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Speaking out

Dec 12, 2023 (Tue)

【#1097】Political Will Required to Enhance Japan-Taiwan Deterrence

December 11, 2023 　 While the war between Russia and Ukraine has plunged into a stalemate, the Congress of the United States, the largest military supporter for Ukraine, has been unable to agree on ...

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Dec 06, 2023 (Wed)

【#1096】It’s Time for Kishida to Show Leadership for Expanding Weapon Exports

December 4, 2023 　 The ruling parties’ coordination on Japan’s overseas defense equipment transfers between Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito is in disarray as the latter ha...

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Nov 29, 2023 (Wed)

【#1095】Sound Public Finances Do Not Mean Balanced Budget

November 27, 2023 　 Article 4 (1) of Japan’s Public Finance Act, the basic law on national finances, provides for the balanced budget principle that denies dependence on government bonds, while exce...

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Nov 22, 2023 (Wed)

【#1094】Poor U.S. Government Reality Exposed through IPEF Talks

November 21, 2023 　 The U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) ministerial and leaders’ meetings took place last week, producing agreement on “decarbonization” and “clean economy” out of th...

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Nov 22, 2023 (Wed)

【#1093】Don’t Be Fooled by U.S.-China Superficial Fence-Mending

November 20, 2023 　 Amid the worst U.S.-China relations since their normalization in 1979, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at their meeting in a San Francisco suburb on Nov...

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Nov 22, 2023 (Wed)

【#1092】Japan Needs Countermeasures to Resolve Outstanding Issues with China

November 20, 2023 　 At their first meeting in a year, the top Japanese and Chinese leaders, though reaffirming the comprehensive promotion of a “mutually beneficial relationship based on common stra...

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Nov 15, 2023 (Wed)

【#1091】We must not run from the struggle to constitutionalize SDF

November 13, 2023 　 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has repeatedly vowed to amend the constitution during his term. His term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ends in September next y...

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Nov 08, 2023 (Wed)

【#1090】Reconsider How to Select Supreme Court Judges

November 6, 2023 　 As not a few Supreme Court rulings including a recent one on gender change are taken as deviating from public awareness, doubts about the qualifications and awareness of Supreme C...

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Nov 08, 2023 (Wed)

【#1089】Ueda-led BOJ Should Not Be Deluded by Market

November 6, 2023 　 The Bank of Japan (BOJ) under Governor Kazuo Ueda is losing ground to market speculators, mainly foreign investors. If the central bank continues to follow the market, the yen’s r...

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Nov 01, 2023 (Wed)

【#1088】Two Meanings of Ruling on “Comfort Women of the Empire”

October 30, 2023 　 On October 26, the South Korean Supreme Court reversed a second trial ruling that had fined Park Yu Ha, a professor emeritus at Sejong University, 10 million won (about $7,400) in...

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