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Ivan Krastev
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 27, 2020
The pandemic of fear
When people are isolated in their homes and haunted by fear, boredom and paranoia, one of the few activities that does not cease is discussion of the coronavirus.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2016
Russia looking for regime change in Turkey
Vladimir Putin seems to have dug in for a long-term policy of sapping Turkey¡¯s economy and undermining President Recep Tayyip Erdogan politically.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2015
Hard lessons for the Ukrainian school of war
Russian President Vladimir Putin remains involved in Ukraine largely for pedagogical reasons. His message to the sanctimonious West is that Russia will not tolerate meddling in its backyard.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2014
Russia¡¯s ¡®mini-Cold War¡¯ strategy
What is the geopolitical payoff for Russia in turning Ukraine¡¯s Donbas region into an enduring fixture of its southwestern hinterland?
COMMENTARY
Apr 4, 2014
Wary West caught off guard by Putin¡¯s wild ways
At this point, the West has no idea what Russia is willing to do to restore its influence, but Russia knows exactly what the West will — and, more important, will not — do. This has created a dangerous asymmetry.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2013
Why making Europe ¡®German¡¯ won¡¯t fix crisis
It¡¯s now common to hear analysts say Europe must become ¡®German¡¯ to exit from its crisis, adopting Teutonic approaches to policy. This is a wrongheaded idea.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2013
Greater disclosure can feed conspiracy theories
One of the most troubling outcomes of the global financial crisis has been a collapse of trust in democratic politicians. What good has transparency done?
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2012
When China rules, Chinese will not set the rules
For a European these days, thinking about the future is disturbing. America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized and financially indebted. The European Union seems on the brink of collapse, and many non-Europeans view the old continent as a retired power that can still impress the world...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2012
EU must stop pretending it can change Russia
The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia¡¯s withdrawal from the Treaty of Conventional Forces, its deliberate efforts to block the election monitoring of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the Kremlin¡¯s refusal to ratify...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2008
How EU should engage a born-again power
SOFIA ¡ª The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia¡¯s invasion of Georgia only marked its passing. Russia has emerged as a born-again 19th-century power determined to challenge the intellectual, moral and institutional foundations of the order.
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan
A new Taiwan High Speed Rail train car is unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday.
A day in the life of an Asakusa rickshaw driver
Rickshaws are a fixture of Japan's tourist hot spots, but driving them is far from a leisure activity.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
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.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
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.

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