Blaine Harden

Articles by Blaine Harden

Global Markets Fall Despite Reassurances (October 11, 2008)

Global Collateral Damage (October 10, 2008)

Asian Markets Stabilize After Global Rate Cuts (October 9, 2008)

Asian Markets Open With Early Gains As Anxieties Ease (October 9, 2008)

Slight Recovery for Asian Markets in Wake of Australia's Rate Cut (October 7, 2008)

China's Reputation On Product Safety Reaches a New Low (October 7, 2008)

Filipinos Draw Power From Buried Heat (October 4, 2008)

Japan's Carmakers Hit Hard As Exports to U.S. Plummet (October 2, 2008)

As Japan's Economy Falters, New Premier Vows Swift Action (October 1, 2008)

At 81, Japan's Outspoken Force for the World's Poor (September 30, 2008)

Japan, World's 2nd-Largest Economy, Reports Rare Trade Deficit (September 27, 2008)

N. Korea Plans to Resume Processing of Nuclear Fuel (September 25, 2008)

Japanese Go Bargain-Hunting on Wall Street (September 24, 2008)

Aso Chosen to Lead Japan (September 23, 2008)

For Japan, Economic Hope in Wall Street Bailout (September 22, 2008)

Japan, China Locked In by Investments (September 20, 2008)

In Rural Philippines, a Dearth of Doctors (September 20, 2008)

North Korea Tests Engine of Long-Range Missile, Report Says (September 17, 2008)

Wall Street Shake-Up Sets Off Steep Drop in Global Stocks (September 16, 2008)

In Philippines, Abandoned Deal Reignites Rebel War (September 14, 2008)

N. Korea's Kim Said to Be Recovering From Stroke (September 11, 2008)

Japan's Premier Resigns Position After 11 Months (September 2, 2008)

For Bicyclists, a Widening Patchwork World (August 31, 2008)

Less Yen for Foreign Travel In Aging, Risk-Averse Japan (August 30, 2008)

Japanese Women Shy From Dual Mommy Role (August 28, 2008)

N. Korea, Angry Over Terror List, Threatens to Rebuild Nuclear Program (August 27, 2008)

Tokyo's Cantankerous Boss Takes On Global Warming (July 18, 2008)

Japan's Killer Work Ethic (July 13, 2008)

S. Korean Tourist Is Shot Dead In North (July 12, 2008)

Bush Makes Final Push for Global Climate Deal (July 3, 2008)

U.S. Wheat Begins New Aid to N. Korea (July 1, 2008)

Assurances From Rice Fail to Sway S. Koreans (June 29, 2008)

N. Korea Razes Cooling Tower In Show of Nuclear Accord (June 28, 2008)

U.S. to Delist North Korea As Sponsor Of Terrorism (June 27, 2008)

In Energy-Stingy Japan, an Extravagant Indulgence: Posh Privies (June 25, 2008)

South Korea's President Fires Top Advisers (June 20, 2008)

S. Korea's Lee Offers New Beef Apology (June 20, 2008)

Japan Hangs Three Killers As Pace of Executions Rises (June 18, 2008)

More Than a Dozen Still Missing After Japan Quake (June 15, 2008)

U.S. Firm's Deft Play Helps Japanese Golf Out of Rough (June 15, 2008)

6 Die as Quake Hits Northern Japan (June 15, 2008)

N. Korea Agrees to Reexamine Abductions (June 14, 2008)

Killer in Japan Made His Intentions Public (June 14, 2008)

South Korea's Leader Vows to Make New Start (June 11, 2008)

Fury at South Korean President Grows (June 11, 2008)

7 Killed In Tokyo Stabbing Rampage (June 9, 2008)

Japanese, South Korean Stocks Fall in Wake of U.S. Drop (June 9, 2008)

Meat-Counter Confusion in S. Korea (June 7, 2008)

In S. Korea, a Reversal on U.S. Beef Imports (June 4, 2008)

Japanese Are Loath To Rebuild Workforce Through Immigration (May 30, 2008)

Speed, Stamina Make for a Smooth 'Drive' (May 30, 2008)

A Far Cry From Home (May 28, 2008)

When Suicide Conflicts With Japan's Polite Society (May 28, 2008)

Relief in Manila After Japan Agrees to Sell Rice (May 27, 2008)

