2013, December Archives
【#227】Japan Failing to Catch up with Korean Tensions
December 24, 2013 "A major North Korean defector is harbored at the South Korean embassy in Beijing. The defector had been involved in North Korea's nuclear missile development," according t...
【#226】Jang’s Execution Reflects Weakness of Kim Regime
December 16, 2013 Jang Song-thaek, once a top echelon in the North Korean autocratic regime, has been executed. His purge has three characteristic points: (1) its quick announcement reflecti...
【#225】Objection to Seawalls Destroying Beautiful Japan
December 9, 2013 As one of residents in northeastern Japan, I feel discomfort with a plan to construct huge seawalls on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan devastated by the March 2011 G...
【#224】Warning against Biased NHK Programs
December 2, 2013 On November 28, the Tokyo High Court ordered public broadcaster NHK to pay damages to an indigenous Taiwanese woman for defaming her through a television program broadcast ...