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Kuni MiyakeThe Japan Times |
No other politician has such a wide "perception gap" in his home country and abroad than Fumio Kishida. The prime minister, on a state visit to the...
On March 22, just five days after Vladimir Putin won his fifth presidential election, terrorists struck Russia, killing over 140 people, with many...
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party appears to be facing its biggest crisis since its inception in 1955. Amid a series of so-called politics and...
Once again, the U.S. presidential election cycle is in full swing. What would have been inconceivable just a decade ago is actually happening this...
Dear President Xi Jinping, It has been a few years since I wrote my last letters to you, in 2021 and 2022. It goes without saying that I was well...
Until very recently, I was rather optimistic that the United States and Iran would avoid a direct war. Although Tehran may not have directed Hamas to...
In democratic nations, there are consequential elections that alter the trajectory of politics. The December 2012 general election in Japan, which...
Who could have predicted that 2024 would dawn with a large earthquake and major aircraft accident? For many in Japan, it has been a sad and...
Once again, so many Japanese have been torched online in 2023 for being tone-deaf. The chairman of Keidanren, for example, when asked in December...
Last week, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger passed away at the age of 100. Although he has been both praised and criticized globally, I...
Last week, I made a trip to Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore, and Bangkok. Both India and Thailand traditionally believe in a diplomacy centered on...
The two-day Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting just concluded in Tokyo. Had it been held 40 days earlier, the international media might have...
One of my favorite maxims about history is that fools learn from experience, while the wise learn from history. But if you want to predict the...
On Oct. 7, Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel on an unprecedented scale, a brutal and despicable raid reminiscent of those carried out by...
Spending some time in southern Europe last week gave me the opportunity to ponder the relationship between religion and politics. Until recently, I...
After years working in the world of diplomacy, I have developed an ability to read the real meaning and intentions behind world leaders’ remarks —...