In S. Korea, Regrets and Assurances On U.S. Beef (May 23, 2008)

Japan Feeling Left Out as U.S. Talks to Pyongyang (May 17, 2008)

S. Koreans Abuzz Over Their Obsession With the Office (May 10, 2008)

On Visit to Japan, China's Hu Has No Time for Old Grudges (May 10, 2008)

Japan Steadily Becoming a Land Of Few Children (May 6, 2008)

In Hungry World, Japan's Farmers Are Stuck With High-Priced Rice (May 2, 2008)

S. Korean Principles Vs. Hunger in North (April 30, 2008)

Scandals Aside, Samsung Moguls May Keep Power (April 23, 2008)

U.S. Team Headed to Pyongyang in Search of 'Significant Progress' (April 22, 2008)

Birthrates Help Keep Filipinos in Poverty (April 21, 2008)

Huge Gap Predicted In Supply Of Food (April 17, 2008)

Philippines Caught in Rice Squeeze (April 12, 2008)

American Freed by N. Korea Relishes Celebrity in Japan (April 6, 2008)

U.S. Sailor's Murder Case Reignites Anger in Japan (April 4, 2008)

North Korea Test-Fires Missiles In Ongoing Show of Truculence (March 29, 2008)

N. Korea Expels 11 of South's Officials in Reaction to Rising Criticism (March 28, 2008)

Japan's Starry Gems of the Diamond (March 26, 2008)

Coal Can't Fill World's Burning Appetite (March 20, 2008)

World's No. 2 Economy Has Vacancy at Top (March 19, 2008)

Global Changes Skew Calculus Of Food Aid For N. Korea (March 15, 2008)

Brutal Beating Death Brings Sumo's Dark Side to Light (March 10, 2008)

Doors Still Closed in North Korea (March 1, 2008)

In N. Korea, Eccentricity Well Off the Scale (February 29, 2008)

From North Korea, Discordant Messages (February 28, 2008)

In North Korea, Breaking a Barrier With Sound (February 27, 2008)

Symphonic Diplomacy, With Odd Overtones (February 26, 2008)

N.Y. Philharmonic Primed to Perform For North Koreans (February 25, 2008)

N. Korea Cashes In on Mineral Riches (February 24, 2008)

Japanese Show What It Takes To Dazzle the Culinary Judges (February 15, 2008)

S. Korea Mourns Landmark Lost to Arson (February 14, 2008)

For Japan, a Long, Slow Slide (February 3, 2008)

Guam's Young, Steeped in History, Line Up to Enlist (January 27, 2008)

A Clash of Views On Whale-Loving (January 26, 2008)

Guam Braces for Peaceful Military Incursion (January 25, 2008)

Demographic Crisis, Robotic Cure? (January 7, 2008)

All Nuclear Efforts Disclosed, N. Korea Says (January 5, 2008)

N. Korea Misses Deadline, but U.S. Response Is Restrained (January 1, 2008)

It's a Tokyo Thing (December 21, 2007)

Lee Wins Presidency in South Korea (December 20, 2007)

In South Korea, a Rags-to-Riches Favorite (December 19, 2007)

Video Snags South Korean Front-Runner Days Before Vote (December 18, 2007)

Despite Harsh Rule, Burma's East Proves Hard to Tame (December 17, 2007)

30 Years After Abductions, Questions Haunt Japanese (December 16, 2007)

Japan's Bloggers: Humble Giants of the Web (December 6, 2007)

Capitalizing on Burma's Autumn of Dissent (December 4, 2007)

Learn to Be Nice to Your Wife, or Pay the Price (November 26, 2007)

Japanese Mission to Kill, Study 950 Whales Decried (November 22, 2007)

For N. Koreans, China Imports Open Window To the World (November 21, 2007)

As More Take a Chance On Fleeing North Korea, Routes for All Budgets (November 18, 2007)

Japan's Leader Cites Limits In Global Security Abilities (November 13, 2007)

Japan's Sacred Bluefin, Loved Too Much (November 11, 2007)

N. Korea Shows Signs of Opening Up, After Decades of Self-Imposed Isolation (November 9, 2007)

Opposition Rejects Power-Sharing Offer in Japan (November 3, 2007)

Japan's New Premier Stymied by Old Issue (November 1, 2007)

Koreas Summit Featured Oddly Congenial Kim (October 5, 2007)

