The links below do not include all of Don MacLaren's published commentary/letters; they are a sampling of what he has published.
The Japan Times, 1 December 2011
"Don't count on a reformation"
TIME, 28 September 2009
"A New Direction in Japan"
The Japan Times, 4 September 2002
"Offer foreign teachers tenure"
The Mainichi Daily News, 19 April 1999
"The back wages of sin"
The Japan Times, 4 April 1999
"Labor scofflaws still running amok"
BusinessWeek (International), 7 December 1998
"Corruption is de rigueur in corporate Japan"
The Japan Times, 22 November 1998
"Better to bomb than blockade"
The Mainichi Daily News, 31 October 1998
"Pros and cons of Japan bashing"
The Japan Times, 25 October 1998
"Troubling memories of the past"
The Japan Times, 27 May 1998
"Avoiding war with Ho Chi Minh"
The Japan Times, 10 May 1998
"Ho Chi Minh was a nationalist"
The Japan Times, 3 May 1998
"Pride in the name of truth"
The Japan Times, 14 December 1997
"Labor scofflaws often go unpunished"