Takashi Arimoto's Archives
【#925】Defense Enhancement within 5 Years Must be Supported by Budget
June 6, 2022 While Germany had decided to increase its defense spending to more than 2% of its gross domestic product in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the Japanese government ha...
May 24, 2022 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on May 23 stated his determination to fundamentally reinforce Japan’s defense capability and secure “s...
【#920】Opposition to a Hiroshima G7 Summit
May 16, 2022 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is entering final stage of planning to hold an annual summit of the Group of Seven industrial democracies in Hiroshima City next year. He claims that atom...
March 28, 2022 It is natural for any sovereign country to independently enhance national defense capabilities. But Japan has failed to do so since the end of World War II. “No country fights for a...
【#894】Japan Cannot Defend Itself with Three Non-nuclear Principles
March 7, 2022 No country should be allowed to use nuclear arsenal to intimidate others. The role of national leaders should be to establish defensive posture against such intimidation. Regrettably...
【#891】Japan Should Abandon Complacency with Peace
February 28, 2022 We Japanese should remember the scene of a country’s national sovereignty being trampled by another country’s use of force. As China is increasing military pressure in Asia, toda...
【#889】Russian Information Warfare over Japan’s Northern Territories
February 21, 2022 As the United States and Russia are waging a fierce information warfare over Ukraine, Russia is carrying out similar warfare over the Japanese Northern Territories that are integ...
【#881】Don’t End Up Adopting Watered-down Resolution on China
February 2, 2022 On February 1, the Japanese National Diet’s House of Representatives adopted a resolution on human rights in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur region, Tibet, South Mongolia and Hong Kong. I...
【#876】Kishida Should Forge Ahead with Enhancing Military Power
January 24, 2022 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida should forge ahead with Japan’s military buildup, including the acquisition of capabilities to attack enemy bases, in preparation for a contingency in...
【#865】Respecting Human Rights While Shelving Anti-China Resolution?
December 20, 2021 Japan’s National Diet has again shelved a resolution condemning the Chinese government for human rights abuse in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region and other areas as Prime Mi...