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July 13, 2026   On July 6, China announced that its Navy’s strategic nuclear submarine (SSBN) fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that accurately hit the target waters in the Pacific...

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July 6, 2026   The current weakness of the yen should be viewed as a strong tailwind for Japan’s economic restructuring. Japan does not have to be swayed by greedy currency speculators who are striv...

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July 6, 2026   Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s visit to India from July 1 to 3 may be regarded as having clearly succeeded in elevating Japan-India relations to a new stage. Takaichi and he...

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June 29, 2026   Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has decided not to attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit to be held in Turkey in July. The reported reason for the decision is tha...

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June 29, 2026   Two Japanese nationals have been detained by authorities in China since May, it was learned on June 24. The employees of Fuji Electric Co. are believed to be suspected of smuggling g...

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June 23, 2026   The memorandum of understanding on the U.S.-Iran ceasefire underscored the United States’ political defeat. Despite overwhelming Iran with unparalleled military power, the Wall Stree...

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June 22, 2026   On June 16, the Bank of Japan raised its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1%, the highest level in 31 years, and is poised to raise rates further. If interest rate h...

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June 22, 2026   The Iran War, for which a 60-day ceasefire agreement has been reached for the time being, has laid bare the strategic contradictions of the U.S. Trump administration. While giving pr...

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June 15, 2026   On June 8-9, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Pyongyang to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The visit came as their interests aligned to some extent. Kim wanted a Chinese mi...

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June 8, 2026   The first significance of this year’s Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue, in late May was that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth emphasized that “America is a Pacific ...

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