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EAST

COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2015
The strongholds of history and geography in the Mideast
Turkey and Iran are destined to be dominant powers in the Middle East.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2015
Why the U.S. fails at training foreign armies
Why does the U.S. continue to pour billions of dollars into training foreign armies when the results are almost always dismal?
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2015
New ministry intelligence unit to monitor terrorists in four regions
A new intelligence unit to be launched under the Foreign Ministry next April will use four groups to monitor terrorists in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Oct 4, 2015
Chance chat in Gaza alters a life
Kenji Sekine might have ended up as a wine importer at a supermarket chain in Tokyo had it not been for a chance encounter with a Palestinian boy during a trip to the Middle East in early 1999.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2015
The Syrian crisis's tangled web
Syria is a tangled web of humanitarian, political and religious complexities that seem impossible to disentangle. Yet if solutions are not found the flood tide of refugees and human misery will only grow worse.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 17, 2015
Foreign Joso flood victims hit out at city's monolingual response
One week after an unprecedented flood overwhelmed the city of Joso in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japanese-Brazilian resident David Kiyoshi Shibata believes it's a miracle he's still alive.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2015
Europe's new geography
Only by repairing its balance sheet through fundamental economic and monetary reforms can the EU possibly ameliorate the continent's other problems.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2015
A crisis of shame engulfing Eastern Europe
Only when Eastern Europe comes to terms with its murderous past will its people be able to recognize their obligations to save those fleeing in the face of evil.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 16, 2015
Anti-nuclear activist held over arson attack on railway substation
Tokyo police arrest a 42-year-old man from the suburb of Musashino on suspicion of involvement in a string of arson attacks in the capital.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2015
Palestinian leadership in crisis
Mahmoud Abbas' exit as Palestinian president could serve as an opportunity to challenge the moral collapse of the Palestinian Authority. But don't count on it.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2015
Search continues for missing after massive flooding
The death toll in eastern and northeastern Japan has risen to seven while 15 people remain missing.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2015
Order to evacuate floods came too late for some in Joso city
The flood-ravaged city of Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, failed to issue evacuation orders to about 350 households, which may have delayed some from trying to reach safety.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2015
What's with news media that censor news?
The mainstream media should realize that publishing graphic war-related images can help jar the world into taking action, and censoring such images delays action.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2015
Refugee crisis is suddenly Merkel's biggest challenge
In the past two weeks, Germany has been shaken by a perfect storm of headlines that have elevated the refugee issue to the very top of the public and political agenda.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2015
Oil is Islamic State's lifeblood
A key to defeating the Islamic State militant group is preventing it from gaining control of lucrative oil fields.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2015
War on Islamic State has given Jordan new life
Tiny, oil-poor Jordan has parlayed the war against Islamic State into tangible gains.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2015
End of Iran's Islamic revolution
For Iran, what counts now is no longer ideology, but national interest and realpolitik.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2015
Cultural treasures are also victims of conflict
Of the 1,007 known World Heritage sites, 48 are now in danger of being destroyed due to military conflict.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2015
How IS pushes Egypt toward chaos
The Egyptian government should be very careful about attempting to associate Islamic State terror with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 19, 2015
Germany feels migrant strain, forecasts 750,000 will seek asylum this year
The German government will sharply raise its forecast for the number of asylum seekers expected to arrive this year to a record-breaking 750,000, coalition sources said on Tuesday.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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