Masahiko Hosokawa's Archives
【#995】Overcome Defense Ministry’s Self-Sufficiency Sentiment
December 19, 2022 The Japanese government has released its three security documents including the National Security Strategy. I appreciate these documents as turning around Japan’s national securi...
【#984】Tug-of-War over Semiconductor Supply Chains at Summit Talks
November 21, 2022 A series of multilateral summit meetings were held in Asia from November 11, including summit meetings related to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), G20 Bali Summit ...
【#982】Be Alert to Intensifying Battle for Technology under Xi
November 7, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping has entered his third term as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. We must pay attention to his report to the Chinese Communist Party con...
【#965】G7 Focusing on Economic Security against China
September 20, 2022 Trade ministers from the Group of Seven industrial democracies have recently met in Germany. Attention should be paid to the point that the G7 trade ministers discussed their se...
【#961】Seedy Underside of “U.S.-Led” IPEF Negotiations
September 12, 2022 Official agreement has been reached to launch negotiations on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, or IPEF. The new economic initiative is strategically significa...
【#958】Japan Should Speed up Economic Security Emergency Legislation
September 5, 2022 Now that Japan has enacted the Economic Security Promotion Act, it is natural for the nation to implement it steadily. But we should not be complacent with the act. Next, Japan s...
【#950】Science Council’s New Stance Is Positive, But Caution Needed
August 1, 2022 The Science Council of Japan made public a stance that in effect tolerates studies on dual-use advanced scientific technologies that are available for both military and civilian pur...
【#940】Japan Should Endeavor to Remain in Sakhalin 2 Project
July 11, 2022 On June 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to transfer the operation of the Sakhalin 2 oil and gas development project to a new company to be set up by the Russian ...
June 27, 2022 As a new government has been installed in South Korea, hopes are growing on the improvement of Japan-South Korea relations that have been described as the worst since the end of Worl...
【#933】Refer to History When Developing International Economic Order
June 20, 2022 The international economic order is now facing an age of division due to Western countries’ confrontation with China and Russia. Economic sanctions against Russia have brought about ...