Obama at Hiroshima
U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima will show the world how bonds of alliance and solidarity are forged and maintained.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 2, 2016
Trump: the isolationist's apprentice
If a Trump presidency does emerge, it will be a loss for the Republican Party, the U.S. as a whole, and its allies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2016
ASEAN's destructive elites
Just as India, Japan and the U.S. have been helping to shepherd Myanmar through its transition, they should take a more proactive role in saving Malaysia and Thailand from their elites' self-destructive behavior.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2016
Pachinko profits help fund Kim's war machine
Money from Japan is fueling the North Korean regime and more must be done to turn off the tap.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2016
Taiwan's balancer-in-chief
Tsai's election demonstrates that, while many Taiwanese want good relations with China, they are opposed to Beijing's 'One China' policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 5, 2016
The ghosts of North Korea
Will North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ever be able to act in his country's real interests, and not those of his fantasies?
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2015
The climate-terror connection
Where climate change threatens to lay waste to the environment, fanatics have banded together to lay waste to civilization.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2015
How the TPP can transform Japan's economy
Regardless of whether or not the TPP is implemented, Japan's farmers must change their approach if they want to secure their futures rather than hope that subsidies will continue forever.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2015
Could the 'Asian century' already be petering out?
Nations across Asia stand at a crossroads and must decide between moving forward based on reforms or continuing to stagnate.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2015
Accepting Japan at its word
If Asia is to move beyond its past, the victims of Japan's wartime aggression must recognize that the Japan of 2015 is not the Japan of 1931, 1941, or even 1945, and that forgiveness benefits everyone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2015
The dangerous rise of Buddhist chauvinism
Buddhist chauvinism now threatens the democratic process in both Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 28, 2015
At last, Japan stands up
Japan no longer intends to stand on the world's diplomatic sidelines.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 1, 2015
The AIIB key to Beijing's new economic order
China's approach to creating an infrastructure bank that will knit Asia into a Sino-centric economic order could prove to be a nightmare.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 23, 2015
Mr. Abe goes to Washington
In honoring Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with an address to Congress, the U.S. is really honoring the values and vision that both countries share.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2015
The trials and tribulations of Asian democracy
The list of national political leaders in Asia who have faced, or are about to face, criminal charges has grown so extensive that it is plausible to wonder whether democracy itself can survive in a number of these countries.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2015
Thomas Piketty's Japanese tour
Like so many other Western exports, Thomas Piketty's economic argument has taken on unique characteristics in Japan.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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