Politics & Security
EDITORIAL | Learn from Women World Leaders in the Fight Against COVID-19
Amid measures taken against the COVID-19 pandemic, female heads of states, such as Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, ar
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EDITORIAL | Japan Should Join Countries Demanding Probe into China’s Wuhan Lab
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has been ramping up criticism against China’s Xi Jinping ad
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EDITORIAL | Postwar Constitution is 73 Years Old, and Still Hinders Japan’s Response to Emergencies
Who could have predicted that Japan’s Constitution would be marking its 73rd anniversary, just as the nation is [&he
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EDITORIAL | Like a Looter at a Fire, Beijing Encroaches on the South China Sea Amid the Pandemic
On April 19, the Chinese government announced that it had established two new administrative districts in the South Ch
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EDITORIAL | Kim Jong Un in Serious Condition? Japan Should Be on Alert for Radical Change in Korean Peninsula
On April 20, CNN reported that, according to a United States intelligence official, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un wa
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EDITORIAL | With Emergency Declaration, Governors Must Act Decisively to Beat COVID-19
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on April 16 that the government was extending the state of emergency, necessitat
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EDITORIAL | Suppression of Free Speech, Revoking Press Credentials, Aren’t the Way to Respond to the New Coronavirus
The Chinese government has revoked the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal correspondents in Beijing, effec
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EDITORIAL | If the Great Hanshin Earthquake Happened Today, Would We Survive?
“Crisis management.” This phrase has been used frequently in Japan since the Great Hanshin and Awaji earthquake of Jan
Sports
EDITORIAL | Tokyo Should Protest IOC’s Transfer of 2020 Olympic Marathon to Sapporo Without Consultation
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is poised to move the 2020 Summer Olympic marathon and race walking events f
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EDITORIAL | Firing of Trump’s National Security Adviser Brings Concern About Future Dangers in U.S. Diplomacy
United States President Donald Trump dismissed John Bolton on September 10 as the presidential national security adv
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EDITORIAL| President Moon Needs Re-education: It was South Korea that Invaded Takeshima
In a special Cabinet meeting on August 29, South Korean President Moon Jae In made remarks about the islets […]
Special Reports
EDITORIAL | Emperor Showa’s ‘Deep Remorse’ Over War Not Incongruous with Seeking Rearmament
Documents detailing conversations spanning the years from 1949 to 1953 between Emperor Hirohito, known posthumously a