【#209】The Right of Collective Self-Defense
August 25, 2013 The right of collective self-defense is a concept under international law. The government has maintained its view that "Japan has the right of collective self-defense whi...
【#208】 Loyalty of Lt. Gen. Ko Shiyoku
August 19, 2013 Among those honored by Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine are about 50,000 from Korea and Taiwan, including Army Capt. Fumihiro Mitsuyama from Korea who sang Korean traditional son...
【#207】 Prayers for the Japanese Killed during the War
August 12, 2013 August 1945 was atrociously eventful for the Japanese. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were totally devastated by the American atomic bombings. The Soviet Union suddenly attacked...
【#205(Special)】 Our Stance on Aso Remark
August 5, 2013 A recent remark on Nazi Germany by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso has come under fire in media. Aso, who doubles as finance minister, made the remark as a panelist at a m...
【#206】Abenomics is a Flawed Industrial Strategy
August 5, 2013 History shows that countries with significant security and defense related investments are stronger and more economically prosperous. Today, the best example of this is Is...
【#204】Reading Interim Report on Japan’s Defense Capabilities
July 29, 2013 On July 26, the Ministry of Defense released an interim report on Japan's desirable defense capabilities in a run-up to its revision of the defense program outline. Based ...
【#203】Constitutional Amendments Required for a Strong Japan
July 22, 2013 Seven months after its inauguration, the Shinzo Abe administration of the Liberal Democratic Party achieved the ruling party's landslide victory in a House of Councillors ...
【#202】Japan’s Weak Control over Straits
July 16, 2013 On July 14, the Defense Ministry said five Chinese naval ships sailed through the Soya Strait off Hokkaido. Russian military ships have ...
【#201】Education Revitalization Council Lacks Sense of Crisis
July 8, 2013 The Japanese government’s Education Revitalization Council has submitted proposals on bullying and corporal punishment, the educat...
【#200】Pay Attention to Syria
July1, 2013 The New York Times, known as a liberal newspaper that has persistently supported President Barack Obama, unusually carried a story that criticized his diplomacy as bei...