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Gwynne Dyer
Gwynne Dyer has worked as a journalist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs for more than 20 years; his articles are published in 45 countries. His book, "Climate Wars," deals with the geopolitical implications of climate change and has been translated into Japanese, French, Russian, Chinese and a number of other languages.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2016
The battle against climate change just got harder
The effort to avoid a climate disaster will stumble in other countries even while Trump reigns in Washington.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2016
Erdogan derailing Turkey's promising future
"In Turkey, we are progressively putting behind bars all people who take the liberty of voicing even the slightest criticism of the government," wrote author Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's first Nobel Prize winner. "Freedom of thought no longer exists. We are distancing ourselves at high speed from a state of...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2016
Populism thrives off the automation revolution
The world is on the verge of massive change on the scale of the Industrial Revolution.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2016
A tale of two Middle Eastern cities under siege
Two great sieges are getting under way in the Middle East, one in Mosul, Iraq, and the other in Aleppo, Syria.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2016
Moves to ban HFCs are too late and too slow
HFC leakage from air conditioners alone will raise the global average temperature by half a degree Celsius by mid-century.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2016
The antibiotic apocalypse
The overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and health care is leading to an alarming rise in bacterial resistance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2016
Next secretary-general: no charisma required
People with strong opinions and a record of taking decisive action don't become U.N. secretary-generals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2016
Hungary's refugee response just the beginning
Global refugees are more numerous today than at any other time since 1950, but in 20 years there will probably be five or 10 times as many — and the borders will be slamming shut everywhere.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2016
North Korean rhetoric and reality
Pyongyang's actions are driven by the need to deter the use of American nuclear weapons in the Korean Peninsula if there is a war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2016
Welcome to the Anthropocene
For better or worse, humans are now in charge of the entire planet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2016
The iconoclast of Timbuktu and the world court
Making the act of deliberately 'destroying cultural heritage' a crime is a step in building an international human rights law that applies to everybody.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2016
Only the Philippines has to worry about Duterte
Human rights, the rule of law and the United Nations are getting short shrift in the war on drugs launched by 'Duterte Harry.'
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2016
Times may seem bad, but 2016 isn't the new 1936
Unlike in the 1930s, the world is not on the brink of any great and awful calamity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2016
U.K. politics: Shakespeare in action
British politics have begun to resemble the final scene in 'Hamlet,' when almost all the major characters die violently.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 10, 2016
Thanks to U.S., U.K., Iraq mired in endless war
Looking back now at the Iraq War, what shines through is the sheer arrogance and ignorance of those who brought this calamity down on the Iraqis, who must now live out their lives in misery and terror.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2016
A showdown looming in the South China Sea?
The stage may be set for a serious U.S.-China military confrontation if the Hague tribunal rules against China's South China Sea claim next week as expected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
Brexit: The Apocalypse . . . or not
The advantages of the single market will probably be enough to hold the EU together, especially if the members have a horrible example of Britain as a warning.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 26, 2016
A timely reminder of our unfinished business
U.S. President Barack Obama is likely going to Hiroshima not because it is a symbol of the past, but rather to use it as a warning for the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2016
Rousseff's impeachment will only fan the flames
As is the case in Thailand, Brazil's political crisis is the product of a struggle between the nation's haves and have-nots.
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2016
Filipinos taking a huge gamble with Duterte
The Philippines' next president, Rodrigo Duterte, may come across as a crass bully, but there's more to him than that.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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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