【#744(Special)】Next Year Being Crucial for Constitutional Amendments
December 7, 2020 The Japanese National Diet ended an extraordinary session on December 5 without revising this time again the National Referendum Act that provides for constitutional amendment p...
【#743】Cool Down to Reconsider Coronavirus Countermeasures
December 7, 2020 The year 2020, an annus horribilis of the Wuhan virus, is ending in about 20 days. During the year, media have continued to make fear-fueling reports, leading people to believe ...
【#742(Special)】Wake up, America, and Come Back to TPP
December 3, 2020 On November 20, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his willingness to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. Just after signing the Regional Comprehensive ...
【#741】Why Not Rebut Wang Yi’s Nonsensical Words on Senkakus
November 30, 2020 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent visit to Japan has made it absolutely clear that (1) Japan should not invite Chinese President Xi Jinping as state guest and that (2) ...
【#740(Special)】RCEP Signed: Mixed Thinking of Parties Concerned
November 24, 2020 Fifteen countries including Japan, China, South Korea and the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations members have signed their Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, o...
【#739】There Can Be No Indo-Pacific Strategy without “Free and Open”
November 24, 2020 A remark by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to the press after an online meeting with the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on November 14 created a ...
【#738】Japan Should Adopt “Three Warfares” Concept to Defend Senkakus
November 16, 2020 China Coast Guard ships have frequently intruded into waters near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, exposing the Japanese islands to dangers. There is a country from w...
November 9, 2020 Joe Biden has secured victory in the U.S. presidential election. One of the keys to considering Japan’s strategy for relations with the United States under a Biden administration ...
【#736】U.S. and Chinese Political Chaos: A Trial for Japan
November 9, 2020 On November 7, former U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declared his victory in the presidential election. While the United States is likely to...
【#735(Special)】Nuclear Power Required for Achieving Decarbonization by 2050
November 5, 2020 In his keynote policy address on October 26, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared that his government would aim at realizing net-zero CO2 emissions, or a decarbonized s...