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Mac Margolis
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2019
Christmas is over, but the ¡®quinceaneras¡¯ just roll on
A dazed parent ponders a Latin American coming-of-age ritual that knows no bounds.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2017
Mexico¡¯s most dangerous profession
The country¡¯s crime reporters face a grim choice: dishonesty or death.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2016
Latin America has a different migration problem
Latin America is united in its rejection of Donald Trump¡¯s immigrant-bashing rhetoric but has been quietly practicing his policies at home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2016
Now Colombians must decide their nation¡¯s fate
It¡¯s a measure of the parlous mood in Latin America¡¯s most conflicted nation that the fate of the Colombian peace process is still anyone¡¯s guess.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016
Brazil¡¯s partisans go for the Olympic gold
Brazil¡¯s fueding parties lost no time in trying to politicize a judoka¡¯s gold medal performance.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2016
Extravagant gamble of Rio¡¯s mayor
The Olympic Games could make or break the career of Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 26, 2016
Ominous collapse casts a shadow over Brazil
The collapse of an elevated cycling path in Rio de Janeiro last Thursday is an ominous sign as the scandal-rocked nation prepares to host the Olympics.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2016
In Zika, Brazilians face a modern-day plague
The Zika virus has infected at least half a million Brazilians since May.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2015
Venezuela¡¯s president starts to look desperate
Chavismo has never looked as vulnerable in Venezuela as it does now with President Nicolas Maduro¡¯s approval rating scraping bottom.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2015
Mexico¡¯s president in no position to judge
The level of corruption in Mexico stands out even in Latin America, a region known for crooked politicians.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2015
Brazil¡¯s Olympic dig unearths a royal toothbrush
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, archaeology is enjoying a revival, thanks in part to an unlikely convergence of bureaucracy and sensibility.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2015
Ecuador now exporting its kangaroo courts
These days, whenever the Organization of American States convenes — as it did last week in Washington for its 45th general assembly — magical thinking takes over.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2015
The reality of Mexico¡¯s climate change promise
Mexico has become the first developing nation to meet the United Nations¡¯ challenge to publish a road map for combating climate change.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2015
Why the neighbors of Venezuela keep quiet
Anyone looking for a bold Latin American reprimand to the poisoned relations between Venezuela¡¯s government and its opposition may be in for a letdown.
COMMENTARY
Jan 19, 2015
Frozen chickens threaten Venezuela¡¯s regime
While Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blames ¡®saboteurs¡¯ for hoarding goods and scalping prices in an alleged plot to ¡®destabilize¡¯ the national economy, Venezuelans are steaming over an economy in deadfall, inflation heading to three digits and supermarkets stripped of frozen chickens.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2014
Obama¡¯s surprise for Latin America
Perhaps most remarkable about the Cuba-U.S. agreement to re-establish diplomatic relations is that Latin American leaders were caught napping by the most significant Latin American moment in the last half-century.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2014
Latin America, Israel trade after trading insults
As Gaza smolders, the anti-Israel drumbeat in Latin America is likely to continue, but the smart money says the damage will remain confined to the rhetorical battlefield. Trade will go on.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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