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David Howell
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2017
Brexit versus the new globalization
Leaving the EU single market may have little affect on British economic growth due to the nature of modern trade.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2017
Trust vs. protection in trade
In 15 months, Britain will host a large meeting in London that may sound like it comes from yesterday but in fact belongs to tomorrow.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2017
Brexit, Trump and a warning
In this global network age, a wisely led U.K. should not be too close and committed to America or the EU at the expense of good relations with other countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2017
Failure of economic theories
Are there any answers to the digital Wild West that seems to be taking over?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2017
Putin's Russia: the enigma continues
In the end Vladimir Putin will be gone and Russia will return to a different kind of greatness.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2016
Capitalism is for everyone?
Capitalism clearly doesn't work for everyone, but Louis Kelso's vision of social capitalism just might.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2016
Brexit — the next chapter
The ripples continue to spread out from the United Kingdom's Brexit decision to leave the European Union.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2016
The limits of Trump power
There are bigger international forces at work than Donald Trump and his new administration, and Washington is no longer the power center of the Earth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2016
The U.K.'s false dilemmas
Britain doesn't have to make any black-and-white decisions when it comes to dealing with Brexit.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2016
Theresa May's risky search for the elusive center ground
The search for the political center ground sometimes leads to no-man's land.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2016
The world and the Mideast: time for a new emphasis?
Outside intervention in the Middle East should focus on sowing the seeds of economic prosperity rather than military intervention.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2016
Winds of change buffet EU
The forces that led the British to vote for Brexit — rejection of too much centralism and a yearning for greater local control — are sweeping the rest of Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2016
Unintended consequences of energy and climate policy
Governments everywhere are finding that moves toward energy reliability, energy affordability and cleaner energy are having the opposite results from those intended.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2016
High hurdles line the road to a new U.K.-EU relationship
Political upheavals and rapid technological changes will make it difficult to reach a grand overall bargain between the U.K. and the rest of the EU.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2016
Just how divided is Britain?
Digital empowerment has led to the creation of two powerful but opposing forces: an impulse to be connected across borders and a desire for more local control.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2016
The U.K.'s balancing act between powerful friends
As a major trading nation, the U.K. cannot afford to be anything but very closely linked to both Japan and China at all levels.
COMMENTARY
Nov 30, 2010
Aims of Britain and Japan
LONDON — This is a speech delivered by David Howell, minister of state in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to the Japan Society of London on Nov. 18. Before being appointed to his current post, Howell was a regular contributor to The Japan Times.
COMMENTARY
May 12, 2010
Democracy far from perfect
Prime ministers refusing to leave, political parties with a large number of votes being excluded and dubious coalitions being negotiated — which country are we in, the United Kingdom or Iraq?
COMMENTARY
Apr 28, 2010
U.K. overdoses on change
British politics has been turned upside down by recent events. The traditional two-party battle between Labour and Conservatives has been thrown into confusion by a big surge in support for a third party, the Liberal Democrats. The likely result could be a "hung parliament," with the Conservatives being...
COMMENTARY
Apr 16, 2010
U.K. searching for the center
When national elections are called, the major political parties — while of course emphasizing their differences through their propaganda — in practice all veer toward the center ground and claim it as their own. We are the ones, each leader proclaims, who can unite the nation.
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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