【#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...
【#199】Implications of Landslide Ruling Party Victory in Tokyo
June 24, 2013 In the June 23 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the New Komeito Party, won a landslide victory,...
【#198】Abenomics Should Be Constructively Discussed and Implemented
June 17, 2013 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Abenomics economic policy has been criticized noisily. Critics are preoccupied with short-term stock and currency market fluctuations and ma...
【#197】Has Japan Any Means to Overcome U.S.-China Bipolarity?
June 10, 2013 The June 7-8 summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Sunnylands retreat in California r...
【#196】Japan Must First Revise Article 96 to Become Stronger
June 3, 2013 If politicians abandon their offensive posture when they should fight, they will surely lose their leadership under constitutional government. The ruling Liberal Democratic...
【#195】U.S. Criticisms against Japan Cannot Be Ignored
May 27, 2013 In what country, in what position and for what reason do people criticize Japan? Who in Japan are subjected to overseas criticisms? What’s happening now among Japan, the...
【#194】Japan-India Cooperation Can Contribute to Asian Security
May 20, 2013 The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and India’s Vivekananda International Foundation have compiled a joint study report concluding that the two major Asian democ...
【#193】How to Interpret Ms. Park’s Anti-Japan Stance
May 13, 2013 South Korean President Park Geun-hye visited the United States last week. While vowing to prevent North Korea from arming itself with nuclear weapons and resolutely resist pr...