Kunio Orita's Archives
【#989】Accelerate Preparation for “Quiet Contingency”
December 5, 2022 On November 25, the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), a think tank for the Ministry of Defense, published “China Security Report 2023.” On November 29, the U.S. Depar...
【#972】Japan Should Develop Its Own Nuclear Deterrence Strategy
October 11, 2022 On October 4, North Korea fired a “new-type ground-to-ground intermediate-range ballistic missile” (state-run Korean Central News Agency) that flew above the Japanese archipelago ...
【#964】Number-Juggling Cannot Reinforce Defense Capabilities
September 20, 2022 At a Japan-U.S. summit in May, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to fundamentally reinforce Japan’s defense capabilities, increase defense spending needed to effect it and exam...
【#951】U.S. Navy Alone Can No Longer Deter China
August 8, 2022 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan led tensions to rapidly grow in the Taiwan Strait. On July 28, Chinese President Xi Jinping in a call with U.S. President Joe Bi...
【#936】JSDF May Left Behind in New Domain Warfare
June 27, 2022 A war of words between Japanese political parties is going on in campaigns for the July 10 House of Councilors election. Most parties except the Japanese Communist Party and the Soci...