Michio Ezaki's Archives
【#1210】Consider Japan’s Defense Spending at 3% of GDP
December 23, 2024 The Financial Times in its online edition on December 20 reported that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump urged North Atlantic Treaty Organization member states to increase their ...
August 26, 2024 There are many issues to be debated in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election campaign, but there is one thing that I want to make sure of. It is the measures ...
April 15, 2024 “We are with you,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared in his speech to the U.S. Congress on April 11. I strongly agree to Kishida’s assertion that Japan should be a “glo...
April 8, 2024 This is likely to be an extremely important year for Japan as a constitutional monarchy. If the current Imperial House Act is maintained, the number of imperial family members wil...
【#1111】Aim for Policy-oriented Politics Following Abe’s Example
January 29, 2024 The late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aimed for policy-oriented politics. In the first place, factions emerged within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to respond, in a s...
December 18, 2023 At a cabinet meeting in December last year, the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida thoroughly revised the National Security Strategy and other related documents, moving t...