2025, May Archives
【#1255】We Have Financial Resources to Cut Consumption Tax
May 26, 2025 Due to the rise in food and energy prices, the overall price index remains high, with an increase rate in the mid-3% range, exerting a great burden on consumers. Food price hikes h...
【#1254】Renminbi Exchange Rate Liberalization Is Key to Contain China
May 19, 2025 The United States and China reached a tentative agreement at high-level talks in Switzerland on May 10 and 11, which included the reduction of U.S. tariffs on China from 145% to 30%. ...
【#1253】Yomiuri Proposal Destroying Stable Imperial Succession
May 19, 2025 “While calling for ‘securing a stable imperial succession,’ it may be trying to disrupt the convergence of discussions.” This is an impression by a senior government official who read...
May 12, 2025 As the chairman of an organization supporting Japanese victims of abduction by North Korea, I visited the United States from April 29 to May 4 together with members of the families’ a...
May 12, 2025 The United States and Britain have reached agreement at their tariff negotiations. While maintaining the basic 10% reciprocal tariff imposed by the U.S. Trump administration, the agre...
【#1250】Japan Should Fundamentally Revise Senkaku Defense Posture
May 12, 2025 On May 3, a China Coast Guard helicopter briefly violated Japan’s territorial airspace around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. This is the first time that a Chinese helicopt...
【#1249】China’s Second Overseas Military Base Launched in Cambodia
May 12, 2025 On April 5, ceremonies were held at the Ream Naval Base in southwestern Cambodia to mark the completion of its expansion work under Chinese support and the inauguration of a China-Cam...