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Good, so we agree that DPJ is left-wing, and LDP is right-wing.

I am staggered by your comment. Are you unaware that Japan has a Communist Party, a Socialist Party, and a mainstream left-of-center party, called the Democratic Party of Japan? Even without knowing the LDP's specific policy positions, the fact that all of these parties stand to the left of it...

That's an insipid comment. Left of the far-right doesn't necessarily mean left-wing, it can be center-right (which is where Yomiuri has always stood). First, to take your article, here is the operative section: Another thing is that I don't think it's right to stop the Yasukuni visits by the...

How can these countries cooperate on biodiversity when the EEZs (i.e. fishing rights) are not clearly delineated? The competition for fish has already destroyed a lot of the biodiversity in the area.

Now I doubt that you live in Japan.

It is worth noting that the dominant Republican performance in the elections last night bodes well for TPP, since the Republicans have historically been strong supporters of free trade. The first test will be to see if "fast track" authority is granted to Obama, to provide confidence to our TPP...

I will probably start winding down the "Road to War" series, since it doesn't seem like a good fit for PDF. I will possibly continue it elsewhere. --- Kerry: US-China Ties ‘Most Consequential in the World’ | The Diplomat Kerry: US-China Ties ‘Most Consequential in the World’ Before heading...

I don't need to. LBJ and the US accepted the Israeli explanation of a mistake due to an intelligence failure, and the declassified CIA reports support this. The usual conspiracy theorists have invented elaborate tales of how Israel decided to attack an American spy ship for absolutely no...

China’s Anti-Corruption Fight Exposes Lack of Official “Courage,” Critics Say - China Real Time Report - WSJ November 5, 2014, 3:02 PM HKT China’s Anti-Corruption Fight Exposes Lack of Official “Courage,” Critics Say By Russell Leigh Moses A Chinese street vendor holds up souvenirs...

Morgan Stanley Turns Mega-Bear on Australia - Real Time Economics - WSJ November 5, 2014, 1:34 AM ET Morgan Stanley Turns Mega-Bear on Australia ByJames Glynn A mine worker walks past a train loader at Rio Tinto Group’s West Angelas iron ore mine in Pilbara, Australia. Bloomberg News...

Engagement and Assurance: Debating the U.S.-Chinese Relationship | The National Interest Engagement and Assurance: Debating the U.S.-Chinese Relationship A response to Lyle Goldstein's "How China Sees America’s Moves in Asia." Michael S. ChaseTimothy R. HeathEly Ratner November 5, 2014 In...

How China Sees America's Moves in Asia: Worse Than Containment | The National Interest How China Sees America's Moves in Asia: Worse Than Containment "For American strategists, the realization that rivalry discourse has become conventional wisdom and even modish in China may prompt some due...

The World’s Most Dangerous Rivalry: China and Japan | The National Interest The World’s Most Dangerous Rivalry: China and Japan The East China Sea—thanks to tensions between China and Japan—can accurately be described as the most dangerous place on the entire planet. Yet, writings in China...

Sarcasm doesn't translate well in writing, so I sincerely hope that your suggestion of that fake Palin photo was along those lines. If not, perhaps we should stick to your more formal recommendations for the forum image to avoid immediately dividing ourselves along political axes.

‘Turkey may suspend customs deal with EU’ - ECONOMICS ‘Turkey may suspend customs deal with EU’ Deniz ZeyrekOSLO Turkey may freeze its customs union deal with the EU if the planned trade deal between the US and EU does not cover all Customs Union members, including Turkey, says the European...

The Eerie Silence Before the EU Reform Storm - Carnegie Europe The Eerie Silence Before the EU Reform Storm Posted by: JAN TECHAUTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 Perhaps never in the history of the European Union has there been a greater mismatch between the need for reform and the political capital...

Thus far, this has not been a mutually exclusive choice. The US has friendly relations with most of the Arab states, despite its support for Israel, and that seems unlikely to change in the medium term. In other words, the US can have it all, so why choose one side or the other? In addition...

The people who feel compelled to invent elaborate conspiracy theories to explain simple events. For example, to believe in Mearsheimer, you would have to separately prove that it was in Israel's interest to topple Saddam Hussein, that Bush was a Manchurian Candidate controlled by Israel, that...

I see. You're one of those people.

I hadn't heard that AIPAC lobbied heavily for the Iraq War before. Can you please provide sources for that, such as AIPAC press releases in favor of an Iraq invasion? If it's a clear-cut case, it should be possible to provide explicit evidence of such. As far as your claim about AIPAC...