2025, February Archives
【#1227】China and Russia Seeking for “Yalta 2.0”
February 25, 2025 Behind U.S.-Russia negotiations to explore an end to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, China is moving to take the lead in great power diplomacy. While supporting a U.S...
【#1226】Why Can’t Japan Say “No” to Trump?
February 25, 2025 Why can’t the Japanese government explicitly say “no” to U.S. President Donald Trump? Trump said he was considering imposing new tariffs on cars imported into the United States, ...
【#1225】Japan Should Convince Trump of Need to Strengthen Alliance
February 25, 2025 Three years have passed since the start of the war in Ukraine. With no end in sight to the war, negotiations towards a ceasefire began one month after U.S. President Donald Trump...
【#1224】A Korean Scholar Who Described Comfort Women as Prostitutes Finally Acquitted
February 17, 2025 Academic freedom in South Korea has been protected. On February 13, the Supreme Court finally acquitted former Yonsei University professor Seok Choon Lew, who had been criminally...
【#1223】Demonstrate “Japan First” Spirit to Trump
February 17, 2025 Many analysts say the February 7 meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump was successful. But such analysis is naïve. A barrage ...
【#1222】China’s Salami Tactics Underway around Senkakus
February 10, 2025 On February 6, the China Coast Guard replaced a fleet operating around Japan’s Senkaku Islands. All four ships that entered the contiguous zone around the Senkakus on the day are...
【#1221】First and Last Honeymoon Meeting?
February 10, 2025 The Japan-U.S. summit on February 7 was a success in terms of substance thanks to earlier low expectations placed on the meeting. In a surprise move, U.S. President Donald Trump ...
【#1220】Supporting Japan’s Protest to a UN Committee
February 3, 2025 In a protest to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) that has recommended Japan to amend the Imperial House Act, the Japanese go...