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COMMUNISM

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces that an agreement has been reached on the city's 2027 budget at City Hall on June 30.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2026
Mamdani¡¯s American dream
Something new has emerged with the rise of so-called democratic socialists in the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a celebration for the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, at Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota, U.S., on Friday.
WORLD
Jul 4, 2026
Trump extols America and rails at communism in U.S. 250th celebration
He urged Americans to protect the freedoms envisioned by the nation¡¯s founders against what he called the ¡°communist¡± threat posed by progressive Democrats.
Restoring democracy in Russia will require challenging Vladimir Putin¡¯s authoritarian rule by rebuilding locally accountable governments that can deliver public services and foster political accountability.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2026
Putin should be challenged to restore local democracy in Russia
Before the 1990 elections, many experts had assumed that the main effect of local democracy would be to deliver more autonomy for regions populated by ethnic minorities.
While Russia has not reverted to full-bore Stalinism, there is no doubt that President Vladimir Putin has made tremendous strides toward totalitarianism.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2026
How de-Stalinization may offer lessons for post-Putin Russia
This is not Stalinism yet. While thousands of dissenters have faced punishment for their ¡°crimes¡± under Putin, millions rotted in Stalin¡¯s Gulags.
Some tech titans like Elon Musk envision an AI-driven future of ¡°socialism from above,¡± where machines generate abundance while the means of production remain in the hands of a wealthy few.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2026
Artificial intelligence, robots and Silicon Valley¡¯s top-down socialism
The architects of AI are open about the fact that they are creating systems whose success in generating material abundance could also obliterate large swaths of the labor market.
Iranian women perform a prayer for rainfall at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran on Nov. 14. The country is suffering from severe water shortages.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2025
When communism is the only option
Iran¡¯s flailing response to a nationally destabilizing water crisis should be a warning to everyone.
Ahn Hak-sop sits in front of his foster daughter¡¯s paper-craft art-pieces in a small church in the Civilian Controlled Zone, near the border with North Korea, in Gimpo, South Korea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 16, 2025
The communist warrior stranded for decades in an ¡®American colony¡¯
Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die.
Noe Ito (third from right) was editor-in-chief of feminist magazine Seito and her partner Sakae Osugi (second from right) was a prominent anarchist of the Taisho Era. Both were murdered by military police in 1923.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / History / The Living Past
Aug 16, 2025
Taisho Democracy: A turbulent, tenuous era of conflicting ideals
The resilience of Japanese politics, culture and society were tested during the 14 years of the Taisho Era (1912-26).
Vladimir Putin has been rehabilitating Josef Stalin for more than two decades ¡ª and reviving some of the worst elements of the Soviet era in the process.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2025
Glory to Stalin and the whitewashing of history
Russia¡¯s Communist Party recently asserted that, in Stalin¡¯s ¡°deeds and works,¡± Russians can seek ¡°answers to the fateful challenges of our time.¡±
Russian Communist Party supporters carry a flag after a ceremony in Moscow to mark the 150th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's birth in 2020.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2025
Russia¡¯s nostalgia machine works for strongman Putin
If Russians are gripped by a yearning for an imaginary past, they will not fight for a better future.
As the 1924 Exclusion Act came into effect in the United States, people in Japan were not happy. It would define American immigration policy for near three decades.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / History / Japan Times Gone By
Jul 1, 2024
Japan Times 1924: Anti-America Day observed by all Japan
Two very different views of the United States from Japan, separated by 25 years and, more importantly, a war, define this month¡¯s look back at Japanese history.
Under President Vladimir Putin rule, reason, logic, and humanity appear to have been systematically eroded from Russian life, similar to the era of Stalin and his gulags.?
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2023
Russian life imitates dystopian art
The state in Russia has always tended toward absolutism and its coercive and penal arms have rarely wielded as much power as they do now.
An Albanian communist hangs a banner with Enver Hoxha's image in a public cemetery in Tirana in April 2012 to mark the anniversary of the hard-line Stalinist dictator's death.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2023
When freedom does not bring about justice
From communism to capitalism, Lea Ypi¡¯s book,¡°Free: Coming of Age at the End of History¡± reflects on Albania¡¯s transition to freedom.
Kohei Saito, a philosophy professor at the University of Tokyo who appears regularly in Japanese media to discuss his ideas, at home in Tokyo on March 16.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society
Sep 7, 2023
Can shrinking be good for Japan? A Marxist bestseller makes the case.
Saito has tapped into what he describes as a growing disillusionment in Japan with capitalism¡¯s ability to solve the problems people see around them.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / History / THE LIVING PAST
Apr 16, 2023
Democracy in half measures? Then let violence come.
Did the toiling masses give up on Japanese democracy ahead of the war because it was coming from the mouths of the upper classes who exploited them?
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / History / 51³Ô¹ÏÍø TIMES GONE BY
Apr 1, 2023
Japan Times 1948: Japan¡¯s movie-makers move to oust Communist elements
A time in which Communism began to be seen as a threat to a Japan emerging from the ashes of war sees the authorities turn their eyes to entertainment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2022
Xi Jinping and China¡¯s endgame for America
Xi Jinping speeches make clear that he is committed to spreading China¡¯s model of communism around the world.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2022
Revered and reviled, Mikhail Gorbachev remade the world
Mikhail Gorbachev will forever be remembered as the man who dissolved the Soviet Union and ended the Cold War.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2021
Is the Chinese Communist Party returning to the ¡®communist¡¯ path?
To address a sense among the public that economic unfairness is a growing problem, Xi Jinping announced his ¡®common prosperity¡¯ policy aimed at correcting the country¡¯s income disparity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2021
The failed coup that failed Russia
The attempted coup 30 years ago against Mikhail Gorbachev is now portrayed by Putin elements as an effort by Soviet forces to preserve the state.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
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