#128 Questioning Conscience of New Ginowan Mayor
February 13, 2012 The choice in the Feb. 12 Ginowan mayoral election came as a lesser evil. I have no choice but to comment that former Okinawa prefectural assembly member and mayor-elect Atsushi S...
#127 People’s Burden Not to Increase on Consumption Tax Hike
February 6, 2012 A dispute over a hike of 5 percentage points in the consumption tax rate is linked to the possible dissolution of the House of Representatives and the general election. But the 5-p...
#126 Fight Intimidation by the Weak with Sanctions
January 30, 2012 Iran and North Korea are weak countries that intimidate the world. After the International Atomic Energy Agency gave specific evidence of Iran’s nuclear weapon development in its r...
#125 TPP to Prosper Japan
January 23, 2012 It is rather abnormal that arguments against the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative, describing the TPP as ruining Japan and branding TPP supporters as traitors, have ...
#124 Noda Cabinet Should Serve Only as Caretaker
January 16, 2012 Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s appointment of Naoki Tanaka as defense minister might have stunned a large number of people. I was appalled at the appointment. Funny selection ...
#123 India and Japan: Partnership Built on “Kizuna”
January 10, 2012 For India and Japan, the year 2011 ended on a high note. The Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda met in New Delhi on December 28 and re...
#122 Give Top Priority to Rescuing Abductees
December 26, 2011 Nine days have passed since the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il (if the Pyongyang-announced date for his death is correct). Mourning events hosted by his third son, Kim...
#121 Kim Jon Un Regime Will Not Last Long
December 19, 2011 North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, is finally dead. The immediate focus of attention is whether his third son Jong Un, nominated as...
#120 Grave Concerns about Noda’s Asian Diplomacy
December 19, 2011 I am ashamed to make a lot of noise by criticizing Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda for his coward diplomacy. But I feel that Noda was pressed unilaterally by South Korean President ...
#119 Imperial Female Family Branches Could Cause Troubles
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s Cabinet has launched a panel to consider allowing princesses to create imperial family branches after they marry. The Cabinet reportedly plans to promote this idea to r...