POV

POINT OF VIEW/ Junji Tachino: U.S. yearns for...
The Asahi Shimbun
December 11, 2012
The day after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda promised to dissolve the Lower House during a Diet debate with opposition party leaders, China inaugurated its new leadership. Due...
POINT OF VIEW/ Genichiro Takahashi: The need to...
Genichiro Takahashi (Photo by Hiroki Nishida)
September 07, 2012
I just read a book titled "Dokuritsu Kokka no Tsukurikata" (How to create an independent nation). The author, Kyohei Sakaguchi, actually created an independent nation last year ...
POINT OF VIEW/ Eiji Oguma: The only sensible option ...
Eiji Oguma (The Asahi Shimbun)
May 09, 2012
Debate is now raging in Japan over whether idled nuclear reactors should be reactivated.
POINT OF VIEW/ Takeshi Fujitani: Cautious optimism...
Takeshi Fujitani
March 24, 2012
Myanmar, long the subject of international scrutiny for human rights violation, is now basking in a favorable light.
POINT OF VIEW/ Shigeru Ishiba: Japan, U.S., S....
Shigeru Ishiba (The Asahi Shimbun)
December 21, 2011
In history, things occur from time to time for no logical reason. Take the Pacific War. If you give it serious thought, Japan was in no position to wage war against the world....
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