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COMMENTARY / World

Sep 29, 2000

Warmer ties do not signal U.S. tilt toward India

By Gautaman Bhaskaran

NEW DELHI -- It may be still too early to conclude that there is a definite American tilt toward India, but there are strong signs that Washington is fed up with Islamabad's obsession with Kashmir that has has forced Pakistan to throw logic and caution to the wind.

COMMENTARY / World

Sep 28, 2000

Japan's nonprofits carve out a space of their own

By Lucille Craft

When the Nature Conservancy's Lori Forman addressed the College Women's Association of Japan at a luncheon earlier this year, the topic was supposed to be nongovernmental organizations in Japan. But instead of providing a nuanced description of Japan's not-for-profit movement, Forman seemed more interested...

COMMENTARY / World

Sep 28, 2000

Koreas need peace, not a peace treaty

By John Barry Kotch

SEOUL-- This week's defense minister-level meeting on Cheju Island is welcome news as the two Koreas take another historic step forward in their rapidly developing rapprochement. But the road ahead will be long and convoluted. According to one well-placed South Korean official, "we are in the realm of...

COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK

Sep 27, 2000

Old memo presages present struggles

By Hiroaki Sato

Japan wasn't an "unprovoked aggressor" in the 1930s. China and the United States were to a considerable extent responsible for a sequence of events that led to Japan's actions in Manchuria and, to a lesser degree, in China.

COMMENTARY

Sep 26, 2000

Hazards of electoral reform

By Keizo Nabeshima

The tripartite ruling coalition is moving to submit to the Diet a bill for a new Upper House proportional-representation voting system that would allow voters to choose either individual candidates or political parties when casting ballots. The Liberal Democratic Party, New Komeito and the New Conservative...

COMMENTARY / World

Sep 25, 2000

Next up in the drug war: 'Plan Colombia'

By Gwynne Dyer

LONDON -- It is customary, when Washington says "jump," for British governments to ask "how high?" When they don't jump at all, their failure to comply should be treated with the same alarm as when one of those old pit canaries, kept in coal mines to detect the buildup of carbon monoxide, topples quietly...

COMMENTARY / World

Sep 25, 2000

Japan's not ready for permanent UNSC seat

By Michael O'Hanlon

WASHINGTON -- Earlier this month, at the United Nations, Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono pressed Japan's case for a permanent U.N. Security Council seat. He argued that Japan's hefty financial contributions to the U.N., its other foreign assistance activities and its strong support for global nonproliferation...

COMMENTARY

Sep 25, 2000

Weak unions, weak economy

By Kiroku Hanai

The collapse of the department store operator Sogo Co. came as a shock to Japan's recovering economy. Even more shocking are reports that the company's union leader has been fired for disrupting "order" in the organization.

COMMENTARY / World

Sep 24, 2000

U.N. deaths are no surprise

By Ramesh Thakur

The recent death of U.N. aid workers in Timor was a tragedy. The reprehensible action has rightly drawn international condemnation. The perpetrators will hopefully be caught, tried and punished.

COMMENTARY / World

Sep 24, 2000

Beijing's de facto currency devaluation

By Christopher Lingle

Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji approached Hong Kong officials to seek advice on the potential impact of greater flexibility in the valuation of the yuan and a possible devaluation. Of course, officials in Hong Kong are quite interested in the impact of changes in China's exchange-rate regime. Nonetheless,...

COMMENTARY / World

Sep 24, 2000

Debt relief key to poor nations' progress

By Cesar Chelala

NEW YORK -- A pledge by wealthy nations, to be announced officially this week in Prague, to provide substantial economic aid to poor nations, is an important step in the right direction. To be truly effective, however, economic aid should be part of a more general aid package -- including cancellation...

COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW

Sep 24, 2000

From lady killer to whale protector

By Constantine Pleshakov

So Japanese fishermen are banned from U.S waters. Whales rejoice, environmentalists celebrate, Texas Gov. George W. Bush loses a point, U.S., President Bill Clinton drafts a chapter for his memoir called "After Monica: Whales!", I grieve.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

It's back to the classroom for some residents as municipal governments across the country conduct lessons to learn how to use new technologies.

Can aging Japan go digital without leaving anyone behind?

By Tomoko Otake

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