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Aug 20, 2019 (Tue)

【#614】Constitution’s Article 9 Impedes Japan-U.S. Alliance

August 19, 2019 　 On the 74th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War, I feel that the world is entering a new phase as the international situation has been reversed since years just after the war...

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Aug 07, 2019 (Wed)

【#613(Special)】“Postwar Disease” behind Hagiuda Bashing

August 5, 2019 　 On July 26, Koichi Hagiuda, executive acting secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, appeared on the online Genron TV over which I preside. On the July 30 issue...

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Aug 07, 2019 (Wed)

【#612(Special)】Rebutting President Moon’s Criticism against Japan

August 5, 2019 　 On August 2, when Japan decided to drop South Korea from a list of the countries subject to preferential trade treatments, South Korean President Moon Jae In blamed Japan for causin...

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Aug 07, 2019 (Wed)

【#611】Is “Coexistence” Possible with a Hegemonic China?

August 5, 2019 　 Two former senior U.S. government officials, who are likely to lead a foreign policy and national security team if the Democratic Party wins back the White House in the 2020 presid...

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Jul 31, 2019 (Wed)

【#610】Deceptive Chinese Defense White Paper

July 29, 2019 　　　　　 　　　　　China released its first defense white paper in four years on July 24. It is titled “China’s National Defense in the New Era” maybe because it is the first report since t...

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Jul 23, 2019 (Tue)

【#609】Distorted Reporting on Japan’s Export Control toward S. Korea

July 22, 2019 　　　　　 　　　　　Why are Japanese media reports distorted when it comes to South Korea? Some media reports have described Japan’s tightened control on semiconductor material exports to So...

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Jul 19, 2019 (Fri)

【#608(Special)】Moon’s Anti-Japan Policy Integrated with Anti-U.S. and Pro-North Policies

July 16, 2019 Japan’s relations with South Korea have persistently been deteriorating. I have been checking the situation in Seoul since July 13. South Korean conservative leaders agree that the Mo...

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Jul 18, 2019 (Thu)

【#607(Special)】Special Award Given to English Translation of Book on Comfort Women

July 16, 2019 　　　　　 　　　　　Comfort Women and Sex in the Battle Zone (Hamilton Books), an English translation of a book by Japanese modern historian Ikuhiko Hata, has won this year’s Japan Study Spe...

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Jul 18, 2019 (Thu)

【#606】Japan Would Be Mocked if Depending on Others for Protecting Its Ships

July 16, 2019 　　　　　 　　　　　On July 9, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford unveiled a plan for the United States to form a coalition of willingness with allies in a few weeks to ...

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Jul 11, 2019 (Thu)

【#605】Japan Should Seek to Create World Whale-Raising Organization

July 8, 2019 　　　　　 　　　　　Japan resumed commercial whaling in its 200-mile exclusive economic zone on July 1 after its notification of the withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission on De...

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