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Presents information on various political and economic developments around the world. Causes of the recent rapid fall of the pound sterling in the exchange markets; Details of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to stop the subsidies to shipping concealed in contracts for carrying mail; Publication of the Hearst papers in a series of featured articles, illustrated with photographs, by one Thomas Walker; Need for everyone in the world above the age of ten to know that Japan intends to dominate all of eastern Asia, including China.

Focuses on policies of the U.S. towards South-East Asia. Effects of assassinations in Tokyo to paralyze Japanese military action in Asia; Comment on crisis in Japan's relations with China, the Soviet Union and the Western Powers; Requirement of base in Manila for the U.S. navy; Information that American fortifications west of Hawaii are forbidden by the Washington and London treaties; Comment on the future relations of Japan with the U.S.; Dependency of Japan upon the manufacture of cotton and rayon textiles.

Focuses on the principles that should guide the United States in intervention abroad. Claim that former secretary of state Henry Kissinger's preference for foreign policy is not based on ideology but balance of power; Debate over the national security strategy of the U.S.; View that both hyper-realism and neo-Wilsonianism are, by themselves, wrong and inadequate as the basis for any future U.S. foreign policy; Implications of Kissinger's realism for foreign policy of the U.S.; Concern of Kissinger over the threat to the U.S. posed by Japan.

Focuses on the implications of the end of Vietnam War for the U.S., China and Japan. Reasons for the opposition of China to the meeting in Paris, France for the negotiations regarding the Vietnam War; Agreement of the U.S. to conduct negotiations within Hanoi's terms; Plans of elimination of all foreign military bases in Vietnam; Recognition of the National liberation Front (NLF) as the sole genuine representative government of the South Vietnamese; Goal of the U.S. to secure North Vietnam's recognition of the existence of a separate South Vietnam state; Aims of the U.S. and the NLF of Hanoi, Vietnam for the settlement negotiations; Impact of the loss of the U.S. military control over Vietnam on the Japanese-American alliance; Impact of the settlement on foreign policies of the U.S., China and Japan.

Focuses on political developments in the world, with emphasis on political conditions in the U.S. Information on the U.S. Navy's proposal for peace and weapon disarmaments; Discussion of the Pearl Harbor investigation and theory set up by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to warn the Americans of the dangers of fascist aggression; Information on the U.S. Government's encouragement of reconversion policy; Discussion of the Anglo-American talks on the Lend-Lease between Great Britain and the U.S.; Discussion of the unemployment-compensation legislation and the Kilgore unemployment bill which is considered by Senator Walter George of Georgia to reveal his opposition in the U.S. Congress; Opinion of Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada on the Administration bill that the main purpose of reorganization should be to return to the states the powers which, the federal government usurped during the war; Discussion of the demands of the steelworkers for a wage increase; Information on the U.S. state referenda which states that since there is ceiling on the price of cotton, one must have a low price on the cost of picking and poor sharecroppers must pay their hired hands, and cannot afford decent wages; Information on U.S. General Douglas MacArthur's announcement that he will be the boss of the Japanese Emperor, and stay in Japan until the Potsdam terms are carried out; Discussion of the responsibility of the U.S. in deciding how to control the atomic bomb and cooperation of British and Russian scientists; Information on the Economic Stabilization Act that authorizes the U.S. President to set farm wages and State Wage Board in each state, which holds hearings and then sets a tentative figure for farm wages.

Focuses on foreign relations between the United States and Japan. Reference to the prevalence of a dichotomy in the traditional American outlook on Japan; Perplexity in minds of American politicians regarding how to frame policies for trade with Japan; Advantages of rise of a new democratic order in Japan; Fundamental aspects of the Japanese social structure; Discussion of postwar policy of the U.S. toward Japan.

