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FOREIGN POLICY

EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2017
Trump gets presidential
Donald Trump managed to sound presidential in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, but his narrowly focused message should concern the world.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 24, 2017
Deepening Japan-India ties in an uncertain age
Japan and India are natural allies, and are ready to expand the scope of their economic, strategic and defense cooperation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2017
Trump's political revolution
Popular support — or lack thereof — will make or break Trump's political fortunes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2017
Australia needs to wake up, grow up
Australia must chart an independent foreign policy according to a Canberra-based calculation of national values and interests.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 9, 2017
Japanese arms exports can boost regional stability
With the proper policy, calibrated Japanese arms export to Southeast Asian countries can be an effective policy instrument for preserving regional stability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2017
Foreign policy surprises won't serve U.S. interests
If Trump really wants to make America great again, he's going to have to change his foreign policy approach. Shaking up the world is going to make America weaker and poorer.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2017
The uncomfortable truth: Trump is not an aberration
There is hardly a single bad deed that Trump has or intends to carry out that does not have roots in policies championed by previous administrations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2017
Trump's international role model? Rodrigo Duterte
The Phillipines' new president, not Vladimir Putin, is the international leader closest to Trump's heart and mind.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 3, 2017
Will Japan get Trumped next?
U.S. President Donald Trump seems intent on losing friends and alienating allies, placing U.S.-Japan relations on shaky ground.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2017
Brexit, Trump and a warning
In this global network age, a wisely led U.K. should not be too close and committed to America or the EU at the expense of good relations with other countries.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2017
The pivot to Asia was Obama's biggest mistake
The U.S. pivot failed to achieve key goals in Asia while America's inattention made matters worse in Europe and the Middle East.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2017
As Trump takes office, U.S. China bashers have a field day
Statements being made by American officials overestimate U.S. power and resolve, and underestimate those of China. That is how wars start.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2017
In Trump era, Asian states must stand together
Asia, like Europe, is now on its own.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2017
Syria and the Hippocratic principle: first do no harm
Western interference has caused far more problems than it has solved across the region from Afghanistan to North Africa.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2017
Obama's unforced errors on foreign policy
When U.S. President Barack Obama moves two miles from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to 2446 Belmont Road in Washington's Kalorama neighborhood, he will live half a mile from 2340 S Street, where Woodrow Wilson spent his three post-presidential years. Wilson's embittering foreign policy failure was the Senate's...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2017
Kissinger's Washington is coming back around
Let's take a moment to savor what looks to be Henry Kissinger's final act. The man is 93 years old. At that age, most people are lucky to have enough energy for "Wheel of Fortune" and a few Facebook posts. Not Kissinger. These days, he's playing the influence game against insiders who hadn't even been...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2016
Five big political risks for the incoming year
A Trump White House, leadership intrigue in China and Australia, Islam unnerving Indonesia, and Kim Jong-un's tantrums threaten stability in Asia.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 27, 2016
In visiting Pearl Harbor, Abe again shows his pragmatic side
Upon returning to power in 2012, Abe has demonstrated his pragmatism to governance numerous times by adopting positions that both appeal to, but also upset his conservative base.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2016
The U.S. is now a country that can be ignored
One of Barack Obama's most important legacies is a sense that the U.S. is no longer the dominant global power.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2016
Trump's diplomatic agenda
Donald Trump has a unique opportunity to redirect U.S. foreign policy, which has become dangerously unbalanced and militarized.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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