The author reported on the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and from on Fukushima in 2011. The silver lining of Chernobyl was that it really did ignite the process of glasnost. Unfortunately, though much needed, that is unlikely to happen in Japan because of the grip of the "nuclear village" on Japanese
Geese flying in formation, led by the strongest, this paradigm, taken from classical Chinese poetry, has been used by Japanese scholars to symbolize their nation's leadership in East
World leaders are calling for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics, US presidential contenders are accusing China of ‘stealing American jobs.’ That racist term the “Yellow Peril” has even resurfaced.
The price of oil is approaching $100 a barrel, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is accumulating faster than the most pessimistic scenarios are predicting, anthropogenic climate change
The party has ruled the country for many decades, monopolising political power. But it has seemed to run aground. Its head of government was deeply unpopular, with approval ratings in
A year ago the Kremlin issued a list of expressions Russia's TV stations are banned from using when reporting from Chechnya, among them mujahideen, emir and imam. Instead,
