The Japan Times Expert disputes Japan government claim that conspiracy bill needed to ratify U.N. treaty The government has said the bill is needed to ratify a U.N. treaty on international organized crime and that it would boost counterterrorism efforts ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But Nikos Passas, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston who drafted a legislative guide for the U.N. treaty, takes issue with the proposition that […]
Northeastern proved it belonged in NCAA tournament Sometimes it feels as though we are on the outside of this magical American three-week hoop holiday. It’s like the Miss America pageant, the national Mickey Rourke Tanning Championships, or a competition to see who can make the best chicken fried steak. Technically, our quaint little Boston schools are eligible, and usually one or two […]