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Robert D. Eldridge
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 8, 2021
Ten years after the quake: Between recovery and remembering
It is often said that “generals fight the last battle.” The same could probably be said for disaster responders. However, each disaster presents new challenges.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 28, 2021
Global education has permanently changed
Japan has made the shift to what was initially seen as “emergency remote teaching” but has been slower to adapt to the new education environment compared to other countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 8, 2021
COVID-19 brings sister cities closer together
Japan and the United States share more sister city relationships with each other than with any other country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2021
Thurgood Marshall’s visit to Japan 70 years on
Marshall called his January 1951 trip to Japan “the most important mission thus far of my career.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2021
Trump’s whiplash diplomacy on Taiwan
Despite the advances the Trump administration made with Taiwan, it left two important actions incomplete, which makes his electoral defeat unfortunate for supporters of Taiwan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 16, 2020
Remembering the Okinawa rape incident that changed Japan-U.S. military relations
It was twenty-five years ago nearly to the day, following the tragic early September 1995 rape of an Okinawan school girl in Kin Village, Okinawa Prefecture, by three U.S. servicemen — two Marines and a Navy medic — that the Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Command made an inexcusable remark during...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 3, 2020
The 1995 Okinawa rape that shook U.S.-Japan ties
Twenty-five years ago, on Sept. 4, 1995, a 12-year-old girl was abducted, beaten and raped in the village of Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, by three U.S. servicemen — two marines and a naval medic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 31, 2020
Prepare for the next disaster with mutual support agreements
Organizations like schools and companies can stand ready to help each other immediately after a crisis hits.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 12, 2020
The Nagasaki bombing wasn't the last aerial attack on Japan
Civilians always pay the highest price in war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 13, 2020
The assassination attempt of Nobusuke Kishi
Like many aspects of Japanese society, and the mix of politics, money, and the underworld, we may never know what actually happened.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 29, 2020
Study of Okinawan history falls casualty to COVID-19
The global pandemic has left Okinawa's tourist industry reeling.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 17, 2020
How Eisenhower's June 1960 trip to Okinawa became a catalyst for reversion
Petitions became protests, and demands became demonstrations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 9, 2020
Was the front door worth it?
The Hagerty Incident would affect Japan-U.S. relations for years to come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 2, 2020
How one man’s efforts saved Japan's postwar democracy and the SDF
Defense Agency Director-General Munenori Akagi opposed using the Self-Defense Forces to put down civil disturbances.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 13, 2020
A tithe approach to volunteering in our post-pandemic world
The rewards of volunteering are enormous for one's self and community.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 3, 2020
COVID-19 exposes the importance of internships
Internships provide a great way for small firms to recruit talent and potential successors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 1, 2020
The Battle of Okinawa: Could more civilians have been saved?
The true lesson of the Battle of Okinawa may be that civilian deaths in war can and should be kept to the absolute minimum.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2020
The March 1945 firebombing of Tokyo and the immorality of war
The U.S. attack on Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945, reinforces the reality that it usually is the civilians who suffer the most from the horrors of war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 18, 2020
If only Iwo Jima had been captured sooner
Had the capture of Iwo Jima taken place in the summer of 1944 as the Tojo Cabinet was collapsing, the war probably would have taken a different course and many lives could have been spared.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 17, 2020
Who benefits from the Henoko delay?
Most people in Okinawa Prefecture in fact do not truly desire a solution to the so-called Okinawa problem.
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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