【#1327】BOJ Must Not Undermine Japan’s Recovery with Further Rate Hikes
December 22, 2025 The Bank of Japan at its monetary policy meeting on December 19 decided to raise its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.75%. At a press conference after the deci...
【#1326】Doubting Wisdom of Prosecution Demanding Imprisonment for Abe Shooter
December 22, 2025 The prosecution has demanded life imprisonment instead of death penalty for Tetsuya Yamagami charged with murder for fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. Th...
【#1325】Don’t Block Discussions on Nuclear Deterrence
December 22, 2025 A senior official at the Prime Minister’s Office on December 18 told reporters that he personally believed that “Japan should possess nuclear weapons,” according to media reports...
【#1324】Quick Protests and Public Announcements Can Deter Chinese Military
December 15, 2025 On December 6, J-15 fighter jets launched from the Chinese Navy’s aircraft carrier Liaoning illuminated Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighters with radar on two separate o...
【#1323】Don’t Be Fooled by China’s Fake News
December 15, 2025 On December 6, two J-15 fighter jets from the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning illuminated two Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-15 fighters with radar in fire-control m...
December 15, 2025 The U.S. National Security Strategy, released on December 4, emphasizes the “America First” principle that gives top priority to U.S. interests. It tarnishes the image of the Uni...
【#1321】Questionable Advisability of BOJ’s Biased Approach to Rate Hikes
December 8, 2025 The Bank of Japan led by Governor Kazuo Ueda is likely to raise the policy interest rate, or the benchmark for short-term interest rates, by 0.25 percentage points to 0.75% at its...
【#1320】New Trump Strategy and Japan’s Course
December 8, 2025 The U.S. National Security Strategy has been published. The strategy, though being named so, provides an extremely limited analysis of threats and a few references to the Russia-U...
【#1319】Japan and U.S. Must Fight China’s Information War Together
December 1, 2025 A fierce Chinese information war is unfolding over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's parliamentary statement that a Taiwan emergency, if it involves the U.S. military, coul...
【#1318】China’s 1st Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Under Construction?
December 1, 2025 China is building a large vessel, believed to be its fourth aircraft carrier, at a dockyard in Dalian, Liaoning Province. Satellite images confirm that frames similar to those for...


