2015, April Archives
【#297】Four Books to be Read during Holiday Week
April 27, 2015 When I visited large book store Maruzen in front of Tokyo Station recently, I threw up my eyes. Among new and topical books lined up on the first floor was a just-published b...
【#296(Special)】 Can SDF Fight History War?
April 24, 2015 I was surprised to read an article on the latest issue (April 15, Vol. 732) of “Taiyu,” a journal published by a support group for the Self-Defense Forces. That is a serial c...
【#295】China Fears Asian Unity
April 20, 2015 China's responses to other South China Sea littoral countries' arrest and indictment of Chinese fishermen operating in their exclusive economic zones have become more restrai...
【#294】Why Did Palau Welcome Japan’s Imperial Couple?
April 13, 2015 When Japanese Emperor Akihito realized his long-cherished wish to console the souls of the war dead in Palau on April 8 and 9, the island country's enthusiastic welcome of th...
【#293】Desired Japanese Engagement in South China Sea
April 6, 2015 I was invited to make a presentation at a South China Sea international conference in Manila in late March. At the end of the gathering, conference sponsors adopted a declarat...
【#292】Middle East to See Upheaval Depending on U.S.
March 30, 2015 Even though few people in Japan may agree, it was very big news that Saudi Arabia attacked Yemen at the mouth of the strategically important Red Sea with support from 11 othe...