Reports on socio-political and economic developments around the world. Role of the League of Nations on the seizure of Corfu Island, Greece; Pressure on Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini by France and England to accept the terms of the League; Information on the negotiations between Jugoslavia and Italy on the domination of Fiume, West Croatia; Speculation on the attitude of the U.S. political parties on foreign policy in the wake of 1924 elections; Information on the currency question in Germany; View of Governor Gifford Pinchot on the added cost of anthracite as per the settlement of the coal strike; Speculation on the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake; Information on the activities of the League of Nations; Information on issues related to the politics and government in the U.S.; Report that the organization Ku Klux Klan, victim of outraged public sentiment at Carnegie, Pennsylvania, invoked the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union in making good its right to peaceable assembly, free speech and free movement; Information on the golden jubilee of the invention of the typewriter; Statement of Secretary John W. Weeks in reply to criticism of U.S. military expenditures; Information on the new Intra-Wall Correspondence Schools in Columbus, Ohio, for the uplift of the inmates of every penitentiary in the U.S.; Clash between Ku Klux Klan and John C. Walton, Governor of Oklahoma; Criticism of the fine imposed by the American government on the steamships which crossed the line a few minutes before midnight on August 31, 1923; Information on the practice of commandeering personal property belonging to citizens of enemy countries; Information on the brutality of the British government in penalizing many luckless individuals who happen to be enemy aliens; Victory of the Ku Klux Klan in the municipal election at Portland, Maine; Statement of Lady Eleanor Smith in support of her father Earl of Birkenhead, F.E. Smith.

Discusses the dispute between Russia and Japan for control of Siberia. United States refusal to recognize the Far Eastern Republic; Political history of the Far Eastern Republic; History of the guerrilla warfare in eastern Siberia.

Presents information about several developments around the world. Information about the post-war negotiations in Europe; Efforts of Prime Minister Koki Hirota to form a new Cabinet in Japan; Comments on U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's new tax policy; Information about the employment and earning in manufacturing industries; Results of an investigation into the lobbying against the Wheeler-Rayburn Bill in the last session of the U.S. Congress.

Focuses on political and economic developments in the U.S. and all across the world. Step taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve Banks in buying government bonds; Analysis pertaining to the likely war in Manchuria in the face of rising crisis between Japan and the Soviet Union; Discussion that German ruler Adolf Hitler is favored by the development among the Danubian countries and in the Balkans, where France seems to be trying to destroy German trade, and by Polish and Lithuanian aggression on the German border; View that a Mayor of New York is organizing a nationwide series of anti-prohibition parades to take place in support of a demand that beer be legalized; Information about the obituaries of Julia Lathrop, first head of the Children's Bureau of the U.S. government, and Patrick Geddes, British biologist, city planner, thinker and Writer.

Offers a look at the importance of a peace agreement between Great Britain, the US. and Japan to achieve world peace. Ineffectivity of the League of Nations in maintaining peace between countries; Details on the vital decisions for preserving peace; Accounts on the political reason for the U.S. to fight the war for principle of universal application.

Comments on several issues relevant to foreign and domestic policies in the U.S. Political conventions; Decision by China to hold out against a treaty brokered by the U.S. to resolve China's territorial dispute with Japan over the Shantung territory; Revolt of the Ukranians that complicated the military situation in Europe.

Focuses on various political developments in the world with emphasis on the political condition in the U.S. Danger of permanent military occupation of Rhineland by France; Suggestion by U.S. secretary of the treasury Andrew William Mellon on reduction of super-tax; Difficulty in collecting income tax due to war time fiscal policy in the U.S.; View of U.S. President Warren Gamaliel Harding regarding the long interval which elapses between the election of a Congress and its first session; Hearing on a bill toward economic justice and practical stability before the U.S. Committee on Banking and Currency; Demilitarization of the Dardanelles; Capture of Tsingtao and surrounding territory by Chinese bandits; Disclosure of information about supply of arms just before Japanese were to leave Siberia; Civil war execution of Richard Barrett, Joseph McKelvey, Liam Mellowes and Rory O'Connor by the Irish government.

Contends that a more positive outcome of the Washington Conference on Naval Limitation of Armaments will be attained if the American press will be less optimistic and more realistic in reporting the progress of the conference. Danger of giving in to the desire of the American people for a happy ending or to succeed in the conference; Reason why in the case of reduction of armaments it is important to track what has been achieved so far; Progress of the conference on issues concerning China, Japan and the United States; Importance of pointing out what is not done yet than what is said about the conference.

Comments of United States Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes' disarmament proposals. Proposed naval holiday for 10 years; Proposed tonnages of ships to be abandoned by the three major naval powers of the U.S., Japan and Great Britain; Observation that this would leave Japan wholly secure against an attack from the other two; Inability to Japan, on the other hand, to attack the other two because the combined forces of the two is much larger.

