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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2013
Domestic factors also drive Putin's Syria gamble
Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategic win over the U.S. in Syria vindicates his foreign policy at a time when he faces difficulties at home.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2013
Boehner aims to defund 'Obamacare'
With the deadline for a federal government shutdown growing near, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner had a familiar choice to make: embrace something that looked like a compromise with Democrats, antagonizing conservatives in his party, or give in to their demands and guarantee a showdown with President...
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 19, 2013
Syrian crisis exposes Obama's frayed ties with U.S. military
The Syrian crisis over the past few weeks has thrust President Barack Obama into a role in which at times he has seemed uneasy: that of commander in chief.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2013
Obama didn't sell war hard enough
War is what America does best, war is what America does most. So why couldn't U.S. President Barack Obama get public support for a strike on Syria
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2013
Why the West misread Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin's end goal in his Syrian diplomatic initiative is to put the U.S. back into the U.N. Security Council box.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2013
New Syria agreement a big victory — for Assad
The real losers in the new Syrian agreement are the Syrian people, who will continue to be raped, tortured and slaughtered.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2013
Summers pulls out of race to be Fed chief
White House adviser Lawrence Summers quits the race for Federal Reserve chairman after a highly unusual political assault against the brusque but brilliant economist.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2013
Conservative Club for Growth targets 'Obamacare'
The first sign that Republican leaders could not control their new majority came on a vote to help Americans who lose their jobs to foreign workers. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor considered the measure routine and in February 2011 put it on a list of bills that were expected to pass without objection....
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2013
Shooting down five myths about cruise missiles
U.S. cruise missiles are no magical solution to the horror taking place in Syria.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2013
Obama's doomed relationship 'reset' with Russia
The failure of the U.S.-Russia relationship 'reset' should come as no surprise, owing to its deeply flawed foundations.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2013
Intervention for separation
Outside intervention in Syria should go even further and seek to separate the warring factions.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2013
Syria presents a constitutional moment for U.S.
No congressional vote about Syria can damage the U.S. presidency as much as Barack Obama has done by overreaching.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2013
How Congress can limit Obama's war on Syria
If Congress wants to limit President Barack Obama's ability to wage war on Syria, it must use its appropriations power.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2013
Google races to keep out government spies
Google is racing to encrypt the torrents of information that flow among its data centers around the world in a bid to thwart snooping by the U.S. National Security Agency and the intelligence agencies of foreign governments, company officials said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 5, 2013
Clinton's Syria stance may be key in 2016 race
Hillary Rodham Clinton was a senator from New York the last time the U.S. Congress was asked to authorize military action in the Middle East. Friends believe her 2002 vote giving President George W. Bush the power to invade Iraq may have cost her the presidency in 2008.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2013
Obama risks little by going to Congress
The transfer of authority from the legislative branch to the executive branch has been, on the whole, a terrible thing for the U.S.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2013
Obama strains to win over public on Syria
President Barack Obama has turned the question of whether to strike Syria into an extraordinary national sales job — seeking to convince skeptics in Congress and among the public that military action would be worth the risk.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2013
Is America now becoming an international outlaw?
When Barack Obama succeeded George W. Bush as U.S. president, the world heaved a collective sigh of relief. How ironic then that Obama risks making the U.S. the biggest international outlaw of our times.
WORLD
Sep 3, 2013
2014 elections, specter of Iraq loom over Obama's high-stakes Syria gamble
President Barack Obama's stunning reversal on Syria — deciding to ask Congress to approve the use of force just hours after he seemed set on bypassing the legislative branch — amounts to a massive gamble by the commander in chief.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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