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[December 2004]
Commentary	A Powerful Incentive to Keep the Peace By Michael Richardson (Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South East Asian Studies in Singapore)
Commentary	What Does Southeast Asia Want From Washington? By Tommy Koh (Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies and Ambassador-At-Large, Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Commentary	Price of Exclusivity Too High By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary	Japan Seeks Bigger Middle East Role By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Japanese Business Demands Koizumi Moderate China Policy By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Taiwan Election Upset: Now What? By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary	New Defense Policy Moves Japan away from Pacifist Stance By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Japan Extends Iraq Troop Mission By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	ASEAN Plus Three Leads the Way By Brad Glosserman (Director of Research at Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary	The APEC Santiago Declaration: Steady Progress, New Challenges By Jane Skanderup (Director, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary	Beijing Gives Koizumi a Double-Whammy By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Gov't, Public Sector Have Yet to Undergo Drastic Reforms By Masahiko ISHIZUKA (Counselor, Foreign Press Center/Japan)
Commentary	Know What Reform Can't Do By Takamitsu SAWA (Professor, Kyoto University)

[November 2004]
Commentary	Calls for North Korea Sanctions Intensify By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Irony Lost on Conservatives By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary	Hu warns Koizumi against going to Yasukuni By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Why APEC Still Matters By Edward J. Lincoln (Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations)
Commentary	Japan and China: Quest for Oil That Knows No Bounds By Michael Richardson (Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South East Asian Studies in Singapore)
Commentary	Submarine incident strains Japan-China ties By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Japan and China: Relations Take a Dive By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary	Fukuoka murders put pressure on Japan's Chinese community By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Building Cooperation among the U.S., Japan, and China By Jane Skanderup (Director, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary	Japan's Depopulation and Unhealthy Family Relationships: A Family Therapist's View By Akiko NAKAGAMI (President, Happy Print Inc.)
Comment	Comment on Takamitsu Sawa's Article "Universities Lack Will to Reform By Steve McCarty (Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College)
Commentary	Abduction Talks: Will Tokyo Impose Sanctions on Pyongyang? By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	IISE Column: Toward Wider Circulation of Japan's Resident Registry Cards By Yoshihiro SUZUKI (Vice Chairman, Institute for International Socio-Economic Studies)
Commentary	U.S.-ROK Relations: Silencing the Loose Cannons By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary	Full-time Housewife: A Modern Invention By Yutaka HARADA (Chief Economist, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.)
Commentary	International Media Coverage of Iraq and Shosei Koda's Capture By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Defiant Japan Mourns Murdered Hostage By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)

[October 2004]
Commentary	Postwar Financial Systems Fading Fast By Masahiko ISHIZUKA (Counselor, Foreign Press Center/Japan)
Commentary	Japan's First Step Toward a National Security Strategy: Assessing the Araki Commission Report By Yuki Tatsumi (Adjunct Fellow, International Security Program CSIS)
Commentary	Yasukuni Shrine Continues to Poison Sino-Japanese Relations By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Beijing's Hour of Nuclear Judgment By Jing-Dong Yuan (Associate Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies)
Commentary	New Mindset is the Only Salve By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary	North Koreans for Kerry: Be Careful What You Wish For By L. Gordon Flake (Executive Director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation)
Commentary	ASEM: Timely Dialogue Across Civilisations By Valerie Engammare (Research Fellow, The Evian Group) and Jean-Pierre Lehmann (Founding Director, The Evian Group)
Commentary	College Makeover Long Overdue By Masahiko ISHIZUKA (Counselor of the Foreign Press Center/Japan)
Commentary	Bush-Kerry Debate: Getting Korea Wrong! By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS)

[September 2004]
Commentary	Is Japan's Bid for a Permanent UN Security Council Seat Realistic? By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Six-Party Talks: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary	North Korea's "Kill Strategy" Toward the U.S. June 23 Proposal: How It Happened and Why It Is Important By Larry A. Niksch (Congressional Research Service)
Comment	Rejoinder to Mr. Condry's Comment on Japan's Soft Power By Toyoo GYOHTEN (President, Institute of International Monetary Affairs)
Commentary	Blame It on the Cell Phones By Takamitsu SAWA (Professor, Kyoto University)
Commentary	Northern Territories Dispute still Divides Japan and Russia By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Comment	Comment on Mr. Toyoo Gyohten's Article "Japan's Soft Power Reconsidered" By Ian Condry (Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

[August 2004]
Commentary	Keep Relations with U.S. in Perspective By Masamichi HANABUSA (Chairman, English-Speaking Union of Japan)
Commentary	Barbaric Immigration Policy By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary	China Emerges as New Japan Investor By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Postwar System Needs Remodeling By Masahiko ISHIZUKA (Counselor, Foreign Press Center/Japan)
Commentary	Beijing and Tokyo Both Losers after Asia Cup By J. Sean Curtin (GLOCOM, Fellow and Asia Times)
Commentary	Asian Cup: Why Japan Shouldn't Criticise Chinese Fans By Philip Yeung (Director, Hong Kong Society for the Promotion of English)
Commentary	"Trust" is the Foundation of Capitalism By Susumu YOSHIDA (Senior Coordinator, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.)
Comment	Rejoinder to Comment on "Iraq: Myths of Intelligence Exposed By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary	Thirsting for Just a Trickle By Takamitsu SAWA (Professor, Kyoto University)

