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RELATIONS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Jun 3, 2020
Troubling trends demand that Japan take action at sea
The Maritime Self-Defense Force will likely be relegated to second place permanently within this decade if China's naval construction program maintains its current pace.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2020
America’s mis-police state
The mass protests sweeping the U.S. are born of many factors, but chiefly reflect frustration and rage at America's long history of racist law enforcement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2020
Biden’s old-time liberalism finds its moment
The Democratic candidate's speech repudiated progressives by condemning riots.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2020
China steps up its offensive against the Senkaku Islands
The China Coast Guard's pursuit of a Japanese fishing boat in Japan's territorial waters is a sign of things to come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2020
China's border invasion will push India toward the U.S.
India's long history of nonalignment is giving way to the threat of a shared enemy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2020
Fear is at the root of America's race problem
Race relations in the U.S. are still worse than almost anywhere else.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 2, 2020
Trump envisions a three-way nuclear pact. China has other ideas.
Washington takes aim at Beijing's atomic ambitions as Trump administration vows to craft 'new era of arms control.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Jun 1, 2020
The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance has lost its way
Criticism of an organization that presumed to represent former 'comfort women' is creating a much-needed opening for public scrutiny of its conduct.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2020
Coronavirus hasn’t killed the global balance of power
Americans who hail a new era of global cooperation haven't been paying attention to what China is up to.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 29, 2020
South Korea 'comfort women' group's ex-chief sorry for 'banking errors'
The former leader of an advocacy group for South Korean women who suffered under Japan’s military brothel system before and during World War II on Friday denied allegations of misusing funds meant for the victims but apologized for "banking errors."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 27, 2020
South Korea probes 'comfort women' support group for fraud, local newspaper says
South Korea’s top prosecutor has ordered an investigation into financial fraud allegations made against a support group for “comfort women” — a euphemism for those who were forced or coerced into Japan’s wartime brothel system under various circumstances, including abduction, deception and...
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 26, 2020
China on the sideline as Japan plays bigger role in Kosovo
Advertisements for Huawei are ubiquitous in Europe. In Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, a massive electronic sign for Huawei towers above the central square. A similarly large Coca-Cola sign looms over a statue of what any local will tell you is Alexander the Great that dominates the square. Officially...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2020
A cold war is heating up in the South China Sea
U.S.-China tensions over trade and the coronavirus epidemic are playing out dangerously in contested waters.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’