On 2004/04/05, at 12:17, Omar Kusturica wrote: > *I am not sure. The Japan Times has a good op-ed page > with a lot of commentary on international issues. > (Much of it written by non-Japanese authors.) Still, > thanks John. > My pleasure. A major trend in recent years has been for the English dailies to tie-up with major European and American papers and reprint material from them. It started with the English Asahi's starting joint publication with the International Herald Tribune. This material, like the op-ed pieces in the Japan Times, falls outside the category of news about Japan, to which my "official" remark applies. John ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html