[July 2004]
Comment	Non-Biased Intelligence? Comments on Gregory Clark's Article "Iraq: Myths of Intelligence Exposed" By Chadwick I. Smith (International University of Japan)
Commentary	Time to Take Hard Look at Article 9 By Weston S. Konishi (Senior Research and Program Officer at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation)
Commentary	All Still Quiet Across the Taiwan Strait, but for How Long? By Yu Bin (Associate Professor, Wittenberg University, and Senior Research Associate, The Shanghai Institute of American Studies)
Commentary	Iraq: Myths of Intelligence Exposed By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary	Has Koizumi Lost his Shine? By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Comment	Comments on William S. Comanor's Interview "Child Support Payments in the U.S." By Joshua Shim (University of Southern California)
Commentary	Another Step toward a Two-party System By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Back to Earth for Mr. Koizumi - and the Alliance By Brad Glosserman (Director of Research at Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary	U.S. and Japan in the Malacca Strait: Lending Hands, Not Stepping In By Yoichiro SATO (Associate Professor, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (Honolulu))
Commentary	Hark, the Call of the Shareholder By Masahiko ISHIZUKA (Counselor, Foreign Press Center/Japan)
Commentary	Close Regional Gaps - Genuine Educational Reform By Takamitsu SAWA (Professor, Kyoto University)
Commentary	Koizumi Faces a Tough Fight in the Upper House Elections By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	Is Iraq a Safe Place for Japanese Troops? By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)

[June 2004]
Commentary	Envisioning the Asian Consortium for Political Research in the New Century By Takashi INOGUCHI (Professor, University of Tokyo)
Commentary	The Multinational Force in Iraq and Future Perceptions of the Conflict By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM and Asia Times)
Commentary	North Korea: Searching for A.Q. Kim By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS, Hawaii, USA)
Commentary	China's peaceful rise and U.S. interests in Asia By Robert Sutter (Professor, Georgetown University)
Commentary	A New Framework for a New Era By Yoichi FUNABASHI (Chief diplomatic correspondent, The Asahi Shimbun)
Commentary	Shifting rightwing goal posts By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary	Europe offers Koizumi some worrying lessons about Iraq By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Fighting Maritime Terrorism By Michael Richardson (Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore))
Commentary	Socialist Japan lags capitalist China By Masahiko ISHIZUKA (Counselor, Foreign Press Center/Japan)
Comment	Comments on Takamitsu Sawa's Article "Recovery Needs New Markets" By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Comment	Rejoinder to Comment on "Iraq and the End of History" By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary	Recovery needs new markets By Takamitsu SAWA (Professor, Kyoto University)
Commentary	Warning: Japan's Ideological Seclusion By Kazuyoshi KITAOKA (President, Japan America Television Inc., Los Angeles)
Commentary	A Thorny Issue in US-Japan Relations: The Strange Saga of Charles Robert Jenkins By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Letter to Governor Ishihara: "Leadership Please" By Daniel Dolan (Associate Professor, Meikai University)
Comment	Comments on Gregory Clark's Article "Iraq and the End of History" By Jon Courtney (University of Southern California)

[May 2004]
Commentary	Controlling your personal information By Keisuke KAMIMURA (Senior Research Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Iraq and the end of history By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Comment	Rejoinder to Comments on "Japan to Polish its Tarnished Middle East Image" By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Comment	Comments on "Japan to Polish its Tarnished Middle East Image" By Michael Penn (Foreign Instructor, Department of Policy Studies, Faculty of Law at Kitakyushu University)
Commentary	Koizumi's Pyongyang Gamble By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Coordination, Now More Than Ever By Brad Glosserman (Director of Research at Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary	Blair struggles to survive Iraq fallout By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Tale of two allies, Koizumi and Blair By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Washington's Hands-On Approach to Managing Cross-Strait Tension By Bonnie S. Glaser (Senior Associate, CSIS)
Commentary	Two Sides of the Same Coin By Bo Ekman (Consultant - based in Stockholm)
Commentary	North Korea: Does Everyone Agree to CVID? By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS, Hawaii, U.S.A)
Commentary	China's Rising Soft Power in Southeast Asia By Eric Teo Chu Cheow (Council Secretary, Singapore Institute of International Affairs)
Commentary	Japan to Polish its Tarnished Middle East Image By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)

