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WAR

Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2013
The shifting strategy of battlefield preservation
In 1988, Sen. Dale Bumpers of Arkansas pleaded with his colleagues to pass legislation that would prevent a new shopping mall on land integral to the Second Battle of Manassas. He imagined a future in which ever more commercial development encroached on land in Virginia preserved by the National Park...
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2013
Software program gives Gettysburg Address poor grade
"Imagine taking a college exam, and, instead of handing in a blue book and getting a grade from a professor a few weeks later, clicking the 'send' button when you are done and receiving a grade back instantly, your essay scored by a software program."
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2013
Pressure cookers now WMD?
George W. Bush wasn't lying about Iraq after all. Saddam Hussein did have weapons of mass destruction — pressure cookers in the homes of Iraqi officials.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2013
Lake Hamana searched for WWII sunken tank
A project is under way to find a "phantom tank" at the bottom of Lake Hamana in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 17, 2013
Japan must re-learn its militarist past
Japan's conservative rulers will need a more capacious sense of history if they are to succeed in building new bridges with the country's Asian neighbors.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2013
Why a Syrian no-fly zone is the right thing to do
Detractors of a Syrian no-fly zone miss the point. Its purpose would not be to resolve the conflict but to prevent escalation and provide leverage to talks.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2013
Five myths about the Iraq war
That the war changed Iraq into a stable and peaceful democracy is a myth. It has been left a broken and dysfunctional country. The big winner is Iran.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2013
Key moments that left mark on U.S.
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, held the office for more than 11 years, including during the entire 1980s. In that time, she left a major mark on U.S. politics, mainly through her close relationship with President Ronald Reagan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2013
Doomsday Clock designer Langsdorf dies at 96
Martyl Langsdorf, the artist who designed the Doomsday Clock, dies in Illinois at the age of 96.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2013
One man's crusade against America's war on drugs
Once consigned to the fringes of libertarianism, the argument for the legalization of drugs has received an unlikely boost in America in recent months with the release of a documentary titled "The House I Live In." Coinciding with the decision by the states of Colorado and Washington to legalise marijuana,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2013
War photographer feels compelled to cover Africa strife Japan ignores
War photographer Ryo Kameyama, 37, is no stranger to danger, having lost the sight in his left eye due to a stray bullet in 2000 while covering the Palestinian conflict. But he feels drawn to Africa, where he has witnessed rampant violence and where he feels Japan's media don't tread.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 3, 2013
War with China is not inevitable, so tread carefully
America's path plus China's immature ambitions threaten Japan's future. Japanese constitutional change would just add to uncertainty in the region.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2013
A dying veteran's assessment of the Iraq War
A letter from a dying U.S. Army veteran to former President George W. Bush delivers a damning assessment of the consequences of the Iraq War.
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2013
Looking back at Iraq
Ten years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, there are still no answers to why Washington thought it could march the country to war without paying for it.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013
Lessons from the Iraq War are there for the heeding
Do Obama policymakers really know the economic consequences of beginning military operations in Iran or supplying weapons to Syria's opposition
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2013
Did success have a prayer in Iraq?
It is possible the invasion of Iraq was a mistake that might have still been executed much more effectively for a much better outcome after 10 years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2013
A decade after U.S. invasion, Iraq torn between progress and chaos
Ten years after the United States barreled into Iraq with extraordinary force and a perilous lack of foresight, the country is neither the failed state that seemed all but inevitable during the darkest days of the war nor the model democracy the Americans set out to build.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2013
The disenchantment of Iraq
Iraq is better off without Saddam Hussein, but if economic resconstruction and the establishment of democracy are considered, the Iraq war failed.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2013
Debunking five myths about Iraq
Today a new set of beliefs defines many discussions about the war in Iraq and its aftermath. Are they just as wrong as the 2003 prewar rhetoric
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Mar 17, 2013
Japan discussed acquisition of 'defensive' nuclear weapons in 1958
Foreign Ministry officials in 1958 debated the acquisition of “defensive” nuclear weapons and reported their interest to the U.S., newly declassified documents show.

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