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NATIONALISM

Pope Leo XIV meets with Donald Trump’s top lieutenants, U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at the Vatican in May.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2026
A pope and a president offer competing Americanisms
In time, this papal voice of humanity’s better angels will resonate ever more broadly as the jingoism of this White House becomes more shrill.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2022
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a sin all Russia will bear
It is not Putin who is cursed now — it’s all of us Russians. Our identity will be tainted by this invasion, by our failure to stop the dictator long before he crossed this unspeakable line.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Post-Coronavirus Briefing
Sep 6, 2020
A supersurveillance society and its impact on democracy
The coronavirus pandemic has given rise to stronger authoritarianism, populism and nationalism, threatening to harm rights-based systems.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 2, 2020
With suicide note and lawsuit, Moritomo scandal back to haunt Abe
With the publication of a suicide note by a former Finance Ministry official and subsequent lawsuit by his widow, the Moritomo Gakuen scandal has returned to haunt Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But with Abe saying the issue has been settled and Japan finding itself in the midst of the coronavirus crisis,...
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2019
Visits to Tokyo’s war-linked Yasukuni Shrine by ministers may resume after more than two years
Since conservatives close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joined his Cabinet in a reshuffle last month, there has been speculation that visits to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo by Cabinet ministers may resume after a halt of 2? years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2019
Springtime for nationalism?
The term ‘populism’ does not capture what is really at stake in national and regional elections around the world this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2018
Nationalism doesn’t have to be a dirty word
Like any political ideology, nationalism has many faces and some are beneficial and worthy of affirmation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 3, 2018
Far-right party wins seats in Andalusia, marking a first in Spain
Spain’s far-right Vox party won 12 seats in an election in Andalusia on Sunday and could end up a kingmaker in the region, chalking up the first electoral success for the far right since the country’s return to democracy in the late 1970s.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2018
Chinese nationalism: The dog that barks in the night
It is in Beijing’s interests to at least calm down and reign in the forces of Chinese nationalism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 24, 2018
Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon sets up populist group to paralyze EU
Former Donald Trump political strategist Steve Bannon and a top associate have created a Brussels-based political organization intended to undermine, and ultimately paralyze, the European Union, Bannon and the associate told Reuters.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 13, 2017
Taunts, tweets and tough talk: 今日吃瓜 quotes of 2017
Soundbites tell the story of a roller-coaster year for Japan, from its Diet to its dohyu014d.
EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2017
Troubling referendums in Iraq and Spain
The flames of nationalism still burn brightly in this supposed global age.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2017
Europe’s war of the nationalists picks up steam
Europe remains a battleground between nationalist forces, conventional governments and parties that cleave to broadly liberal positions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2017
East Asia’s challenge: resisting hyper-nationalism
Overcoming nationalistic barriers is more urgent than ever for pro-Western Asian countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 11, 2017
Why Donald Trump’s supporters admire Japan
U.S. supporters of Donald Trump find much to admire in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2017
Patriotic Japan poster from 2011 causes social media stir after campaign’s model outed as Chinese
A poster designed six years ago in an apparent bid to promote patriotism has recently gone viral on social media thanks to its catchphrase, which has revived public debate on race, and the revelation that its smiling model is actually Chinese.
JAPAN / History
Apr 29, 2017
Power politics: 今日吃瓜 most popular political platforms
Looking back at some of the political platforms that have been heavily endorsed by voters over the past century in a bid to predict where the country might be headed under the ‘third generation’ of postwar Japanese.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2017
Canberra’s national identity problem
Australia is grappling with immigration policy, and could stand to take a few pointers from Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 18, 2017
Teach patriotism, not chauvinism
Despite its politically incorrect connotation today, patriotism is essential in any democratic society.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Apr 3, 2017
Kagoike gives testimony before Diet
The Upper House Budget Committee calls Moritomo Gakuen chief Yasunori Kagoike to give sworn testimony.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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