【#186】Enact Japan-Taiwan Relations Act Urgently
March 25, 2013 On March 24, the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan announced a policy proposal calling for enacting a “Basic Act for Japan-Taiwan Relations.” This was a very tim...
【#185】Be Proud of Your Country and Pledge Your Supreme Efforts!
March 18, 2013 To the graduates of National Defense Academy of Japan: Japan’s defense capability will increase greatly as your fresh blood entered into national service on March 17. My mes...
【#184】Japan Should Take Measures to Encourage People
March 11, 2013 Just two years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Then, the international community rated Japanese high as courteou...
【#183】 Japan’s Farm Lobbies Sticking to Vested Interests
March 4, 2013 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems to have decided Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. Since before last D...
【#182】Abe Should Use Momentum to Take Courageous Actions
February 25, 2013 I highly appreciate Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as having made careful preparations and prompt decisions to win U.S. President Barack Obama's satisfactory ...
【#181】Abe Would Do Better to Specify Japan’s Nuke Option
February 18, 2013 U.S. President Barack Obama's remarks on North Korea's third nuclear bomb test on February 12 have suggested no strong will to resolutely block North Korea from becoming nucle...
【#180(Special)】Don’t Allow N. Korea to Be Nuclear-Armed
February 13, 2013 On February 12, North Korea forced a nuclear explosion test. The action clearly violates United Nations Security Council resolutions and represents an intolerable provocation ...
【#179】 Japan Should Demonstrate Resolve to Defend Territories
February 12, 2013 China's aggressiveness near Japan's Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea is escalating. Chinese government ships have repeatedly intruded into Japan's territorial waters s...
Japan Must Be Prepared to Share Burdens (Tadae Takubo, Vice President, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals)
Speaking Out #178 February 4, 2013 "Japan-China relations amount to Japan-U.S. relations," said Shigeharu Matsumoto, who made a global scoop on the 1936 X...
Build Japan Refusing to Succumb to Terrorism (Yoshiko Sakurai, Journalist and President of JINF)
Speaking Out #177 The Algerian hostage incident, which broke out on January 16, essentially indicated terrorist groups, including the al-Qaeda network that attacked the United States in 2001,...