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Tsutomu Nishioka's Archives

2021.04.15 (Thu)

【#784】Normalization of South Korean Politics Still Far Away

April 12, 2021 　 On April 7, mayoral by-elections took place in Seoul and Busan to elect new mayors to serve the remaining one year of the term after sexual harassment scandals forced the Busan mayo...

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2021.03.08 (Mon)

【#769】Problematic Criticisms of U.S. Scholar’s Paper on Comfort Women

March 5, 2021 　 Harvard Law School Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s paper titled “Contracting for sex in the Pacific War” has been criticized. The paper has been released in the Internet edition of th...

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2021.03.04 (Thu)

【#768】South Korean Defense Paper’s Pro-China, Anti-Japan Stance

March 1, 2021 　 Is South Korea being drawn by China to return to a continental power? Since its founding, South Korea, as a liberal democratic nation, has enhanced national security with its milit...

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2021.01.21 (Thu)

【#757】Behind Demotion of NK Dictator’s Sister

January 18, 2021 　 In the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea convened its eighth congress January 5 through 12. WPK Chairman Kim Jong Un read the party’s activit...

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2021.01.14 (Thu)

【#754】Unjust South Korean Court Ruling on Comfort Women

January 12, 2021 　 Another awful court ruling has come in South Korea. On January 8, the Seoul District Court ordered Japan to pay 100 million won (about $90,000) to each of 12 former comfort wome...

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2020.12.24 (Thu)

【#750(Special)】Today’s S. Korea Not Qualified to Be Invited to G7 Summit

December 21, 2020 　 Is South Korea under President Moon Jae In qualified to join a club of liberal democracies? British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a plan to invite India, Austra...

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2020.12.17 (Thu)

【#747(Special)】Will Democracy Die in South Korea?

December 14, 2020 　 On December 10, South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party railroaded through the National Assembly an amendment to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials Ac...

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2020.12.10 (Thu)

【#745(Special)】Create a Framework to Impose Sanctions on China for Human Rights Abuse

December 7, 2020 　 Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders have been arrested and sentenced to prison one after another. The Chinese actions have come under growing fire in Japan. Even the Asahi Shimbun n...

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2020.10.22 (Thu)

【#729】Dissolve SCJ to Normalize Japan’s Academia

October 19, 2020 　 The raison d'etre of the Science Council of Japan has become a red-hot issue. A law to create the SCJ was enacted in 1948. Then, the General Headquarters of the Allied Forces view...

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2020.08.19 (Wed)

【#710】Japan-South Korea Normalization Impossible under President Moon

August 17, 2020 　 Most Japanese media headlined South Korean President Moon Jae In’s speech on August 15 as calling for talks with Japan. After reading the full text of the speech and a congratulato...

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