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  • OPINION

    Japan ranks 'number four' as fortunes wane

    Oped, Published on 07/03/2024

    » Harvard Professor Ezra Vogel's 1979 book, Japan as Number One: Lessons for America, became an instant bestseller in Japan. The flattering title certainly helped sales, but it was the book's central argument -- that the Japanese approach to governance and business were superior to others -- that really made a splash.

  • WORLD

    Three Japanese ministers resign over kickbacks scandal

    AFP, Published on 14/12/2023

    » TOKYO - Three Japanese government ministers tendered their resignations on Thursday over a major corruption scandal in the ruling party.

  • OPINION

    Should fiscal policy resemble private budgets?

    News, Koichi Hamada, Published on 06/11/2023

    » Every few months this year, the US government appears on the verge of shutting down. It happened in May, when congressional Republicans initially refused to raise the debt ceiling, and in September, when Congress managed to avert a last-minute shutdown by passing a stopgap bill to keep the federal government open until Nov 17.

  • OPINION

    Japan's dilemmas need bold answers

    Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 03/11/2023

    » Among the big countries vying for power and influence in the fluid and contentious geostrategic arena, Japan faces the most daunting challenges. Most of the recognised major powers in Asia, from China and India to Indonesia and South Korea, are rising and aspiring for bigger roles and grander objectives, while Japan's place in the global pecking order has been in decline. The last time Japan had to confront such an existential threat to its place in the world may have been in the 1860s when the Western powers shook up and threatened to take over the isolated and inward-looking martial society.

  • WORLD

    Japanese police arrest 86-year-old hostage taker

    Published on 31/10/2023

    » TOKYO — Police arrested an 86-year-old man who had barricaded himself with a firearm inside a post office near Tokyo on Tuesday, while at a nearby hospital, two people were injured following gunshots.

  • OPINION

    Japan's media has to account for its own failures

    News, Published on 16/10/2023

    » The recent downfalls in Japan of the Unification Church and J-pop agency Johnny & Associates seem to be, on the face of it, victories for justice: Two odious groups that used their outsized clout for years to cover up noxious acts have at last been hobbled, if not eliminated.

  • OPINION

    Downsides to digital cash handout plan

    Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 21/09/2023

    » I announced in a previous article that today's story would focus on liquidity and debt. But after careful consideration, I have decided to postpone this for another fortnight. The main reason being that I want to wait for the Bank of Thailand's economic data release for August due out on Sept 29.

  • WORLD

    'It hurts my heart': Japan's Kanto massacre, 100 years on

    AFP, Published on 31/08/2023

    » TOKYO - This week Japan marks 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people. Less well known is the subsequent massacre of thousands of ethnic Koreans that haunts the community to this day.

  • WORLD

    Japan court jails man for 23 years over Joker train attack

    Published on 31/07/2023

    » A Japanese court on Monday sentenced a man to 23 years in jail after finding him guilty of attempted murder and starting a fire on a train in Tokyo while dressed as comic book villain the Joker.

  • OPINION

    Why is America undercutting the Japanese?

    Oped, Published on 26/07/2023

    » Until 2017, America's trade policies were reasonably well aligned with its strategic objectives. The US was the world's largest economy, with unrivalled military power, and its alliances with European countries and others bolstered security and underwrote prosperity for all. It also provided global leadership through bodies like the World Trade Organization, ensuring a common rule-of-law framework to support economic growth and cross-border exchange around the world.

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