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Jan 31, 2023 (Tue)

【#1005】What Kishida Can Provide to Ukraine

January 30, 2023 　 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Ukraine. Kishida reportedly wants to visit Ukraine because he will chair this year’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshi...

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Jan 25, 2023 (Wed)

【#1004】China Heading for a “Peaking Power Trap”

January 23, 2023 　 China’s population decreased last year for the first time in 61 years, eight years faster than anticipated by the United Nations World Population Prospects and the Chinese Academy...

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Jan 25, 2023 (Wed)

【#1003】Japan Should Not Shoulder Unreasonable Responsibility

January 23, 2023 　 South Korea earlier this month announced a proposal for a government-affiliated foundation to pay compensation on behalf of two Japanese companies ordered by the South Korean Supr...

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Jan 25, 2023 (Wed)

【#1002】Clouds Cast Already over Implementation of 3 Security Documents

January 23, 2023 　 A joint statement on a meeting of the Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee in Washington on January 11 said that the Japanese and U.S. foreign and defense ministers at the s...

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Jan 18, 2023 (Wed)

【#1001】Growing Japanese Role amid Transformation of Japan-U.S. Alliance

January 16, 2023 　 At a Japan-U.S. summit on January 13, U.S. President Joe Biden highly appreciated Japan’s fundamental defense buildup including the acquisition of counterstrike capabilities. “We’...

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Jan 18, 2023 (Wed)

【#1000】Japanese Should Stand up Heroically

January 16, 2023 　 The challenge for Japan and the world in 2023 is to prevent Taiwan from becoming a second Ukraine. China’s invasion of Taiwan will naturally lead to the invasion of Japan. We must...

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Jan 18, 2023 (Wed)

【#999】China’s Unjustifiable Visa Suspension

January 16, 2023 　 At a time when the threat of COVID-19 spread originating from China is growing again, China’s retaliation against Japan’s enhanced border controls is unjustifiable for double reas...

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Jan 11, 2023 (Wed)

【#998】Looming Local Clash and Famine on Korean Peninsula

January 10, 2023 　 Military tensions are rising again on the Korean Peninsula. Amid tensions in 2017, then U.S. President Donald Trump exerted military pressure on North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un ...

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Dec 27, 2022 (Tue)

【#997】Do Not Dampen Wage Hike Momentum

December 26, 2022 　 The Bank of Japan on December 20 decided to expand the allowable fluctuation range from 25 basis points to 50 basis points for the benchmark 10-year government bond yield. The de...

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Dec 27, 2022 (Tue)

【#996】Longing for a Japanese de Gaulle or Churchill

December 26, 2022 　 As I have been assigned to looking back upon the past year, I would like to make a personal observation. The problem to which I have persistently been giving attention is that Ja...

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