【#226】Jang’s Execution Reflects Weakness of Kim Regime
December 16, 2013 Jang Song-thaek, once a top echelon in the North Korean autocratic regime, has been executed. His purge has three characteristic points: (1) its quick announcement reflecti...
【#225】Objection to Seawalls Destroying Beautiful Japan
December 9, 2013 As one of residents in northeastern Japan, I feel discomfort with a plan to construct huge seawalls on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan devastated by the March 2011 G...
【#224】Warning against Biased NHK Programs
December 2, 2013 On November 28, the Tokyo High Court ordered public broadcaster NHK to pay damages to an indigenous Taiwanese woman for defaming her through a television program broadcast ...
【#223(Special)】Japan Must Enact New Law to Defend Territory
November 25, 2013 At a press conference in the National Diet on November 25, the opposition Japan Restoration Party said it will submit a bill during the current Diet session for controlling...
【#222】Japanese Politicians Hesitant to Receive Dalai Lama
November 25, 2013 Japanese politicians have shown hesitance to eagerly welcome Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama who has been proactively delivering lectures in Tokyo, Chiba, Shizuoka a...
【#221】High-level Radioactive Waste Can Be Disposed Safely
November 18, 2013 Since a brief visit to the Onkalo (a Finnish word meaning cave) underground facility for disposal of high-level radioactive waste in Olkiluoto, Finland, former Prime Ministe...
【#220】International Relations Are Separate from Personal Relations
November 11, 2013 The U.S. National Security Agency's wiretapping of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone was unveiled in late October. Since the United States and Germany ar...
【#219】Lose No Time in Revising Defense Policy and Constitution
November 5, 2013 On November 4, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals sponsored a symposium titled "10 Months after Abe Administration's Inauguration: Collective Self-Defense Right a...
【#218】 Is Xi Regime Already in Final Days?
October 28, 2013 Political leaders frequently criticize media when they become unpopular in final days of their regimes. China's Xi Jinping regime, still in its early days, has already star...
【#217】 It’s Time for PM Abe to Meet Dalai Lama
October 21, 2013 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he extremely regrets his failure to visit Yasukuni Shrine when he first headed the Japanese government from 2006 to 2007. This may be true...