【#1337】Regulatory Authority Reform Needed After Nuclear Plant Scandal
January 19, 2026 Chubu Electric Power Co. was found to have possibly underestimated the expected earthquake ground motion (the “design basis seismic ground motion”) in the safety review of the Ham...
【#1336】South Korean President Continuing History War at Home
January 19, 2026 South Korean President Lee Jae Myung visited China from January 4 to 7 and Japan from January 13 to 14. During the visits, Lee sealed anti-Japan diplomacy that brings historical p...
【#1335】Japan’s Future Course at Stake in Lower House Election
January 13, 2026 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will dissolve the House of Representatives at the outset of the annual National Diet session on January 23. Both ruling and opposition camp ...
【#1334】Japan, U.S. Can Cooperate in Blocking China’s Regional Hegemony
January 19, 2026 “The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over,” says the U.S. National Security Strategy released last December, officially reaffirming the...
【#1333】China’s Year-End Exercise Focused on Denying U.S. Forces Access
January 13, 2026 The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, whose primary mission is an invasion of Taiwan, conducted a joint exercise called “Justice Mission-2025” from ...
【#1332】Japan’s Position Seeks to Restore Democracy in Venezuela
January 13, 2026 How should we view the United States’ capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro? Some say that the U.S. action violates the United Nations Charter and international law, and ...
【#1331】Venezuela Strike Lowers China’s Taiwan Barrier
January 13, 2026 On January 3, the United States launched a military attack on Venezuela, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and taking them to New York. The Trump administ...
【#1330】Japan’s National Character to Counter Age of Power Politics
January 5, 2026 In 2026 that marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Showa era (1926-1989) in Japan, nations around the world are competing with each other in the midst of turbulence. U.S....
【#1329】Trump’s Appeasement Remarks Could Lead to U.S.-China Conflict
January 5, 2026 “Nothing worries me,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in commenting on China’s military exercises around Taiwan late last year. He also said, “I have a great relationship with (Ch...
【#1328】Warning for 2027 Taiwan Contingency
January 5, 2026 The U.S. Defense Department’s annual report on Chinese military and security developments submitted to Congress late last year heightened a sense of urgency regarding a Taiwan cont...


