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COMMENTARY

Aug 11, 2000

Mori reign remains shaky

By Kenzo Uchida

It has been four months since Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori launched his coalition government. Mori's first Cabinet, inaugurated April 5, remained in office for less than three months before the general election was held June 25. He established his second Cabinet July 3.

EDITORIALS

Aug 10, 2000

Keep the nonnuclear faith

The anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki always evokes frustrations among the Japanese people. This was especially true of the latest anniversary -- the 55th and the last of this century. The reason is simple: The goal of a nuclear arms-free world seems distant even as the new...

COMMENTARY / World

Aug 10, 2000

It's summertime, and the news is slim

By Gwynne Dyer

LONDON -- Those of us whose job is to feed the world a steady diet of "news" (99 percent of which is actually recycled "olds") are always grateful when a loon like Rabbi Ovadia Yosef opens his mouth and lets fly. Especially in August.

COMMENTARY / World

Aug 10, 2000

U.S. forces remain critical to Northeast Asian security

By Larry M. Wortzel

WASHINGTON -- There has been a sea change in the political landscape in Northeast Asia, particularly on the Korean Peninsula. In South Korea, the success of multiparty democracy is changing how the United States interacts with its ally. President Kim Dae Jung must deal with voters who increasingly question...

EDITORIALS

Aug 9, 2000

Gore's surprising choice

Vice President Al Gore has made his first bold move in the race for the U.S. presidency. The selection of Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut as his running mate has won applause from both sides of the aisle. The senator is a thoughtful and serious politician, who is guided by a strong moral code. He...

EDITORIALS

Aug 8, 2000

A lesson from the police

Japan's reputation as the most crime-free of the major industrialized nations is crumbling. It has always been a relative matter and if any proof of the change were needed beyond the daily headlines, the National Police Agency has just provided it. In a regular semiannual report, the NPA announced that...

COMMENTARY / World

Aug 8, 2000

Recognizing Japan's key role in Asia

By Edward Neilan

U.S. policymakers seem to have given up on Japan, laments Michael Green, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. The exasperation is premature, Green says, for by most yardsticks, Japan is more important to U.S. interests than is China. This is important as U.S. Republicans choose...

COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE

Aug 8, 2000

The Bush machine rolls along

By Bob Keefe

WASHINGTON -- There are three defining events for a candidate in the U.S. presidential campaign, events that reveal the candidate in a unique and important way. They are the selection of the vice-presidential candidate, the candidate's appearance at the convention, and the debates.

EDITORIALS

Aug 7, 2000

Information law loaded with perils

A government panel is now fleshing out a blueprint for basic legislation designed to protect personal information held by public and private organizations -- information that makes it possible to identify the individuals involved, such as depositors lists held by banks. It is, in principle, necessary...

COMMENTARY

Aug 7, 2000

Laissez faire destroys itself

By Takamitsu Sawa

The market economy is akin to nature. Government intervention in the market is comparable to the destruction of the natural environment and should be avoided. Nature untouched by the human hand is great. The fury of the elements dwarfs human power. Essentially, that is the opinion of free-market advocates,...

COMMENTARY / World

Aug 7, 2000

Muslims under fire in Russian Far East

By Russell Working and Nonna Chernyakova

PETROPAVLOSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia -- When Usman Usmanov laid the cornerstone of the first mosque in the Russian Far East last summer, he was thrilled to see the start of a spiritual center for 30,000 Muslims in the Kamchatka region.

COMMENTARY

Aug 7, 2000

Updating the nuclear debate

By David Howell

LONDON -- Appearing before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary William Cohen has confirmed that he and his colleagues see the threat to the United States of long-range missile attack as growing. The intention to develop a national missile defense system against is therefore still...

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

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