Tsutomu Nishioka's Archives
【#635】Continuing Anti-Japan/U.S. Sentiments despite GSOMIA Extension
November 25, 2019 On November 22, South Korea’s Moon Jae In government announced the conditional suspension of its earlier decision to terminate the defense intelligence sharing agreement with Jap...
November 18, 2019 “Abduction victims and we the families have got older, but we remain determined to achieve a family reunion. We have persistently hoped to have our children returned soon. It is ...
【#632】Path to Improve Japan-S. Korea Relations
November 11, 2019 South Korean government and ruling party have been sending signals seeking to improve relations with Japan. After the prime minister and the National Assembly speaker visited Jap...
【#630(Special)】Japanese Media Failing to Cover Anti-Moon Rally
October 28, 2019 Japanese media coverage of South Korean situation is ridiculous. From the afternoon of October 25 to the next morning, some 200,000 citizens staged an overnight mass rally urging ...
October 7, 2019 On October 3 marking South Korea’s Gaecheonjeol National Foundation Day, 500,000 citizens rallied in Seoul calling for the resignation of President Moon Jae In and the arrest of Ju...
【#615】Enormous Rift Created in U.S.-South Korea Alliance
August 26, 2019 On August 22, South Korea’s Moon Jae In government decided to terminate the General Security of Military Information Agreement between South Korea and Japan, known as GSOMIA, for b...
【#612(Special)】Rebutting President Moon’s Criticism against Japan
August 5, 2019 On August 2, when Japan decided to drop South Korea from a list of the countries subject to preferential trade treatments, South Korean President Moon Jae In blamed Japan for causin...
【#608(Special)】Moon’s Anti-Japan Policy Integrated with Anti-U.S. and Pro-North Policies
July 16, 2019 Japan’s relations with South Korea have persistently been deteriorating. I have been checking the situation in Seoul since July 13. South Korean conservative leaders agree that the Mo...
June 17, 2019 Massive protest demonstrations came in Hong Kong against a measure to put the autonomous region under the Chinese Communist Party’s suppressive regime. As the extradition...
【#599】Trump’s North Korean Policy Worthy of High Ratings
June 10, 2019 June 12 marks the first anniversary of the unprecedented U.S.-North Korea summit. While the results of the summit came under fire from various quarters at the time, I gav...