2021, May Archives
【#797】Japan’s Power Plant Production Capacity in Existential Crisis
May 24, 2021 The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals released policy proposals titled “The Answer to Decarbonization Is Nuclear Power” on April 12 calling for constructing 24 new and additio...
【#796】S. Korea under Moon Rejects Value-oriented Diplomacy
May 24, 2021 South Korea under President Moon Jae In has rejected value-oriented diplomacy. A U.S.-South Korea summit on May 21 led me to conclude so. Refraining from criticizing China by name ...
May 24, 2021 On May 10, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it blocked Fast Retailing Co.’s Uniqlo brand shirts on concerns they violated a ban on cotton products produced in China’s Xinji...
【#794】Japan Should Revise Immigration Control Act
May 19, 2021 In the previous “Speaking Out” column dated May 17, I pointed out that discussions on a revision to Japan’s Immigration Control Act over the treatment of those avoiding deportation (f...
May 17, 2021 At Japan’s parliament, ruling and opposition parties have been fiercely confronting with each other on a revision to the Immigration Control Act that sets rules on the treatment of fo...
【#792】EU Courtyard’s Alarming Tilting towards China
May 17, 2021 After being criticized for being unaware of Chinese threats, Europe is wakening up at last. Europe joined Japan and the United States to warn against China as shown by a joint stat...
【#791】Listen to True Public Opinion on Nuclear Energy Use
May 17, 2021 Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has announced a target of cutting Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2030 by 46% from fiscal 2013. The conventional wisdom is that not o...
【#790】We Do Not Need Lawmakers Who Can’t Protest China
May 10, 2021 Japan must make more efforts than any other country to respect human rights and protect democracy. The first reason for this is that respect for human rights and democracy represen...
【#789】Diet Should Start Discussion on Constitutional Amendments
May 10, 2021 On May 6, Japan’s House of Representatives Commission on the Constitution passed a bill to revise the National Referendum Act regarding constitutional amendment procedures. The ruling...