【#1061】Do Not Overreact to China’s Gallium Export Controls
August 7, 2023 China is deploying countermeasures over semiconductors, which are the main battleground of the US-China confrontation. After banning the procurement of products from Micron Technolo...
【#1060】Is BOJ Encouraging Speculative Trading in Government Bonds?
July 31, 2023 The Bank of Japan (BOJ) effectively raised the upper limit of its long-term interest rate to 1% at its monetary policy meeting on July 28th. Governor Kazuo Ueda, who took office in A...
【#1059】Biden’s Risky Appeasement Diplomacy towards China
July 24, 2023 U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry visited China in mid-July and met with foreign policy chief Wang Yi, a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CPP) Politburo, and oth...
【#1058】Counter China’s Seafood Import Restrictions
July 24, 2023 In response to the planned ocean release of treated water from Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, China has announced to toughen radiation testing on sea...
【#1057】Many People Dying on Famine in North Korea
July 18, 2023 North Korea is currently experiencing a terrible food shortage, leading to starvation deaths throughout the country, including its capital of Pyongyang, according to human rights act...
【#1056】Japan May Lose Credibility If Failing to Provide Weapons to Ukraine
July 18, 2023 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s enthusiasm for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) stands out. As the leader of Japan, a partner country of NATO, Kishida participated in the...
【#1055】Take Advantage of the Benefits of a Weak Yen
July 10, 2023 Recently, the trend of a weak yen continues with the dollar being worth in the 140-yen range. This weak yen has brought about self-deprecating criticism that it has caused an increas...
【#1054】LDP Gives Too Much Consideration to Komeito
July 10, 2023 The result was as expected. The discussions between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito party, which had been discussing the relaxation ...
【#1053】How to Enhance Credibility of Nuclear Umbrella?
July 3, 2023 Japan and the United States in late June held a regular working-level Extended Deterrence Dialogue to enhance the credibility of the U.S. nuclear umbrella for Japan. The two governmen...
【#1052】Shape Northern Territories Strategy in Anticipating a Big Change in Russia
July 3, 2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny, in which the leader of Wagner private military company in Russia rose against President Vladimir Putin’s government, shook the regime and exposed the weakn...