Koreas to Seek a Formal Peace Treaty (October 4, 2007)

Presidential Contender Criticizes Meeting (October 4, 2007)

Leaders of Two Koreas Meet in Pyongyang (October 2, 2007)

S. Korea's Roh Enters The North For Summit (October 2, 2007)

Assembly Required (September 30, 2007)

Igniting A Fervor For Fitness In Japan (September 29, 2007)

Party Elder To Be Japan's New Premier (September 24, 2007)

A Contented Life in a Tokyo Park (September 16, 2007)

With Premier on His Way Out, Japan Focuses on a Successor (September 13, 2007)

Japan's Floundering Abe Fights for Floating Gas Station (September 8, 2007)

South Koreans Held by Taliban Arrive in Seoul, Offer Apologies (September 2, 2007)

Deal Reached For Release Of S. Koreans (August 29, 2007)

Japan's Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future (August 29, 2007)

Taliban Agree to Free S. Korean Hostages (August 28, 2007)

'Total Chaos' On Plane In Japan (August 21, 2007)

Japan Warns U.S. House Against Resolution on WWII Sex Slaves (July 18, 2007)

Simple Pleasures for the Sippy-Cup Crowd (June 17, 2007)

Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity (April 30, 2007)

Air, Water Powerful Partners in Northwest (March 21, 2007)

Oregon Rethinks Easing Land-Use Limits (March 11, 2007)

U.S. Objects to Proposed Canadian Coal Mine (March 10, 2007)

Numbers Drop for the Married With Children (March 4, 2007)

Is Malaise Brewing at Starbucks? (March 4, 2007)

'Terrorist' Remark Puts Outdoorsman's Career in Jeopardy (February 24, 2007)

U.S. Orders Modification of Klamath River Dams (January 31, 2007)

Gore Film Sparks Parents' Anger (January 25, 2007)

Court Rejects Senator's Bid To Eliminate Fish Agency (January 25, 2007)

A Runaway Situation in Seattle (January 19, 2007)

Conservation Group, Unions Joining Forces (January 16, 2007)

NRA Pressured To Resist Bush Energy Policies (January 7, 2007)

Backwoods Celebrity Faces Long Prison Term for Incest (December 27, 2006)

Two Timber Firms Pretending To Be 'Green,' Groups Allege (December 24, 2006)

Missing Climbers May Have Tried to Descend Deadly Slope (December 19, 2006)

In West, Conservatives Emphasize the 'Conserve' (December 2, 2006)

On the Move to Outrun Climate Change (November 26, 2006)

'The Big One' Is a Big Problem for Old Seattle Houses (November 24, 2006)

A True Blue Libertarian (November 12, 2006)

Same-Sex Marriage, Wages Top Ballot Issues (November 8, 2006)

On Strip Measure, the Sides Are Four Feet Apart (November 7, 2006)

Nuclear Cleanup Site Has Cities Cleaning Up Financially (November 1, 2006)

Solidly Republican, Suddenly in Doubt (October 24, 2006)

Five Years After Killing of Prosecutor, A Stumped FBI Asks the Public for Help (October 17, 2006)

America's Population Set to Top 300 Million (October 12, 2006)

Bush Policy Irks Judges in West (October 6, 2006)

Personal Ad Uncovers Story of Romance and Death (October 3, 2006)

Court Ruling Fuels Dispute in West Over Eminent Domain (October 2, 2006)

To Control Avalanches, Railroad Seeks to Shell Park (October 1, 2006)

An Investigative Target? A Subject? A Fine Line. (September 24, 2006)

Bush Dealt Setback On Opening Forests (September 21, 2006)

Corruption That Shook Capitol Isn't Rattling Elections (September 18, 2006)

Tree-Planting Drive Seeks To Bring a New Urban Cool (September 4, 2006)

Neglected Vows Cited At BLM (September 1, 2006)

Driving Across Montana, From Old West to New (August 4, 2006)

In the New West, Do They Want Buffalo to Roam? (July 30, 2006)

Washington State Upholds Ban on Same-Sex Marriage (July 27, 2006)

Deadly Heat Continues in Calif. (July 26, 2006)

On Puget Sound, It's Orca vs. Inc. (July 26, 2006)

Tech Firms Go Mining for Megawatts (July 9, 2006)