GlobalTalk 21

The latest DPJ idea of proposing to continue the deliberation of the new anti-terror bill aimed at resuming refueling operation in the next ...

これは、直前のポストの日本語版です。説明のための語句を若干加えたほかは、内容に変更がありません。 Since the previous post may be making a self-evident point with regard to American readers,...

I’ve been watching the New Hampshire primary and am very surprised to see Hillary Clinton doing so well. Apparently, the media did such a go...

National Journal debunks an estimate of Iraqi deaths since the U.S. went to war there in 2003. It highlights the dangers of failing to look...

In case you haven’t seen this , Glenn Greenwald posts on a phenomenon that I’ve commented on here, namely the media’s tendency to play favor...

The 31 December deadline for North Korea to disable three nuclear facilities including the Yongbyon reactors and to provide a complete and c...

I just posted to the effect that the ruling coalition will win the next Lower House election, or rather, the DPJ will not win. But that does...

Mr. Ozawa’s New Year’s Day Party Shows a House Divided LDP faction leaders and other party worthies would routinely hold court during the ne...

I found the article through the Shisaku blog, and couldn't resist commenting. As I finished writing, I saw that two new comments had po...

In this English language version of his New Year's greetings (the long version), Prime Minister Fukuda says, “One hundred years ago, in...

Here’s the NYT article. Go and see the exhibit if you can. But “a pivotal time in America’s diplomatic past, a moment when the country was...

Faithful readers have been aware of my disenchantment with BBC as a credible news outlet. On 31 December, in a fawning, one-hour interview ...

In a move reminiscent of the premature endorsement of the unsuccessful attempt to unseat Hugo Chavez in 2002, the U.S. withdrew its initial...

Nippon Kaigi , established in 1997, is widely regarded as Japan’s largest nationalist organization. According to its website, its basic tene...

Enjoy . As for my year’s end retrospective, you can find it here .

Having gone over the media references to Prime Minister Fukuda’s comments with regard to Taiwan, I find them less revealing than I had thoug...

You’ve heard about these people at their children’s games, haven’t you, pleading with the coaches, haranguing the referees, fighting other p...

I posted on the joint conference of the two Prime Ministers with regard to Taiwan here . I should have done more of my Media Watch before I ...

The Chinese will never stop pushing the envelope, even during the best of times. Their gamesmanship was evident as a Chinese submarine “acci...

Norimitsu Ohnishi lets the facts tell the story here , as Okinawa strips away the government’s stock response to complaints on Japanese text...