Japan
Congress Spends More on Defense Than the Next 10 Countries Combined
We can't afford to keep funding defense contractors' cost overruns.
How to Reform the Olympics
The Olympics are a great sports event. But there is no reason to tolerate the massive public subsidies, forced displacement of populations, and propaganda coups for authoritarian regimes that go along with them.
With Spectators Banned, Tokyo Olympics Look Like an Even Bigger Money Pit
More than 30 venues, some of which predate the Olympics but many of which were purpose-built at public expense, will be occupied solely by coaches, athletes, and judges.
Trump's Trade Deal With Japan Is Good. Staying in the TPP Would Have Been Better.
Signing a trade with Japan is a small step in the right direction, but it only cancels out a portion of the damage that Donald Trump has done.
This One Chart About Global Aging Changes Everything
"For the first time ever there are now more people in the world older than 65 than younger than 5."
NIMBYs Argue New Housing Supply Doesn't Make Cities Affordable. They're Wrong.
Tokyo is a shining example of how free market housing regulations can keep even big, growing cities affordable.
Trump, Reagan, and Why Republicans Flip-Flopped on Free Trade
The Donald is more like The Gipper on trade policy than you think. And not in a good way.
GW Students Organize to Fight Oppression By Oppressing Reading Choices
Obvious propaganda should be labeled propaganda, obviously.
Bitcoin's Crazy Price Rise Might Lead Owner of Bankrupt Former Exchange Mt Gox to Crazy Profits
Customers lost billions in bitcoin, and former operator Mark Karpeles could gain well over half a billion.
Tillerson Suggests Pre-Emptive Military Action Against North Korea a Possibility
The U.S. is warning North Korea to denuclearize or else.
Mattis Assuages Concerns in South Korea, Japan
News from the defense secretary's alliance-mending trip to Asia
Bloodthirsty Mickey Mouse Attacks Innocent Children
Friday A/V Club: Japanese propagandists do Disney.
The Economic Stimulus Perplex: Could Regulation Be the Problem?
Progressives and the failure of massive government spending to boost jobs and economic growth
Friday A/V Club: The Fascist, the Humanist, and the Olympics
How Kon Ichikawa outdid Leni Riefenstahl
Top 10 Foreign Affairs Stories of 2015 That Will Matter in 2016
What you need to know about the year's biggest international hotspots, revolutions, and brewing conflicts.
For Gun Control Supporters, Japan's High Suicide Rate Is Much Less Interesting Than Its Low Homicide Rate
A Vox post about Australia highlights declines in suicide, a subject that a post about Japan does not even mention.
The United States of Paranoia: Now Available in Japanese
Get your foreign-language guide to American conspiracy culture right here!
Has Japan "Aged Out of Its Economic Miracle"?
Maybe, maybe not, but its immigration and economic policy are clearly to blame for much of its 25-year-long "Lost Decade."
Japan's PM Warns Asian Leaders Not To Waste Wealth on Arms Race
A not very well hidden jab at China
Japanese WW2 Soldier Who Remained in Jungle Until 1974 Dies, Aged 91
Refused to surrender
Japanese Defense, Foreign Ministers in Europe Urging Hotline Between Tokyo and Beijing
Uhhh, wrong continent?
Japanese PM Wants To Explain Controversial Shrine Visit To China and South Korea
The Yasukuni Shrine honors Japanese war dead, including war criminals
Chinese Cook Who Crashed Hot-Air Balloon While Trying To Reach Disputed Islands Rescued By Japanese Coast Guard
Handed to Chinese patrol ship
Germany Urges Japan to Deal Honestly with WWII Past
Partly responsible for rift between Japan and China
China: Japan's PM Not Welcome After Visit to Yasukuni Shrine
World War II war criminals among those honored at the shrine visited by Shinzo Abe
Japan Moves Close to Escaping Deflation
More than half way to meeting central bank's 2015 inflation goal
Okinawa Governor Approves Plan For Relocation of US Marine Base
Breaking campaign pledge to have it removed
China Condemns Japanese PM For Paying Homage to "Devils" at War Shrine
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine yesterday
US Joins China, South Korea, "Disappointed" in Japanese PM Visit to War Shrine
Because it includes war criminals
Bank of Japan: Inflation to Remain Above 1 Percent Through First Half of 2014
So says the bank's governor