News | JAPAN Forward - Part 996

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Mattis, Inada, and Another Missed Opportunity

Robert D Eldridge, PhD February 6, 2017

Another meeting between a U.S. secretary of defense and Japanese minister of defense took...

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Koike Challenges Tokyo’s LDP, Creating a New Kind of Opposition Politics

Rob Fahey, Waseda University February 3, 2017

Less than 6 months since her sweeping victory in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, Yuriko...

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Book Review: Beyond the I-Novel - Ayako Sono's "Miracles"

Jason Morgan, Reitaku University February 3, 2017

Miracles. By Ayako Sono and translated by Kevin Doak. Merwinasia; 242 pages; $45.00. ...

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There Will Be Nothing Easy about a U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement

Paul Nadeau February 2, 2017

Now that Donald Trump has followed through on his campaign promise to withdraw the　United...

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Editorial: Trump's Trade Policies Will Make America Poorer

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun February 2, 2017

We cannot help but be disappointed by the seemingly inflexible stance of the Trump...

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Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Election: Will Beijing make the same mistake again?

Willy Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong February 1, 2017

With the election of the Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE, equivalent to mayor) coming...

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Trump’s Grand Strategy and What it Means for Asia

James D.J. Brown, Temple University Japan Campus February 1, 2017

The Trump administration has been criticized for lacking a grand strategy. Instead of having...

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Opinion: Japan’s Youth Have the Optimism to See Opportunity in Coming Difficulties

Yohei Sasakawa, Nippon Foundation January 31, 2017

The following was originally published in Seiron, Sankei Shimbun: I have long questioned...

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Targeted Elections: What the U.S. Election Teaches Us about Disinformation Campaigns

Chrisella Herzog, WhiteHat Magazine January 31, 2017

A November 8, 2016, a chill went through the democratic world. A combination of...

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Out with Evil, In with Fortune - Setsubun is February 3

Sankei Shimbun January 31, 2017

Setsubun, or the "bean-throwing festival" is Friday, February 3, the day preceding "risshun" which...

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Life with Channel T

Nancy Snow January 30, 2017

“The public is even more fond of entertainment than of information.” – William Randolph...

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Leon Panetta: "The only predictable thing about the Trump administration is that it will be unpredictable"

Kazuyuki Sakamoto, The Sankei Shimbun January 30, 2017

Sankei Shimbun’s Kazuyuki Sakamoto recently interviewed former secretary of defense Leon Panetta over email...