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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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2017
The Turkish referendum
A referendum approving amendments to Turkey's constitution will give President Erdogan vast new powers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2017
Who benefits from the U.S. attack?
Whoever committed the atrocity at Khan Sheikhoun wanted the United States to attack the Syrian regime.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2017
Solving the Pyongyang problem
Is it ever a good idea to start a nuclear war? Because that's the notion that U.S. President Donald Trump is actually playing with regarding North Korea.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2017
What's wrong with Southeast Asia?
There is no country in Southeast Asia where democracy is really secure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2017
Choose a side: Trump and the Sunni-Shiite war
Latent Mideast conflicts are likely to burst into flame as the big civil wars in Iraq and Syria stagger to an end, and the U.S. will have to jump one way or another.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2017
The Scottish referendum rears its head again
The Scots didn't vote yes for independence even when there was no Brexit in the offing. Why would they do it now?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2017
Life here, there and everywhere in the universe
Maybe only one planet in a million has intelligent life, you say? Okay, then there are at least 140 million planets with intelligent life in this galaxy alone.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2017
The threat of famine once again stalks Africa
For the past half-century Africa's population has been growing as fast or faster than its economies.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2017
An idea whose time has come?
An idea that might be the solution to runaway populism has suddenly gone mainstream.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2017
The method behind Kim Jong Un's 'madness'
Even if North Korea gets nuclear-tipped ICBMS, they will be only for deterrence against a U.S. attack.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2017
Trump presidency triggers doomsday inflation
U.S. President Donald Trump is a loose cannon, but he's not the Apocalypse, and most other world leaders are still grown-ups.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2017
There goes the neighborhood for Canada, Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump can basically do whatever he wants to America's next-door neighbors when it comes to trade and immigration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2017
The reunification of Syria
President Bashar Assad will probably rule once again over a united Syria — a deeply discouraging prospect but probably the least bad option that remains.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2017
Brace for an interesting year
The period of economic and political upheaval that began in 2016 will continue this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2016
Terrorism: a small threat designed to look big
The sensible response to terrorist attacks is prevention: good intelligence-gathering and smarter security measures, not mass arrests and foreign wars.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2016
Western media peddles distorted view of Aleppo
Much of the coverage that the Western media has run on eastern Aleppo is propaganda produced produced by the rebels.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2016
Trump versus China: the 'madman' strategy
If Donald Trump pursues his madman strategy toward China, we are all in for a rough time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2016
Gambia — a short billion years
Gambia President Yahya Jammeh shocked his nation and the world when he said he would honor an election that saw him defeated.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2016
After Aleppo, can Syria achieve a kind of peace?
With the siege of Aleppo apparently drawing to an end, the question will be whether the outside powers accept Bashar Assad's victory or keep the war going.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2016
A sad ending looms for Park's political career
Even if South Korean President Park Geun-hye isn't forced to resign, she's finished politically.
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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