Reports developments related to foreign relations. Extension of the military penetration and control by Japan in Peiping and Tientsin, China; Passing of the Wagner-Steagall housing bill by the U.S. Senate; Attempt of the U.S. Congress to rush through the Pittman-McReynolds bill.

Presents news briefs related to political and economic developments taking place in several parts of the world. Advantage gained by the rebels in Spain; Attempt of Japan to break up China into a series of autonomous republics; Meeting of the League of Nations' Council to decide upon the membership of Ethiopia and penalties against Italy; Probability of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt being reelected; Information on the U.S. government's plan of conservation and assistance to agriculture; Information on the strike of lettuce-handlers in Salinas, California.

Presents information on socio-political developments from across the world. View that murder of Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai marks the coming up of fascism in Japan; Claim that the army has dictated that the new Cabinet must be nonpartisan and non-political, which means that whatever pretense of Parliamentary government was left has been abolished and a military dictatorship established; Claim that arguments of Al Smith for a sales tax and against high income rates on rich men are both anti-social and juvenile; Statement by Owen D. Young that he does not want the Democratic nomination for the presidency; Election campaign, for the reelection of President Herbert Hoover, by W. Irving Glover.

Focuses on an announcement made by Senator Burton Kendall Wheeler of Montana that if the U.S. enters in a war he would support his country. Information on the war between the U.S. and Japan; Reasons for the attack of the U.S. on Japan; Efforts made by Wheeler on the home front for the success of the U.S.; Fight of Wheeler against the power of Anaconda Cooper in his home town.

Presents information on the role played by U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt in the World War II. Efforts of Roosevelt to establish peace; Appeal by Roosevelt to all the nations to adopt the policy of negotiation to establish peace; Impact of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the probable peace talks between the U.S. and Japan; View that Germany wanted peace for the time being to build up her armament and prepare her people psychologically for war; Passage of various neutrality acts in the U.S. to promote peace.

Focuses on the situations that initiated the second world war based on information from the summary chapter in the book "The History of the Nineteen-thirties." Information about peace treaties that established unjust settlements and initiated more wars; Effect of the industrial depression on various countries; Loss that accompanied the boycott of Japanese goods by China; Economic condition in Japan; Military assistance provided by Great Britain and the U.S. to Japan.

Focuses on the U.S.-Japanese relations. Sinking of a Japanese freighter by a U.S. submarine last month;Accusation made by the Japanese press that Japanese Prime minister Zenko Suzuki had caved in to pressure from President Ronald Reagan for a major increase in Japanese defense spending; Criticism of Suzuki's own weakness as a leader; Controversies surrounded by the interview of former U.S. ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer; Laxity in Japan's action towards a defense spending goal.

Examines the ways by which foreign policies are designed by the United States State Department and Secretary James Baker. Reasons given by Baker for the delay in the U.S. aid to Russia; Steps taken by Baker to improve relations of the country with Japan; Statement that Baker has not wanted to interfere in the business of Cabinet officers with economic and trade portfolios of Japan; Information that Baker trusts only a handful of loyal assistants to perform important tasks for him; Efforts of Baker to restore peace talks in Middle East; Reasons for which the Department did not pay attention to the rising menace of dictator Saddam Hussein in Iraq in early 1990; Influence of decisions of U.S. President George Bush on the foreign policy.

Examines issues related to the implications of the Chinese nuclear capability for the potential rearmament of Japan in 1965. Support of the Japanese Liberal-Democratic Party for Japan to develop an atomic bomb; Assessment of the technical capability of Japan to build an atomic bomb; Attitude of Japanese officials toward the expansion of Chinese influence in Southeast Asia; Opinion of Japanese officials on the introduction of U.S. nuclear submarines in Japan.

Presents a report on the political situation in Japan and the U.S. policy towards her. Comment on the policies of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur; Information on press-conference at the Tokyo Correspondents' Club; Opinion that MacArthur has deprived the Japanese of their army, navy, guns and munition plants; View of MacArthur that soldiers can do no more, that Japan has been disarmed and implanted with the ideals of democracy.

