2017, June Archives
【#448(Special)】Double Standard of UNESCO’s Memory of World Register
June 27, 2017 The Asahi Shimbun newspaper carried a major story headlined “UNESCO to Exclude Some ‘Political Nominations’ for Inscription on ‘Memory of World’ Register” on June 24, reporting ...
【#447(Special)】U.S.-China Truce on Brink of Collapse
June 26, 2017 China that sticks to big-power egoism rejects issuing a communique or boycotts a press conference when bilateral talks fail to make progress in its favor, as indicated by the re...
【#446】S. Korean and German Propaganda Involving “Battleship Island”
June 26, 2017 On June 15, South Korean film director Ryoo Seung Wan announced the completion of a film titled “The Battleship Island” at a press conference in Seoul. The film, which is to be ...
【#445】A Challenge against Distorted Media in Okinawa
June 19, 2017 For a long time, Okinawa’s journalism has been distorted by two leading local dailies -- The Ryukyu Shimpo and The Okinawa Times. On April 1, the Yaeyama Nippo expanded into mai...
【#444】U.S Alert to China’s Space Program and Maritime Militia
June 12, 2017 On June 6, the U.S. Defense Department published an annual report on “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2017.” Many foreign media took ...
【#443】Mattis’s Uncompromising Attitude towards China
June 5, 2017 A speech by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Asia Security Summit (the Shangri-La Dialogue) in Singapore on June 3 was significant in that it declared the Trump adminis...
【#442】Rescue Japanese Citizens Detained in China
May 29, 2017 Six Japanese men, including employees of a geological survey company in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo who visited China in March for spa prospecting and other geological surveys, h...