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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2013
Did Rodman lay up a net gain in North Korea?
Clown-job or not, former pro basketball star Dennis Rodman's fast break to North Korea did draw our attention to monstrous problems on the Peninsula.
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2013
A blow to the weapons exports ban
The Abe administration's decision to let domestic firms participate in producing the U.S. F-35 fighter violates the spirit of Japan's weapon exports ban.
EDITORIALS
Feb 15, 2013
An export ban worth keeping
The Abe administration's letting Japanese companies produce parts for the U.S. F-35 jet fighter would risk gutting the nation's weapons export ban.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2013
Ban talks about Japan in the world in exclusive interview
In a series of seven two-hour sessions that included informal get-togethers with his wife Soon Taek, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, the well-regarded former South Korean foreign minister, shares his insights exclusively with American journalist Tom Plate. The following excerpts from Plate's...

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.