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EDITORIALS
Oct 16, 2015
Mighty Brazil stumbles
A once-booming Brazil is now beset by economic woes and its leadership hobbled by a political crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2015
Welcome back to work, now just do your job
The battle over gay marriage is just the latest round of America's culture war, and it's not over yet.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2015
Mexico's president in no position to judge
The level of corruption in Mexico stands out even in Latin America, a region known for crooked politicians.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 11, 2015
Chinese hacking requires bolstered guard against cyberattacks, Clapper says
The United States must beef up cybersecurity against Chinese hackers targeting a broad range of U.S. interests to raise the cost to China of engaging in such activities, America's top intelligence official said on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2015
Dumbing down: the key to U.S. political success
Stupidity exists everywhere, but what makes it stand out in America is that most Americans don't think it's bad to be dumb.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2015
Brazil's Olympic dig unearths a royal toothbrush
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, archaeology is enjoying a revival, thanks in part to an unlikely convergence of bureaucracy and sensibility.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2015
Only legalization can win the war on drugs
More people are dying as a consequence of the bloody war on drugs than by the consumption of illegal substances.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2015
Pope heads home to Rome after urging youth in Paraguay to help their peers, seek dignity
Pope Francis, drawing to a close his three-country tour of South America, on Sunday urged tens of thousands of youths in Paraguay to look after their less fortunate peers and fight for a dignified life filled with hope and strength.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 10, 2015
Global warming shrinking presence of vital bumblebees in Northern Hemisphere
Global warming is shrinking the terrain where bumblebees live in North America and Europe, with these vital pollinators departing the southernmost and hottest parts of their ranges while failing to move north into cooler climes, scientists say.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2015
Ecuador now exporting its kangaroo courts
These days, whenever the Organization of American States convenes — as it did last week in Washington for its 45th general assembly — magical thinking takes over.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2015
Local interaction key to U.S.-Japan cultural exchanges, experts say
Local interaction and nurturing personnel suitable to such efforts is the key to the future of grass-roots exchanges between Japan and the United States, experts in bilateral cultural relations said Friday at a Tokyo symposium.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2015
Security bolstered as Charlie Hebdo is honored in New York
The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, targeted in a deadly attack earlier this year by Islamist gunmen, was being honored on Tuesday at a New York gala under heavy security, organizers said.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2015
Closing America's black-white achievement gap
The black-white achievement gap in the U.S. can be slain by better education.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2015
The time for indifference on Venezuela is over
By classifying Venezuela an 'extraordinary threat' to U.S. security and ordering sanctions against seven officials, President Barack Obama may be trying to force Venezuela's neighbors to choose sides: Either support Venezuela explicitly or support the U.S. in opposing its leaders' policies.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2015
The 'next America' is testing U.S. governance
Both major American parties have had a hard time creating agendas that appeal across ideological, racial and ethnic lines. The fragmentation of power and purpose transcends the defects of political leaders.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2015
Homeland security chief worried about al Shabaab threat to U.S. malls
The U.S. homeland security chief said on Sunday he takes seriously a threat made by Somali-based Islamist militants against shopping malls, including the Mall of America in Minnesota, and urged people going there to be careful.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2015
Oil train fireball seen adding pressure for U.S. safety decision
Video images of a fireball boiling from the wreckage of a derailed train hauling Bakken crude are adding to pressure on federal regulators to act on new safety standards for oil shipments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2015
Washington suffers from a tolerance problem
For the next two years, the chances are good that the U.S. government will be almost completely paralyzed.

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