#28: The Year In Review: Japan in the News (12/20)

#27: Japan Leading the Fight against Child Exploitation (12/17)

#26: People's Court Decides, Japan is Guilty (12/10)

#25: The Press and the Birth of a Royal Baby Girl (12/3)

#24: The End of the Post-World War II Era? (11/27)

#23: Military Support, The Only Real Contribution? (11/19)

#22: Foreign Pessimism about the Koizumi Administration (11/13)

#21: Fading Hopes for Japanese Leadership in Asia (11/5)

#20: Japan Rewards Nuclear Proliferaters (10/29)

#19: Introducing Osaka's "Unofficial Mayor" (10/22)

#18: The Irony about Japan's Support for the War Effort in Afghanistan (10/15)

#17: Japan Enters Hostile Territory (10/9)

#16: Turning Pessimism into Confidence: Containing Mad Cow Disease (10/1)

#15: Before Japan Goes to War (9/25)

#14: The Folly of Revenge (9/17)

#13: Pressure on Japan to Extradite Fujimori (9/10)

#12: The Bad News and the Good News (9/3)

#11: More unemployed than ever before in Japan (8/28)

#10: Expressed Indignation but No Retaliation: Asia's response to the Yasukuni Visit (8/20)

#9: The Collapse of the Safe Society? (8/6)

#8: What Does Victory Mean: LDP and the Upper House Elections (7/30)

#7: 'Buying Votes for Whales': Japan's International Image a Disaster (7/24)

#6: Japan Can Give Life or Death to Kyoto (7/16)

#5: The Bigger Picture Behind the Okinawa "Incident" (7/10)

#4: Japan in the Middle East: Not to be underestimated (7/3)

#3: A Way To Ensure That History is Never Repeated (6/25)

#2: Japan's Disappearing Small Farm Community (6/19)

#1: On a Tightrope Between the U.S. and China? (6/11)