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Bill Schneider
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2016
For many, toppling the status quo mattered most
Trump embodied change for a simple reason: He is the un-Obama.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2016
Brace for the ultimate Washington gridlock
News of another FBI review of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's emails may not change the outcome of the election. But it could poison a Clinton presidency.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2016
Trump wants to leave U.S. alliance partners in the lurch
Donald Trump's advocation of a more isolationist foreign policy for the U.S. is striking a chord with millions of Americans.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2016
How Scalia's death reshapes the 2016 election
The Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Antonin Scalia puts social issues at the heart of the U.S. presidential campaign.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2016
Trump, the GOP's spleen, is ripe for surgery
The Iowa caucuses might have been called the Iowa carcasses. Both parties saw a race between body parts: the head versus the heart.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2016
Fury, wariness drive 2016 presidential campaign
The Republican race is being shaped by conservative rage at Obama. The Democratic race by liberal wariness of Clintonism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2015
Republican candidates pitch 'Old America'
The Republican presidential candidates are pitching a return to 'the Old America,' when the country was whiter, men were in charge, government was smaller and religion more influential.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2015
Republicans aside, NRA may be losing its grip
U.S. public opinion on guns seems to be going in the same direction as it did on same-sex marriage — a compete reversal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2015
Trump following path blazed by Rush Limbaugh
Donald Trump's style — bombastic, bullying, crude and insulting — has long been influential in the Republican Party. Now it's taking over.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2015
The problem for Republicans: too much money
The Republican presidential candidates are awash in money, which means those who fare poorly can prolong the nomination process — to the detriment of the party.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2015
TPP trade deal is a lose-lose choice for Hillary
Hillary Clinton should come out against the TPP trade agreement to protect herself politically, and then hope it passes.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2015
Two small tents, with most Americans outside
The era of Republicans and Democrats taking pride in calling their respective parties 'big tents' with room for a diversity of views is all but over.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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