[April 2004]
Commentary	Concerted approach advisable to revalue Asian currencies By Richard Koo (Chief Economist, Nomura Research Institute)
Commentary	Asia is on a roll By Michael Garrett (Executive Vice-president, Nestle) and Jean-Pierre Lehmann (Professor, IMD (Switzerland))
Commentary	(Unsolicited) Advice to Senator Kerry on Asia By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS, Hawaii, U.S.A)
Commentary	Don't credit PM for recovery By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary	New security system for Asia - by Asians By Sunanda Kisor Datta-Ray (Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore)
Commentary	Japan Exorcises the Ghosts of Terrorism Past By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Dramatic Climax to Hostage Crisis By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Iraq hostage crises give nation opportunity to review intl role By Weston S. Konishi (Senior Research and Program Officer at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation)
Commentary	Iraq Hostage Crisis Signals Turning Point for Japan By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Can Koizumi Stand the Test? By Yuki TATSUMI (Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Commentary	A fight that does not finish By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary	Japanese peculiarity depicted in 'Lost in Translation' By Yoshifumi FUKUZAWA (General Manager & Senior Fellow, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute)
Commentary	Building a Regional Security Mechanism By Pang Zhongying (Director, Institute of Global Issues, Nankai University)
Commentary	Bush's Korea Policy Gravitates Toward China: Will Taiwan Policy Follow? By Robert Sutter (Professor, Georgetown University)
Commentary	Irrational highway demands By Gregory Clark (Honorary President of Tama University)

[March 2004]
Commentary	JAPAN FROM KUROFUNE TO ORIENTALISM By Jacob Kovalio (Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada)
Commentary	Island Dispute Damages Sino-Japanese Relations By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Advice for presidential candidate Kerry By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS, Hawaii, U.S.A)
Commentary	Taiwan's Election: A Wake-Up Call to China By Derek Mitchell (Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Commentary	Spanish Election Result sends Shockwaves around the World By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Taiwan Elections: Time for Diplomatic Gestures from Beijing? By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS, Hawaii, U.S.A)
Commentary	Taiwan: Interference may cost Chen By Hisahiko OKAZAKI (Director, Okazaki Institute)
Commentary	Martha Stewart and Kobe Killer: Let the Punishment Fit the Crime By Daniel P. Dolan (Principal, Communication Japan)
Commentary	Would Asia vote for Kerry? By Scott Thompson (Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy)
Commentary	Is a Kerry White House Bad for Japan? By Weston S. Konishi (Senior Research and Program Officer, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation)
Commentary	Introduction to Pop Culture Policy (Summary) By Ichiya NAKAMURA (Executive Director, Stanford Japan Center-Research)
Commentary	Koizumi's Shrine Visits May Cost Japan China Deals By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)

[February 2004]
Commentary	Six Party Talks: Prospects for "Success" By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS, Hawaii, U.S.A)
Commentary	Six Party Talks: In Search of an American Policy By Alan D. Romberg (Senior Associate and Director, Program at the Henry L. Stimson Center)
Commentary	Six Party Talks: Guess Who's in the Catbird Seat By Larry Niksch (U.S. Congressional Research Service)
Commentary	Japan's 'Fortress of Solitude' in Iraq By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	The Price of Japan's Loyalty for the United States By Hideo TAMURA (Senior Staff Writer, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
Juki Net Debate #4	Public Accountability Required for Fair Debate By Hajime YAMADA (Deputy Executive Director, GLOCOM, and Professor, Toyo University)
Commentary	Constitutional Revision: No Longer If, But When By Ayako DOI (Editor, Japan Digest)
Commentary	Misapplication of Antimonopoly Law: Ignorance by People in Charge of Policies Obstructs Growth of Internet By Hajime YAMADA (Deputy Executive Director, GLOCOM, and Professor, Toyo University)
Commentary	Iraq-bound Troops Wave Goodbye as Media Waves Yellow Handkerchiefs By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	More Dilemma By Brad Glosserman (Director of Research at Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary	Japanese Army Re-emergences on the World Stage By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)

[January 2004]
Commentary	Japanese Troops Hope the Yen is Mightier than the Sword By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Juki Net Debate #3	Benefits Outweigh Risks for Juki Net By Takehiko AOYAGI (Professor, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Japan-U.S. alliance should be balanced By Weston S. Konishi (Senior Research and Program Officer, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation)
Commentary	Japan's Military Head for Historic Iraq Mission By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Juki Net Debate #2	Advocating Voluntary Participation to Resolve Mutual Distrust:Why I have Opted Out of Juki Net By Hiroki AZUMA (Associate Professor, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Japan Blind to Chinese Reality By Gregory Clark (Honorary President of Tama University)
Commentary	Koizumi Ignores Chinese Sentiment about Visiting Yasukuni By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Juki Net Debate #1	Japan's Juki Net Not Really Dealing with Private Information By Hiroshi NAKAJIMA (Professor, GLOCOM)
Commentary	Deciphering Japan's 1990s Financial Problem By Junichi NAITO (Deputy Director-General, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance)
Commentary	Koizumi's Dangerous Game of Nationalism By J. Sean Curtin (Fellow, GLOCOM)
Commentary	North Korea Delegations: Good Intentions, Bad Idea By Ralph A. Cossa (President of the Pacific Forum CSIS, Hawaii, U.S.A.)
Commentary	Japan's AIDS Trend Looking Scary By Daniel P. Dolan (Principal, Communication Japan)

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