I'm making real investment in fast trains that run where people live and want to go my wish for the New Year.
If we are willing to ingest fluoride to prevent tooth decay, surely we can tolerate a trace of lithium to prevent suicides.
Washington should welcome the steps towards strategic adjustment being pursued by its allies and refrain from any attempt to force them to re-embrace to the old subservient approach towards the United States.
The Damah Film Festival, usually based in Seattle and L.A. debuted in the Japanese city of Hiroshima today with an all-star lineup of short films incl...
Since Obama took office, there have been many articles in the Japanese press about how the Japanese are learning English from him.
Theodore Roosevelt won the Peace Prize for bringing the Russians and Japanese to the negotiating table to end the bloody Russo-Japanese War. In fact, Roosevelt did little to abet peace.
As the world recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, Rotary International - a humanitaria...
I see a protectionist response in retaliation as a likely outcome unless China changes its tune -- not that I favor that outcome. We will soon know if protectionism works.
This article originally appeared on my site Credit Writedowns "This is definitely a threat on the horizon," said Blaise Ganguin, the age...
As Obama contemplates a new strategy for Afghanistan, he should consider integrating the conservative values of fiscal discipline and limited government into his foreign policy decision-making.
The American debt as a percentage of GDP is at around 100%, which is expected to edge up to 101% in 2011, then begin to drop. However, Japan's debt as a percentage of GDP will go to 230%!
Liz, for one, would never endanger America by treating an important world leader and key global ally with respect and deference. And you know who else wouldn't? Dick, that's who!
Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. There was the deep bow before the emperor A...
The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Increased Tension Over Iran's Program SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's rece...
A major new report released today is the first to comprehensively benchmark the competitiveness positions of the United States and key Asian challengers in the global clean energy race.
President Obama's visit to Asia showed how long a journey it's been since the 1955 Bandung Conference, the historic meeting of African and Asian states striving for self-determination.
In 1947, Tokyo Electric Cars Company built a lead-acid battery powered EV delivery truck called the Tama which it sold through 1950, when oil supplies...
If Japan truly wants to serve as a "bridge" between the United States and Asia or the West and East, it will need good relations with both sides.
Matsui is one of those rare superstars who recognize the unique role his astonishing talent has given him and the good he can do for others.
The American neglect of the Asia-Pacific region and its policy concerns has not only alienated its friends in the region. It has also hurt long term U.S. economic and strategic interests.
In a global financial system, the collapse or even perceived weakness of a large economy such as Japan would be catastrophic. And Japan is not doing well.
