Since the Sino-U.S. trade conflict began in 2018, China has used it to strengthen self-reliance, sharpen its strategies and turn Donald Trump’s tariffs into fuel for its long-term global resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/17/world/china-winning-trumps-trade-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #us #trade #tariffs #chineseeconomy #useconomy
Komeito says it will ease living costs, build a resilient economy, reject xenophobia, guard Japan from Trump’s tariffs and promote peace and constitutional principles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/17/japan/komeito-2025-upper-house-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #tetsuosaito #komeito #ldp #2025upperhouseelection
The LDP says Sunday’s Upper House election is a crucial one that will determine the future course of the nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/17/japan/ldp-election-statement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #shigeruishiba #liberaldemocraticparty
Nippon Ishin no Kai urges voters to back its pledge to deliver real reforms and results, unlike other opposition parties, as Japan faces a chance for change in the upcoming Upper House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/16/japan/nippon-ishin-no/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan#hirofumiyoshimura #nipponishinnokai #2025upperhouseelection
The Constitutional Democratic Party says it has successfully raised basic pension benefits and it hears voters when they say rising prices are their biggest concern. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/16/japan/the-constitutional-democratic-party/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #cdp #2025upperhouseelection #yoshihikonoda
The Japanese Communist Party calls on voters to end the LDP’s business-centered politics and dependence on the U.S. by backing its push for social, economic and foreign-policy reforms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/16/japan/japan-communist-party/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #tomokotamura #thejapancommunistparty #2025upperhouseelection
Europe should fully tap Russia’s frozen central bank assets to fund Ukraine’s defense and reconstruction instead of depending on taxpayers, especially given Trump’s conditions on continued U.S. support. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/16/world/frozen-russian-billions-pay-for-ukraines-arms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #europe #eu #nato #donaldtrump #usdefense
France and the U.K. have agreed to coordinate their nuclear forces more closely in response to growing security concerns, signaling both deeper European defense cooperation and unease about the future U.S. role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/16/world/france-uk-nuclear-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #emmanuelmacron #keirstarmer #uk #france #us #russia #defense #nuclearweapons #nato
Japanese voters will head to the polls focused mainly on rising prices and social security, with money scandals unlikely to sway the outcome despite their media prominence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/15/world/demystifying-seiji-to-kane-scandals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ldp #corruption #bribes#fumiokishida#ichiroozawa #shigeruishiba #2025upperhouseelection
A spike in approval for a minor party is alarming some ahead of elections. But the nation lacks the kindling for a populist fire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/15/japan/japans-rightwing-fringe-no-maga/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanseito #immigration #2025upperhouseelection #ldp
Trump’s unexpected strike on Iran shows how Israel’s influence overcame his reluctance for foreign wars — a lesson with mixed implications for U.S. allies like Taiwan and Japan who count on American military support. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/14/world/lessons-from-iran-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu #indopacific #israel #iran #israeliranconflict #defense
Advocates of liberal democracy tend to veer between triumphalism and fatalism nowadays. But neither perspective really captures the politics of countries like Poland, Serbia, Hungary, Italy and the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/14/world/is-democracy-stalemated/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #hungary #poland #serbia #viktororban #karolnawrocki #democracy
The U.K.’s abolition of the “nondom” tax regime has triggered an exodus of wealthy individuals, with many relocating to more tax-friendly countries like Italy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/14/world/ultrarich-move-in-herds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #uk #london #taxesukeconomy #italy
Obliterating Tehran’s threat would require an operation on the scale of the 2003 Iraq invasion. And we all know how that ended. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/14/world/ending-irans-nuclear-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #iran #us #israel #israeliranwar #nuclearweapons #iraq #defense
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Next Ship in Gaza Freedom Flotilla Leaves Sunday
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/13/next-ship-in-gaza-freedom-flotilla-leaves-sunday/
The ship named for a cartoon figure of a barefoot refugee child leaves on Sunday from a port in Augusta, Sicily, Ann Wright reports. By Ann Wright As the genocide of Palestinians continues with the daily massacres of hundreds of…
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As the U.S. pulls back, China claims to defend free trade and multilateralism but hasn’t matched its words with real action. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/11/world/china-a-defender-of-free-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #us #freetrade #chineseeconomy #useconomy #globaleconomy #geoeconomicbriefing
Americans must reckon with the fact that President Donald Trump’s administration has largely abandoned the principles underpinning the Declaration of Independence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/11/world/trumps-rejects-americas-founding-principles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #declarationofindependence #usconstitution #donaldtrump #us #immigration #trade
A rise in physical attacks on digital-asset holders says a lot about the trade-offs of a cashless society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/11/world/crypto-crime-is-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #cryptocurrencies #money #crime #hackers #bitcoin
Tokyo’s skyline keeps evolving, but the country’s drab, outdated government district, long hours, low pay and poor work conditions are driving young bureaucratic talent away just when it needs them most. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/11/japan/tokyos-drab-skyline-stuck-past/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #tokyo #kasumigaseki #nagatacho