【#1110】Detect Falsified GDP Data and Disengage from China
January 22, 2024 Chinese government under President Xi Jinping has announced that China achieved its real economic growth target of 5% for 2023 as China’s gross domestic product in the year increa...
【#1109】Was Japan’s Economy Overtaken by Germany?
January 22, 2024 In 2023, it became certain that Japan’s nominal GDP (gross domestic product) on a dollar basis was overtaken by Germany, dropping Japan to the fourth largest economy in the world....
【#1108】Eliminate Harm of Factions and Head for Constitutional Amendment
January 22, 2024 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has announced to dissolve a major LDP faction that he had led. In response, the larges...
【#1107】Don’t Restrict SDF Personnel from Visiting Yasukuni
January 15, 2024 On January 9, dozens of Self-Defense Forces personnel, including the deputy chief of staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, visited the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. Many media...
【#1106】Lessons Japan Should Learn from Taiwan Election
January 15, 2024 During campaigns for Taiwan’s presidential election on January 13, Beijing tried to exert influence on Taiwan in a variety of ways to ensure that the election results would be fav...
【#1105】Japan Should Be Prepared to Fight While Welcoming Lai’s Victory
January 15, 2024 It is delightful that Lai Chingte of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, who is pro-American and pro-Japanese and distances himself from China, won the presidential election th...
【#1104】EVs Deviating from Global Trends
January 10, 2024 When the New York Stock Exchange opened on January 3, Bloomberg reported investors’ short selling of shares in Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD. The stock price of Tesla, a...
【#1103】Expedite Restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Plant
January 9, 2024 On December 27, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) decided to lift a de facto operation ban for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture owned by Toky...
【#1102】Seize a Chance to Rescue Japanese Abductees in N. Korea
January 9, 2024 Big changes are taking place in the international order. As the Ukraine war triggered by Russia’s aggression approaches its second anniversary next month, the situation is tou...
【#1101】Japan Should Fulfill Its Responsibility for Victory of Western Bloc
December 26, 2023 Japan is now plagued with serious domestic troubles and external threats. The current crisis Japan faces is even deeper than the crisis during Meiji Restoration period when lean ...