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COMMENTARY / World

Apr 12, 2001

A 'cold war' in the making

By Mineo Nakajima

The collision between a U.S. surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet over the South China Sea reflects an emerging pattern of confrontation between the United States and China -- a development I noted in this column even prior to that incident.

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 12, 2001

Will Pyongyang split U.S., South Korea?

By John Barry Kotch

SEOUL -- The recent shakeup in Seoul's foreign policy and security team in the aftermath of the Washington summit represents a double effort to patch up relations with the United States, while persuading North Korea to come back to the bargaining table. Both tasks require supreme diplomatic skill.

EDITORIALS

Apr 11, 2001

Mr. Putin's timely conversion

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the takeover of NTV, the only independent television station in the country, is "a matter of the fundamental principles of the market economy." That is a convenient approach when the key shareholder in NTV is Gazprom, the former state company that is headed...

EDITORIALS

Apr 11, 2001

Peru returns to normalcy

Peru held its first round of presidential elections last weekend as the country begins to emerge from the shambles bequeathed by former President Alberto Fujimori. With left-of-center front-runner Alejandro Toledo unable to claim outright victory, a second round will be held in either May or June.

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 11, 2001

The Bank of Japan's new policy is sound

By Isao Kubota

On March 19, the Bank of Japan decided that it would focus more on money supply than on interest rates and that the new policy would be continued until it was confident that the consumer price index, which has been declining continuously for over two years, was rising.

COMMENTARY

Apr 11, 2001

The hazards of reform -- British-style

By David Howell

LONDON -- Forget sagging stock markets and omens of world recession. Forget global warming and U.S. President George W. Bush's rejection of the Kyoto treaty on carbon emissions. Forget, even, the foot-and-mouth disease that is currently paralyzing Britain's farming and tourist industries and has caused...

COMMENTARY

Apr 11, 2001

A turning point for the LDP

By Keizo Nabeshima

The result of the election to choose a new president of the Liberal Democratic Party will be announced today. This will end a domestic political vacuum that has persisted since Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori revealed his intention of stepping down, over a month ago.

EDITORIALS

Apr 10, 2001

Troubling times in Vietnam

Vietnam is gearing up for its next party congress, which begins April 19. The timing could not be worse for the conclave, which occurs every five years. There is unrest in the central highlands and growing discontent with the party leadership, and the economy, which is ticking along quite nicely, will...

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 10, 2001

Spy-plane incident bolsters PLA position

By Calum Macleod

BEIJING -- America may translate as the "beautiful country" in Chinese, but it is also known as the arrogant superpower heir to the European invaders who carved up parts of China in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The spy-plane incident is rapidly inflating the hate element of China's love-hate relationship...

COMMENTARY

Apr 10, 2001

Reasons to thank Mr. Mori

By Takamitsu Sawa

Since he took office a year ago, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has seen his popularity nosedive as a result of a series of gaffes he committed. Now that he is set to resign in late April, let me review the role the Mori administration has played.

EDITORIALS

Apr 8, 2001

Heidi gets a makeover

Perhaps because it is more relentlessly urban than most modern industrial countries -- thanks to its inhospitable geography -- Japan is also more devoted than most to the ideal of an unspoiled rural life. The faster the foreground fills up with ugly concrete structures and electricity cables, the more...

COMMENTARY

Apr 8, 2001

Panic commands a high price

By Sarah Benton

LONDON — The foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain is not devastating British farm production. It is devastating farming's relationship with the rest of Britain. Less than 2 percent of Britain's livestock have been slaughtered either because they have the disease or because, though healthy, they might...

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