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2023.08.29 (Tue)

【#1066】Japan Should Move to Arms Aid to Ukraine

August 28, 2023 　 Japan’s self-imposed restrictions, such as the former Three Principles on Arms Exports and their revised version known as Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Tech...

2023.08.29 (Tue)

【#1065】Take Strategic Actions to Counter China’s Embargo on Japanese Seafood

August 28, 2023 　 China has announced an import ban on seafood from Japan. One month ago, I proposed Japan to take countermeasures to China’s blanket inspections of Japanese seafood in this Speaking...

2023.08.23 (Wed)

【#1064】Chinese Financial Crisis Could Be as Disastrous as 2008 Global Crisis

August 21, 2023 　 China's financial sector is shaking as a major nonbank trust company has become insolvent. The Xi Jinping government has no means to prevent the crisis from escalating. In the wors...

2023.08.10 (Thu)

【#1063】Respond to Spirits Honored at Yasukuni Shrine

August 7, 2023 　 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited South Korea for two days from May 7. According to media reports, he and his wife Yuko arrived at a South Korean air force base in Seoul...

2023.08.09 (Wed)

【#1062】BOJ Decision to Make Monetary Policy Flexible Was Too Early

August 7, 2023 　 At its Monetary Policy Meeting on July 27-28, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided to immediately make flexible its yield curve control (YCC) as a means of large-scale monetary easing, w...

2023.08.09 (Wed)

【#1061】Do Not Overreact to China’s Gallium Export Controls

August 7, 2023 　 China is deploying countermeasures over semiconductors, which are the main battleground of the US-China confrontation. After banning the procurement of products from Micron Technolo...

2023.08.01 (Tue)

【#1060】Is BOJ Encouraging Speculative Trading in Government Bonds?

July 31, 2023 　 The Bank of Japan (BOJ) effectively raised the upper limit of its long-term interest rate to 1% at its monetary policy meeting on July 28th. Governor Kazuo Ueda, who took office in A...

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