How long will it take before Japan looks back on the Trump presidency with nostalgia? It may happen sooner than you think. If...
A dream can transform a life, giving it purpose. Billy Mills is living proof. The latest episode of American Voices with Senator Bill...
Against a background of international criticism of its crackdown on the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang province and police violence in Hong Kong, the Communist...
I am somewhat perplexed. Why do we rarely see in our media expressions of gratitude to President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump? On...
I sympathize with my Japanese friends when they wonder what American professors could be thinking. The American professors sneer at the egalitarian entrance...
According to Vladimir Lenin, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” As Japan moves into the second year of the Reiwa...
I first began thinking about writing this commentary six months ago. In the interim, however, Japan-South Korean relations have plummeted to their lowest levels since...
A handwritten letter from United States President Donald Trump was delivered to 90-year-old Akihiro Arimoto, father of North Korean abduction victim Keiko Arimoto (23 at...
Later this week, I will have the honor of attending the memorial ceremony of the Battle of Okinawa, which took place 74 years ago. Organized...
Despite the frequency of sumo tournaments, the atmosphere is different for every event, determined by its location and the wrestlers who fight. When special guests...
I was born and raised in the United States. Growing up, it was easy to know what America was. We were the people of freedom....
Robert Frost, though far from being as well-known in Japan as in the United States, is widely remembered as someone who wrote the poem that...
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