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Kuni Miyake
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2021
Is the G7 foreign ministers’ joint communique worth reading?
Although China was singled out in the foreign ministers' communique this year, the matter of China was just one of many important issues also mentioned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2021
After three U.S. strikeouts, will Afghanistan be the fourth?
A primary concern is the withdrawal could make the region far more unstable than it was previously — a pattern that the world has seen before.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 22, 2021
Will the Suga-Biden summit provoke China?
Based on my observations, global media coverage of the Suga-Biden summit meeting in Washington was rather favorable. Walter Russell Mead, for example, wrote in The Wall Street Journal that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s visit was “hailed in both countries as a major success,” and “The alliance...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 17, 2021
Beijing will be watching Suga-Biden talks closely
If the Japan-U.S. summit between Joe Biden and Yoshihide Suga in Washington should prompt a furious reaction from China, it will only move Tokyo and Washington closer together.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2021
Salvaging the Iran nuclear deal
Make no mistake, Japan only wishes to see stability in the Gulf and ultimately a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2021
Was the Suez container ship crisis unforeseeable?
Last week, a massive container ship wedged itself between both banks of the Suez Canal in Egypt, completely blocking the waterway and affecting 10% of the world’s trade traffic. I could not keep silent about the matter, having been to the canal several times, as I spent two years beginning in 1979...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2021
Will the U.S. end its ambiguity over Taiwan?
Tokyo should think seriously about Japan's options to deal with a Taiwan contingency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2021
Two very different ‘two-plus-two’ meetings
Were the Tokyo and Seoul two-plus-two meetings successful? For Japan, it was a great beginning and much more successful than expected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2021
Moon must stop daydreaming about North Korea
The Biden administration should not, and most likely will not, repeat the same mistakes the Trump administration made vis-a-vis North Korea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2021
Can Japan really shoot at vessels over the Senkaku Islands?
My American friend in San Francisco said he could not believe Japan could not shoot at invading foreign vessels. His comment hit the nail on the head.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 26, 2021
Mori’s resignation highlights changing gender norms
Yoshiro Mori reportedly decided to resign immediately after the remarks. It was the secretariat of the organizing committee who strongly pleaded with him to stay in his position.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 19, 2021
A decade after 3/11, what lessons has Japan learned?
The March 11, 2011, earthquake's impact on the people and government of Japan has been both physical and philosophical.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 12, 2021
Beijing already using information warfare with Biden team
Whatever the reason, China was clever enough to take advantage of the omission of one-China discussions in the U.S. readout to make the narrative conform to their interests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 4, 2021
Persuasion, not pressure, must be used with Myanmar
The real question, however, is not whether Japan recognizes the new government in Myanmar. What matters most is how Japan resumes its efforts of persuasion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2021
With Biden, Washington returns to normalcy: But 'strategic patience' with China?
If the Biden administration applied the abortive “strategic patience” concept to China, many in Tokyo would indeed be concerned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2021
Biden and Trump deliver vastly different messages
Joe Biden’s inauguration last week was the most heavily guarded in memory: Washington’s entire National Mall was fenced off; numerous military checkpoints were set up; and 25,000 National Guard troops were deployed to prevent the public from entering the city center.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2021
Will Biden undo Trump’s last minute legacy?
The Biden administration may be trapped in a quandary over Taiwan because the U.S. may send the wrong signal to China if the new secretary of state nullifies Pompeo's Jan. 9 decision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2021
I beg your 'pardon,' Mr. Trump
What concerns me most about Trump's pardons are those for four former Blackwater employees convicted of shooting indiscriminately into a crowd of ordinary citizens in Baghdad in 2007.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 22, 2020
Dear Canberra, you are not alone
What Australia's prime minister said about a COVID-19 inquiry was appropriate and the international community must remain united and push China to do what is right during these trying times.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 15, 2020
Who were those Trumpists marching in Tokyo?
There were at least two demonstrations organized by Trump supporters in Tokyo last month. The question is who organized the events.
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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