Hideo Tamura's Archives
【#1363】China’s 5% Growth Is a Sham
April 20, 2026 China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced last week that the country’s gross domestic product in the January-March quarter this year grew 5% year on year in real terms. It’s a...
【#1361】Allowing Iran to Collect Hormuz Toll Plays into Xi’s Hands
April 13, 2026 Peace talks between the United States and Iran were suspended on April 12, the second day of the negotiations, due to their large gaps. Supported by its strategic partner China, Ira...
【#1344】Old Media Should Not Interfere with Japan’s Revitalization
February 9, 2026 Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi led the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to an explosive victory in the House of Representatives general election on February 8. However, there is sti...
December 22, 2025 The Bank of Japan at its monetary policy meeting on December 19 decided to raise its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.75%. At a press conference after the deci...
December 8, 2025 The Bank of Japan led by Governor Kazuo Ueda is likely to raise the policy interest rate, or the benchmark for short-term interest rates, by 0.25 percentage points to 0.75% at its...
【#1317】No Need to Overreact to China’s Economic Coercion
November 25, 2025 Chinese government under President Xi Jinping has taken a series of coercive measures against Japan, demanding that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her remarks tha...
【#1310】Sanaenomics Core Lies in Countering China
November 10, 2025 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s messages have quickly penetrated a wide range of working generations through social media and gained high support. What public opinion ex...
【#1305】Takaichi Should Hammer out China Economic Strategy with Trump
October 29, 2025 China is about to accelerate overinvestment and overproduction in a manner to further disrupt the global economy, as indicated by the 15th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social D...
【#1300】Takaichi Should Aim to Revise Japan-U.S. Investment Agreement
October 20, 2025 Sanae Takaichi, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was designated as Japan’s prime minister at an extraordinary Diet session on October 21. She is tasked with enhan...
【#1294】New Leader Should Have Capabilities to Revitalize Japan
September 29, 2025 In campaigns for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election on October 4, five candidates are promising measures to counter rising prices and wage increases. Unle...


