Topic: Japan

Birth Rates and the Future of Civilization
Birth Rates and the Future of Civilization April 9, 2025 Steve McCann Societies that do not have children will die, and while many countries have gone too far down that road, America can still turn back.
Are unions for workers or just for elites?
Are unions for workers or just for elites? January 13, 2025 Rich Tucker Approving the Nippon Steel deal should be one of Trump’s first acts as president.
Should historic infrastructure blueprints be for sale?
Should historic infrastructure blueprints be for sale? December 20, 2024 Jonathan Barnes Does a historical company like U.S. Steel have every right to sell historic documents to skyscrapers and bridges, etc., to a foreign company?
The New Marxist on the Block and His Pernicious Gospel of 'Degrowth'
The New Marxist on the Block and His Pernicious Gospel of 'Degrowth' October 20, 2024 Janet Levy A Japanese Marxist whose ideas are so bonkers even The Atlantic doesn't like him is making waves among young leftists here who love his greenie 'degrowth' proposals.
The War With No Official Name
The War With No Official Name September 22, 2024 Anthony J. DeBlasi What made us change from fighting communism overseas to fighting it at home?
Nuking Japan: nobody asked the enslaved
Nuking Japan: nobody asked the enslaved April 3, 2024 Julian R. Sinclair Absent from the discussion about the nuclear weapons used to compel Japanese surrender in 1945 is how the Koreans, Chinese, Filipinos, Vietnamese, and other Asian peoples felt about being colonially occupied by the empire.
Japan cheats death with 379 airline passengers and crew safe after fiery runway crash
Japan cheats death with 379 airline passengers and crew safe after fiery runway crash January 2, 2024 Monica Showalter What are the odds that in a fiery crash like that, all passengers and crew would be evacuated safely?
Good December for Japanese baseball
Good December for Japanese baseball December 23, 2023 Silvio Canto, Jr. Big salaries going to lots of talent from Japan. What does that mean?
Smart diplomacy: Japan steps up to help US farmers, Vietnam blocks China from flouting US trade quotas
Smart diplomacy: Japan steps up to help US farmers, Vietnam blocks China from flouting US trade quotas August 26, 2019 Monica Showalter The walls are closing in on East Asia's big, powerful bully.
Tokyo crowd chants 'we love Trump' as motorcade passes
Tokyo crowd chants 'we love Trump' as motorcade passes May 28, 2019 Thomas Lifson You won't be seeing this on the mainstream media TV channels.
The smiling faces of the Japan Communist Party
The smiling faces of the Japan Communist Party April 16, 2017 Thomas Lifson A mask that has been worn for decades.
Japan struggles over patriotism in education
Japan struggles over patriotism in education April 16, 2017 Thomas Lifson A huge ideological controversy has erupted as Japan's schools have been permitted to teach patriotism in the name of the nation's emperor.
The vanishing Japanese
The vanishing Japanese April 9, 2017 Thomas Lifson What happens when a nation stops having babies?  The Japanese are now finding out.
Abe and Obama at Pearl Harbor
Abe and Obama at Pearl Harbor December 29, 2016 Bruce Thompson A very uncharacteristic Obama.
Japan Supreme Court decision allows blanket surveillance of Muslims
Japan Supreme Court decision allows blanket surveillance of Muslims July 3, 2016 Thomas Lifson Unbound by ethnic political correctness, Japan moves forward, almost the only major nation that has not been scarred by Islamic terror.
Multiculturalism triumphs, even in Japan
Multiculturalism triumphs, even in Japan March 24, 2015 Thomas Lifson The reigning orthodoxy of race in enlightened circles has triumphed in just about the last place one would expect.
ISIS video of executed Japanese hostage puts conservative PM Abe on the spot
ISIS video of executed Japanese hostage puts conservative PM Abe on the spot January 25, 2015 Thomas Lifson ISIS skillfully plays the Japanese media.
ISIS demands $200 million or will behead 2 Japanese hostages
ISIS demands $200 million or will behead 2 Japanese hostages January 20, 2015 Thomas Lifson Jihadi John returns.
Shocker: Japan slides into 3rd recession in 4 years
Shocker: Japan slides into 3rd recession in 4 years November 17, 2014 Rick Moran Massive sales tax increase and falling output lead to a triple-dip recession.
Hara kiri by yen
Hara kiri by yen November 3, 2014 Michael Booth The Japanese have a tradition of ritual suicide when the path to victory has closed.
China's 'Mobile National Territory'
China's 'Mobile National Territory' May 19, 2014 David Archibald Miscalculation might not lead to war because there is nothing miscalculated about what China is doing.  China intends to start a war.  
It looks like China is seriously worried about North Korea's nuclear warheads
It looks like China is seriously worried about North Korea's nuclear warheads May 6, 2014 Thomas Lifson Beijing signals Pyongyang it is planning for the regime to fall.
As China and Japan Prepare for War, American Forces Battle over Turf
As China and Japan Prepare for War, American Forces Battle over Turf April 23, 2014 David Archibald China and Japan are moving toward war over the Senkaku Islands. While the people who are actually going to fight that war are continuing to prepare for it, Marines are seeing off an attempt by the Army to gain a role.
Anne Frank and the Sushi Test
Anne Frank and the Sushi Test March 8, 2014 Sidney Raphael What, you might ask, does Anne Frank have to do with Korea?
Free Trade: O Reaps What He Sows
Free Trade: O Reaps What He Sows February 8, 2014 Gary Jason Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) -- normally Obama's loyal lickspittle -- had broken ranks with the White House on free trade. There's more here than meets the eye.
China and Japan at Odds over Africa
China and Japan at Odds over Africa January 17, 2014 Sudhanshu Tripathi The Asian giants on a collision course.
Think the Middle East is dangerous? Check out Northeast Asia
Think the Middle East is dangerous? Check out Northeast Asia December 26, 2013 Thomas Lifson Northeast Asia is starting to look uncomfortably like a tinderbox, and Japan's Prime Minister Abe is playing with matches.
China Moon Landing A Military Threat
China Moon Landing A Military Threat December 18, 2013 Chriss Street China may have bit off more than it can chew in its belligerence over the East China Sea.
Energy Drives Asian Military Confrontation
Energy Drives Asian Military Confrontation December 3, 2013 Chriss Street With American domestic energy costs falling Chinese manufacturers are becoming economically uncompetitive compared to the U.S. producers.
A surprising crystal meth epidemic
A surprising crystal meth epidemic August 20, 2013 Thomas Lifson Breaking bad on a national scale
No Apologies for the Bomb
No Apologies for the Bomb August 6, 2013 Roger D. Luchs The historical record easily justifies the atomic raids against Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Asiana Who?
Asiana Who? July 8, 2013 Thomas Lifson I would wager that most Americans had never heard of Asiana Airlines until flight 214 crashed, and now the company has entered the national consciousness in the worst possible way.
Stomping on Jesus: The Iconoclasm of the Left
Stomping on Jesus: The Iconoclasm of the Left April 3, 2013 Fay Voshell The attempt to wipe out Christian symbols and to achieve the Leftist goal of the total secularization of American society continues apace even though the majority of Americans are at least nominally Christian.
Romney's Loss and Geopolitics
Romney's Loss and Geopolitics November 8, 2012 Bill Schanefelt After Midway, Japan's fate was sealed, as was Germany's after Stalingrad. Will Romney's defeat seal America's fate?
Would someone please remove the banana from the economy's tail pipe?
Would someone please remove the banana from the economy's tail pipe? May 31, 2011 Rick Moran The economy will be a long time mending.