Commentary

National / Politics | Commentary Dec 24, 2019

The great power game in the Pacific: What Japan can do

by Satohiro Akimoto

The Pacific island states have never been at the center of geopolitical discussion. The names of the 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) — nations such as Fiji, Kiribati, Palau and Samoa — may evoke a romanticized image of a remote paradise in ...

National / Politics | Commentary Dec 5, 2019

LDP statesman Yasuhiro Nakasone helped shape postwar Japan from the top down

by Ryuji Hattori

Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, who died at 101 on Nov. 29, will undoubtedly be remembered as a giant in Japan's political history. But before he became a political titan and Japan's fifth-longest-serving postwar prime minister, Nakasone was on the fringes of the nation's conservative ...