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A monument to Russian Czar Alexander III on the embankment of the Siberian Ob River in Novosibirsk, Russia. Climate change is undermining Central Asia¡¯s water supply by shrinking glaciers and rivers, prompting interest in the river as a potential source to meet the region¡¯s needs.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2026
A Soviet-era water scheme returns as a Eurasian lifeline
The convergence of climate, economic and geopolitical crises has transformed this once-impractical proposal into an urgent policy priority.
The Arch of Independence in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Central Asia is shaking off its Soviet past, driven by economic momentum, demographic strength and strategic diplomacy, even as hurdles remain.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2025
Central Asia changes its playbook
In recent years, the five Central Asian countries have managed to rebuild their economies, stabilize their politics and deepen their engagement with the rest of the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2023
Will China win the Middle East?
Saudi Arabia¡¯s turn toward China reflects its dissatisfaction with U.S. policy and could have far-reaching strategic consequences.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2022
Chaos and opportunism in Kazakhstan
Instead of recognizing that the protests are an angry and predictable response to the government¡¯s own policies, President Tokayev has conjured the specter of an external aggressor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2021
The Taliban now need to find friends
The Taliban¡¯s pledge of ¡°inclusivity¡± could exclude many of its more radical elements, raising the risk they will seek partnerships with terrorist groups like al-Qaida.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2021
Friends or foes? U.S. and Russia eye base deal on Afghanistan
The Kremlin may now hold the key to a continued U.S. presence in Afghanistan with an offer to allow American troops the use of Russian military bases in Central Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2021
After Afghanistan falls, what next?
Afghanistan¡¯s neighbors ¡ª Pakistan, Iran, China, India and the Central Asian countries ¡ª are wondering just how much it will cost them to maintain security after the United States is gone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2021
Central Asia¡¯s Afghan route to prosperity
A high-ranking Taliban delegation visited Turkmenistan on Feb. 6, promising to support the project, an indication the U.S., which backs the pipeline, may have facilitated the trip.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2020
China should join the Paris Club
The problem is that China, the largest sovereign lender in the world, is not a member, because other leading creditors complain that its loans and lending conditions are not transparent.
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
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.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
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.
Trump orders ¡®inappropriate¡¯ U.S.-South Korean military drills scaled back
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Monday, after Seoul said that its annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercises with the United States had started.
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.
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.
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