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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2016

Peres: no hero for Palestinians

For Palestinians, Lebanese and a multitude of others, Shimon Peres is just another war criminal who escaped any accountability for his countless misdeeds.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 13, 2016

China names new Tianjin Communist Party boss amid corruption probe

China has appointed former Communist Party secretary of Hubei province Li Hongzhong as the new party chief for the strategic port city of Tianjin, days after announcing a corruption investigation into the northeastern city's former mayor.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 9, 2016

September 10, 2016

COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 17, 2016

Koike can help Japan get serious about gender gap

Japan's efforts to promote gender mainstreaming have fallen short. Hopefully new Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike can give this vital concept a jump start.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016

Airing the IMF's dirty laundry

The IMF's role in Europe's post-2008 crisis shows why it needs an independent management team that can make decisions free of political interference.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2016

Reform elected membership of the U.N. Security Council

Expanding the U.N. Security Council's elected membership and increasing their terms could make the body more effective.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 4, 2016

What does Koike's election mean for Japanese politics?

Yuriko Koike just won the biggest gamble of her political career.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 2, 2016

Team Trump asks Congress GOP ranks to tamp down Khan hubbub to no avail

U.S. Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign appealed to Capitol Hill for support on Monday as his attacks on the Muslim parents of a decorated American soldier killed in Iraq drew sharp rebukes from fellow party members.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 27, 2016

No 'free pass' for Indonesia on China Sea disputes, letter says

Indonesia should step up and play a greater leadership role in Southeast Asia's management of maritime disputes with China, a group of foreign policy experts and academics said in an open letter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2016

A new playbook for Beijing and Southeast Asia

Both ASEAN and China must exercise self-restraint and start negotiating in good faith to resolve the South China Sea territorial disputes.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 12, 2016

U.S. transfers two Guantanamo inmates to Serbia as Obama looks to shutter infamous prison

Two inmates from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay were transferred to Serbia on Monday as the Obama administration pressed ahead with its long-held goal of shutting the widely condemned facility at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 6, 2016

BOJ bond valuation losses are said to be ¥874 billion in 2015

The Bank of Japan wrote down the value of its holdings of government debt by ¥874 billion ($8.5 billion) in the last fiscal year, undercutting the income from its still profitable asset-purchase program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / THE JAPAN TIMES FORUM ON TICAD VI
Jun 30, 2016

Africa outlook seeing shift from assistance to investment

The sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) will be held in Nairobi on Aug. 27 and 28, where political and business leaders from around the world will discuss various issues facing the continent.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jun 22, 2016

Abe plays economic card but opposition targets his 'hidden' agenda in Upper House election battle

The poll could pave the way for Abe to revise the U.S.-drafted Constitution nationalists see as a humiliating remnant of WWII.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jun 19, 2016

Fukushima rice set to make first EU foray with debut in Britain

Fukushima-harvested rice will hit the stores in Britain in July, which might make it the first member of the EU to import the grain, following a sustained effort by a group of Fukushima natives in London fighting rumors about the safety of the crop.
EDITORIALS
Jun 7, 2016

Close anti-graft law's loopholes

The prosecutors' decision not to charge former economy minister Akira Amari and his aides expose the limitations of the anti-graft law.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2016

Trans-Pacific shell game

While the Trans-Pacific Partnership might help the U.S. advance its goal of containing China's influence in the Asia-Pacific region, the economic case is not nearly as strong.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jun 4, 2016

Legal reform may start rooting out gangsters

Lawmakers in the Diet approved reform to the country's criminal justice system last month, mandating the recording of police interrogations in certain circumstances, revamping the existing wiretap law and introducing a plea bargain system for the first time.
EDITORIALS
May 30, 2016

Tsai moves, Beijing still unmoved

Beijing and Taipei must be prepared to compromise to ensure that the Taiwan Strait does not again become a regional flashpoint.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G7 ISE-SHIMA SUMMIT SPECIAL
May 25, 2016

Leaders expected to focus on economy, refugee crisis

When the Group of Seven leaders meet in Ise-Shima, Mie Prefecture, on Thursday for the two-day summit meeting, the global leaders will spend much of their time discussing wide-ranging issues from terrorism and the refugee crisis to China, which has been asserting its military power in the South China...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2016

Cyberthieves exploit banks' faith in SWIFT transfer network

On Jan. 12, 2015, a message from a secure computer terminal at Banco del Austro (BDA) in Ecuador instructed San Francisco-based Wells Fargo to transfer money to bank accounts in Hong Kong.

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