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May 22, 2025 (Thu)

【#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%. ...

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May 22, 2025 (Thu)

【#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...

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May 15, 2025 (Thu)

【#1252】Washington Confirmed Willingness to Help Resolve Abduction Issue

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...

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May 14, 2025 (Wed)

【#1251】U.S.-Britain Trade Pact Implying Significance of China Strategy Sharing

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...

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May 14, 2025 (Wed)

【#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...

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May 14, 2025 (Wed)

【#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...

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Apr 30, 2025 (Wed)

【#1248】Create a VOJ for Cognitive Warfare against China and N. Korea

April 28, 2025 　 Since the Cold War era, the U.S. government has invested national budgets to tell the truth to the people of totalitarian states such as the Soviet Union, East European countries, C...

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Apr 30, 2025 (Wed)

【#1247】U.S. Didn’t Ask Japan to Drive Down Dollar at Ministers’ Meeting

April 28, 2025 　 Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington on April 24 to discuss exchange rate policy. According to the Japanese side, th...

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Apr 30, 2025 (Wed)

【#1246】China Steadily Preparing for Invading Taiwan

April 28, 2025 　 The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command, which is in charge of the invasion of Taiwan, announced that it conducted joint exercises on April 1-2 focusing o...

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Apr 23, 2025 (Wed)

【#1245】Consumption Tax Is Not Non-Tariff Barrier

April 21, 2025 　 Non-tariff barriers refer to practices and legal regulations and systems that limit the competitiveness of imported goods in ways other than tariffs. If tough quality and safety sta...

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