‘Lupin III’ manga creator never forgot his Hokkaido roots

The hugely popular manga series “Lupin III,” whose eponymous protagonist is an indomitable master thief who never fails to pull off even the...

No compromise possible in principles of free trade with U.S.

Japan and the United States recently held a first round of bilateral trade talks under an agreement reached between the leaders of the two...

End of Western-led global order is approaching

Confusion Dominates as Algeria Heads into Troubled Waters

With the presidential election day approaching in Algeria, the sheer number of political forces aiming to secure power in this troubled state...

Donald Trump: world’s greatest expert on… almost everything

PRESIDENT Donald Trump raised eyebrows when he told French firefighters to move "quickly" and possibly use aerial water tankers to save Notre Dame....

Why are we so moved by the plight of the Notre Dame?

SCROLLING through news of the Notre Dame fire on social media feeds was like watching a real-time archive of grief in the making, as people...

(BRANJE) Zakaj je nekaterim težko javno razpravljati o evtanaziji?

Zakaj je nekaterim težko javno razpravljati o evtanaziji v javnem zdravstvu? Za mnoge zato, ker menijo, da morajo biti odločitve ob koncu...

The Scariest Thing About Election Day

It may be easy for whites in the U.S. to install cameras in black neighborhoods – but how is it that cameras were installed by Likud supporters...

Putin’s answer to population drain: hand out passports in Donbass

Report. A Moscow newspaper confirmed reports this week that Russia is distributing passports to citizens of the Ukrainian breakaway region. The...

The two most dangerous Arab governments

If we ask the question today about the source of the greatest threat to the Arab states that prevent the people from realising their will, most of...

Trump Now Expects Payback From Netanyahu. It Could Blow Up the Middle East

How Can Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller Honestly Celebrate Passover?

Innovation needs to be a Reiwa goal

BEPPU, OITA PREF. - Emperor Akihito will abdicate on April 30 and his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will ascend the throne on May 1, with the...

Ode to our lady of Europe

BERLIN - As I write this from Berlin, I am prostrate before the images of fire, devastation and ash engulfing Notre Dame de Paris — Our Lady of...

The Case for a Global Constitution

NEW YORK – In my book The Republic of Beliefs: A New Approach to Law and Economics , I was eager to demonstrate how the methods that have emerged...

Haftar has clearly been given the green light to conquer Tripoli

When the Libyan National Army (LNA) launched its current offensive on Tripoli on the orders of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, his regional backers...

By Cutting Off Relations, South Africa Has Branded Israel With the Mark of Cain

Trump: World's greatest expert on... almost everything

President Donald Trump raised eyebrows when he told French firefighters to move "quickly" and possibly use aerial water tankers to save Notre Dame....

Time for emerging Asian powers to help set global rules

North Korea’s Kim oversees test of new weapon with ‘powerful warhead’

NORTH KOREA's Kim Jong Un has supervised the test-firing of a new tactical weapon with a "powerful warhead", state media reported Thursday, in the...

The Man Who Rescued the Israeli Left

Thanks to MK Issawi Freij, tens of thousands of Arab citizens voted for Meretz, and it passed the electoral threshold

Musings / March 27, 2019

I once asked Yasushi Akashi, 88, the first Japanese citizen employed by the United Nations, about his struggles learning English. Akashi replied...

Assange and WikiLeaks: A view from Kenya

In August 2007, very few people in Kenya had heard of Julian Assange or WikiLeaks, his "uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking...

A symphony of spring

By Park Moo-jong Spring has sprung into full swing with the temperatures rising day by day to a more bearable degree, freeing the people of the...

Memorializing Sewol tragedy

By Donald Kirk The sinking of the Sewol ferry five years ago was one of the greatest tragedies in Korean history. The memory for me, along with...

Nismo sami

Z madžarskim kolegom Joszefom Makaiem sva hodila po Ulici kneza Miloša v Beogradu, ko mu je zazvonil telefon. Šla sva proti skupščini Srbije,...

Ben Shapiro Glorifies 'Judeo-Christian Values,' Absolves Its anti-Semitism and Preaches Its Islamophobia

The real debate that Shapiro wanted to stir up with his tweet about the Notre Dame cathedral fire isn’t about medieval France. It’s about 21st...