آرشیو

Libra's technical features are not what's exciting

By Aaron Brown*

Agreed purchase of agricultural crops, an outstanding step toward reviving rural cooperatives

By Hossein Shirzad

Following Murakami’s path: Japanese books as world literature

By Kōno Shion

Rental farming system development needed for Iran’s agriculture sector

By Hossein Shirzad*

As Trump accuses Iran, he has one problem: His own credibility

By Peter Baker

Combating an unfounded fear of Japan's recluses

By Philip Brasor*

Are only certain kinds of people deemed worthy of our compassion?

*By Kenan Malik

'Deja Vu' of Iraq war lies as Mike Pompeo blames Iran for tanker attack without single shred of evidence

By Jake Johnson

Rural cooperatives need a paradigm shift

By Hossein Shirzad*

Abe tries high-stakes diplomacy with Iran

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Iran next week in hopes of engineering a diplomatic breakthrough that will thaw the icy US-Iran relationship. Having maintained cordial relations with Iran, Abe hopes to meet Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and the country’s Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, during his stay in Tehran. Those meetings are likely to materialize, but a meeting of the minds is not: Both sides are too entrenched and the changes demanded are too great. The prime minister’s effort is to be encouraged, nonetheless.