Asia Sentinel

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Time runs out as a recalcitrant North Korea refuses to come clean on missing

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Abenomics may have some problems

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The most misleading presidential cliche

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The mask slips

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Moscow welcomes Abe for talks on the Kuriles

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First 100 Days Report

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Abe wakes up Japan's farmers

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New Thoughts for a New Age: Japan as an Ally not Threat?

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This is not a very Kennedyesque idea

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Jakarta chooses saving patients' lives over protecting patents

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'We Just Want Our Lives Back'

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Abe government gives America's trade pact a boost

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A 20th Century Deal for the 21st Century

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Patrols crowding around the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands could trigger accidental war

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The new government gains traction on practicalities while keeping the 'Beautiful' in the wings

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Is sumo really a sport?

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What if it doesn't work?

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Japan: Back to number one?

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Beate Gordon stood up to MacArthur and won

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More of the same stuff

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DPJ, We hardly knew ye

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So far, they haven't been able to actually get a missile to do what they want

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Conservatives have the upper hand

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Shintaro Ishihara leads new party

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Innuendoes on Osaka mayor's origins set off alarms

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Strict rules deter would-be wrestlers

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Deflation? Investors shouldn't worry

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Strains show for the Coast Guard

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What Happens to China's Economic Relationship with Japan?

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Reversing China's Humiliation: the Steps to Come

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No need to say Sayanara

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And pigs will fly. But still...

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Territorial disputes with South Korea and China over islets reveal rising nationalism, Japan's weakness

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Was the use of nuclear weapons against Japan justified? An author says yes

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Monuments to tragic events are an important symbol of respect and remembrance. But can you put a dollar figure on how much that respect should cost?

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Reengaging with a kleptocratic regime carries risk for Noda

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Commissions seek to find out if disaster was "Made in Japan"

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Clandestine negotiations blow up

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A seemingly minuscule change in its law may have big implications

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The Leader Who Loves Taxes

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Government caught in a quandary to replace downed nuclear plans

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A new identity card is a step in the right direction

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A politician's return from oblivion poses problems for Prime Minister Noda

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Can this icon of Japan Inc. be saved?

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But don't count on them shooting anything down

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How tough is tough, though?

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Maybe the Fukushima earthquake wasn’t the Big One

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A once-wealthy country's safety net crumbles

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Getting older doesn’t necessarily mean getting better, at least for countries

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Fukushima earthquake could have forced the evacuation of tens of millions of people

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The 3.11 tsunami and radiation may have changed a system for good

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Yu Darvish and the Right Stuff

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Some good, some not so good

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Vote Points to Political Realignment in Japan

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Woodford takes on Japan’s Corporate Culture

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Troop deployment too close for comfort to China and Taiwan

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Much of the region is aging as fast as it’s growing

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Scandal Exposes Japan Corporate Culture

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After the earthquake-tsunami, Japanese SMEs consider offshoring

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After a triple crisis, Japan’s politics are in gridlock over nuclear power

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Time for a Compromise between Russia and Japan

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The 3/11 earthquake and tsunami may spark small and medium-sized enterprises to follow their multinational counterparts overseas

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Could it all stem from General Douglas MacArthur?

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Lesson from Japan's 1950s mercury poisoning nightmare 

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But the glass ceiling is still said to be impervious

{mosimage}Obama sidesteps touchy Futenma issue for now, gives new government some breathing room

{mosimage}"Citizen Judges" Take Charge of Japan's Judiciary

{mosimage}Ozawa's resignation sends Japan's opposition back to the wilderness

{mosimage}That is the Question Facing Japan's Two Main Political Parties.

{mosimage}Why Japan Obsesses over North Korean Kidnappings

{mosimage}It's time to get serious about the World Baseball Classic. The Japanese are.

{mosimage}How Taro Aso might turn things around for his beleaguered party. Or maybe not.

{mosimage}Lessons from Japan's Preoccupation with Public Works

{mosimage}“A Once in a Century Recession” – Taro Aso

{mosimage}It doesn't look like Wall Street is any better at saving the sun than the Japanese

{mosimage}The gap between Japanese and American Baseball gets smaller, to Japan's irritation

{mosimage}The Rising Sun Sets on Prime Minister Taro Aso

{mosimage}The Sun may not be rising, but then again, it isn’t setting either

{mosimage}The straitjacket of hereditary politics in the Diet

{mosimage}Acquisition of a down-market rival gives the world's biggest consumer electronics company access to solar technology

{mosimage}Aso Postpones the Inevitable

{mosimage}The rapidly rising yen plays havoc with the country’s export-led economy

{mosimage}How Do You Say ‘We Was Robbed!’ in Italian?

{mosimage} Anger and disbelief in Tokyo over betrayal by an ally

{mosimage}Can Aso save Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party?

{mosimage}Should Sadaharu Oh be in baseball’s Hall of Fame?

Instant ramen has turned 50. It may be Japan’s most influential invention.

Fukuda Resigns as Japan’s Prime Minister

Global warming on the agenda, but earthquakes might be

Japan Steel Works may have too much of a good thing

In Japan, the State hangs the condemned in secret

Having lost out the DVD format war to Sony, the Japanese electronics giant turns to atomic power

Why Tokyo is the allergy capital of the world

A newly aggressive Democratic Party of Japan may hold up appointment of a new bank governor

A weakened LDP and a not-yet dominant opposition is a recipe for continued stalemate

A cover-up over refueling American forces renewed debate about Japan's pacifist constitution