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Apr 03, 2025
【#1240】Unification Church Dissolution Order Violates Religious Freedom
Tsutomu Nishioka On March 25, the Tokyo District Court ordered the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as the Unification Church, to dissolve as a religious corporation. The Church will file an immediate appeal against the order, leaving the matter pending until a final court decision. However, I believe that .... <Read more>
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Apr 02, 2025
【#1239】Trump’s High-Tariff Guns Shooting Allies
Hideo Tamura The U.S. Trump 2.0 administration’s high-tariff guns, including an additional 25% tariff on auto imports, are taking on the semblance of indiscriminate shooting. High tariffs are certainly effective against China that takes advantage of the global free trade system for dumping exports. Shooting Japan and other Western .... <Read more>

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【#1238】Ishiba Should Warn Withdrawal from Farm Import Concession
Masahiko Hosokawa U.S. President Donald Trump announced on March 26 that an additional 25% tariff will be imposed from April 3 on all imported autos including those from Japan. Given Japan’s auto exports to the United States at about 6 trillion yen (about $40b), the additional tariff will exert an enormous impact on the Japanese economy

【#1237】Japan Should Develop Taiwan Strategy Quickly
Kiyofumi Iwata The U.S. national security strategy is undergoing a tectonic shift under the Trump administration. Washington has made conspicuous moves to withdraw from Europe, including beginning to consider relinquishing the post of Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a post the United States has