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2023.05.16 (Tue)

【#1038】Is It Bad to Be a Military Power?

May 15, 2023 　 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida appeared on the cover of the May 22-29 issue of Time magazine (Asia edition). The original headline of the online version of the interview articl...

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2023.03.29 (Wed)

【#1028】Applauding Kishida’s Visit to Ukraine

March 27, 2023 　 Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Ukraine on March 21. Although he was the last Group of Seven leader to visit Ukraine, he should be appreciated for beco...

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2023.03.08 (Wed)

【#1018】Upper House’s Worth Questioned Due to Hayashi’s Absence from G20

March 6, 2023 　 The raison d'etre of Japan’s House of Councilors is fundamentally called into question as Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi was absent from a meeting of Group of 20 foreign minister...

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2023.03.02 (Thu)

【#1016】Leader Failing to Visit Kyiv Is Not Qualified to Discuss Peace

February 27, 2023 　 After U.S. President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Kyiv in February, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is the only Group of Seven leader who has...

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2023.01.31 (Tue)

【#1005】What Kishida Can Provide to Ukraine

January 30, 2023 　 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Ukraine. Kishida reportedly wants to visit Ukraine because he will chair this year’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshi...

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2023.01.18 (Wed)

【#1001】Growing Japanese Role amid Transformation of Japan-U.S. Alliance

January 16, 2023 　 At a Japan-U.S. summit on January 13, U.S. President Joe Biden highly appreciated Japan’s fundamental defense buildup including the acquisition of counterstrike capabilities. “We’...

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2022.12.14 (Wed)

【#993】Opposing Tax Hikes for Defense Budget

December 12, 2022 　 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has indicated a policy of raising taxes to cover some 1 trillion yen as financial resources for increasing Japan’s defense spending. While Kishida sh...

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2022.11.24 (Thu)

【#986】Don’t Be Deceived by China’s Smiling Diplomacy

November 21, 2022 　 In a photo session for the first Japan-China summit in three years that took place in Bangkok on November 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping kept smiling when shaking hands with Ja...

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2022.10.05 (Wed)

【#969】Japan Should Retaliate Russia’s Detention of a Consul

October 3, 2022 　 The detention and interrogation of a diplomat represent a grave infringement of national sovereignty. Russia has boldly done that. On September 26, the Russian government detained ...

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2022.08.31 (Wed)

【#957】Opposing a Japan-China Summit on September 29

August 29, 2022 　 September 29 will mark the 50th anniversary of Japan’s normalization of relations with China. Holding a virtual meeting between the two countries’ top leaders to commemorate the an...

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