Discusses weaknesses of American policy for Japan. Objectives of the American policy; Discussion on the problem that involves Japan in relation to the entire Asiatic pattern; Effect of the U.S. commitments on the collective security; Information on the reasons for the ruthless U.S. behavior with Japan; Detail of General MacArthur's failure to use fairly well trained Military Government units, and his decision to rely almost entirely on existing Japanese government; Impact of directives followed by MacArthur on education, demobilization, war criminals, the Kempai-tai, voting age, women's suffrage, the freeing of political prisoners, bank seizures, and aviation; Information on the fact that there is no agreement in Washington on how long military occupation shall continue in Japan.

Presents information regarding the book "The Congressional Record: January 15-21, 1935," issued by the United States government. Provision of getting the book free of charge by writing to the concerned Senator or Representative; Viewpoints of several Senators and Representatives on various subjects including the U.S.' relation with Japan; Revealing statements made by Senators regarding their fondness for talking; Information that U.S. Representative John H. Hoeppel of California acted as godfather to the Townsend Plan.

Focuses on the tour of U.S. Democrat Adlai Stevenson to Japan. Views of Stevenson on the issue of Japanese rearmament; Arousal of interest among the foreign community in Tokyo, Japan following Stevenson visit; Publication of Stevenson's speech on acceptance of the nomination of the Democratic Party in the Tokyo periodical "Evening News."

The article focuses on U.S. President Harry S. Truman's move about the upcoming Japanese Treaty. The whole question of this treaty is directly associated with the U.S. policy of disarmament. It also draws attraction by raising political doubts about the question of disarmament. The goal of US foreign policy is the defeat of Moscow without a World War can only be achieved by flexibility, unity and infinite patience. It also deals with U.S. Savings Bond Drive. Obviously a successful savings campaign will help fight inflation and help in regulating income.

Presents information on some recent socio-political developments in the U.S. Views on the U.S. government's non-existent policy to deal with Japan; Comment on the declining hold of the U.S. in Far-Eastern policy; Opinion of U.S. military personnels on engaging in a war with Japan; Role of the U.S. navy in determining its Far-Eastern policy; Division in U.S. naval opinion on the issue of engaging in a war with Japan; Significance of acting in conjunction with England and Dutch East Indies in case of a war with Japan; Impact of disrupting Japanese commerce on the outcome of the probable war; Need for Japan to maintain its naval prowess in order to stand out as an international political force; Difficulties of Housing Coordinator C.F. Palmer in procuring trailers as temporary homes for construction workers; Opinion of the Defense Housing Commission on the conditions laid down by the trailer manufacturers; Appointment of Mr. Mathias Correa as federal district attorney in New York City.

Presents several political developments in the U.S. Mystery about the candidacy of Security Administrator Paul Vories McNutt, for the presidentship of the country; International relations of the U.S. with Japan; Termination of United States-Japanese commercial treaty; Series of penalties which will fall on Japanese goods entering this country; Plans of the government to impose sanctions on Japan; Impact of the sanctions on economic structure of Japan; Reduction in Japanese exports of raw silk to the U.S.; Possibility of rise in prices of silk; Stiffness of the State Department of the U.S. to let the treaty lapse unless Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo is able to give a convincing demonstration of his willingness to meet ultimate terms of the treaty; Attitude of the Department towards Admiral Nomura's "Christmas present,"--an offer to open the Yangtze to foreign shipping and to repay American nations for losses in China; Improvement in the presidential chances of Senator Burton K. Wheeler.

Relates the observations of an American traveler in Tokyo, Japan. Effort of U.S. President Bill Clinton to push Japan toward a market economy governed by law; Atmosphere of the “Democracy and Prosperity and the Rule of Law” conference organized by the American Embassy; Japanese curiosity about the U.S. presidential election; Questions about the differences in the approach of presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush to U.S.-Japan relations; Political and cultural closeness of Japanese business and political leaders with the conservative Republicans.

Presents information regarding the foreign policy of the U.S. in the wake of impending War. Viewpoint of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding the establishment of peace; Allegation by the President that his statement that he is devoted to the cause of peace has been twisted to mean that he will support Great Britain in the event of war; Earlier speech of Roosevelt regarding the quarantining aggressor nations; Plan for a combined action by the U.S. and Great Britain for an economic blockade of Japan.