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Kuni Miyake
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 1, 2019
The most famous person you've never heard of
Tokyo needs a strategic thinker/planner like the late Andrew W. Marshall and politicians who listen to his or her analyses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2019
Time for America to see the real world
America's endless political battle over Russiagate is eclipsing other important national and international matters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2019
U.S. version of 'one country, two systems'
Is it time for the U.S. to reintroduce the 'fairness doctrine' to prevent the media from broadcasting extreme views?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 11, 2019
What does the 'Indo-Pacific strategy' mean?
The Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy is now the official policy of Japan and the United States, but few people understand what it comprises.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2019
Is Pyongyang slicing the salami too thin?
The second U.S.-North Korea summit meeting in Hanoi was a fiasco and provided no relief for Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 25, 2019
In the age of AI, think tanks must evolve
Think tanks must further develop international coordination and work together to make the best use of AI while not allowing the abuse of such technologies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 18, 2019
Is Europe still complicated and mysterious?
To avoid being left behind again, Tokyo needs to deal directly and catch up with the rapidly changing European socio-political realities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 12, 2019
The state that accepted Japanese-Americans
The relationship between Japan and Colorado has been fantastic, in part because how the state's governor treated Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2019
Are the neocons back in Washington?
With the presence of the 'neocon comeback kids,' U.S. foreign policy now shows atavism symptoms again.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2019
How Japanese is Naomi Osaka?
In the coming decade or two, Japan will have millions of people like Naomi Osaka who will enrich and evolve the nation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2019
How will AI change domestic politics?
Political stability and economic prosperity in the future seems likely to depend on who can control the anger and frustration of the critical mass of the unemployed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 15, 2019
How will AI change international politics?
The AI revolution will have an immense impact on global power politics, but Japan may get left behind.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2019
Is Trump suffering from the China syndrome?
U.S. State Department officials are changing the policy of the president.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2019
What will not happen in 2019
The international situation may provide Japan with a golden opportunity to maximize its national interests on the global stage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 26, 2018
Busting myths about Fukushima No. 1
Efforts to decommission the shattered nuclear plant are headed in the right direction.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 17, 2018
Japanese education for Egyptian kids?
Will adopting Japanese-style education help boost Egypt's future economic growth?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2018
Japan, look in the mirror called Germany
Germany today reflects Japan's future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2018
The last president from good old America
The loss of President George H.W. Bush symbolizes the end to the era of elite U.S. statesmanship.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 26, 2018
The Protestant ethic and Carlos Ghosn
For many in Tokyo, the news about Carlos Ghosn was a shock but not a surprise.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 19, 2018
From entertainment sushi to pension sushi
It is much easier to globalize economic systems, but it is still very difficult to globalize the minds of human beings.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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