【#1007】Japan Commended for Utilizing Nuclear Energy
February 6, 2023 I participated in a symposium of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from January 30 through February 2. ISOE is a forum seeking to...
【#1006】Meet a New Export Control Age in Restricting Semiconductor to China
February 6, 2023 Japan and the Netherlands agreed in late January to join U.S. restrictions of high-end semiconductor exports to China, according to press reports. The Japanese government has refr...
【#1005】What Kishida Can Provide to Ukraine
January 30, 2023 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Ukraine. Kishida reportedly wants to visit Ukraine because he will chair this year’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshi...
【#1004】China Heading for a “Peaking Power Trap”
January 23, 2023 China’s population decreased last year for the first time in 61 years, eight years faster than anticipated by the United Nations World Population Prospects and the Chinese Academy...
【#1003】Japan Should Not Shoulder Unreasonable Responsibility
January 23, 2023 South Korea earlier this month announced a proposal for a government-affiliated foundation to pay compensation on behalf of two Japanese companies ordered by the South Korean Supr...
【#1002】Clouds Cast Already over Implementation of 3 Security Documents
January 23, 2023 A joint statement on a meeting of the Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee in Washington on January 11 said that the Japanese and U.S. foreign and defense ministers at the s...
【#1001】Growing Japanese Role amid Transformation of Japan-U.S. Alliance
January 16, 2023 At a Japan-U.S. summit on January 13, U.S. President Joe Biden highly appreciated Japan’s fundamental defense buildup including the acquisition of counterstrike capabilities. “We’...
【#1000】Japanese Should Stand up Heroically
January 16, 2023 The challenge for Japan and the world in 2023 is to prevent Taiwan from becoming a second Ukraine. China’s invasion of Taiwan will naturally lead to the invasion of Japan. We must...
【#999】China’s Unjustifiable Visa Suspension
January 16, 2023 At a time when the threat of COVID-19 spread originating from China is growing again, China’s retaliation against Japan’s enhanced border controls is unjustifiable for double reas...
【#998】Looming Local Clash and Famine on Korean Peninsula
January 10, 2023 Military tensions are rising again on the Korean Peninsula. Amid tensions in 2017, then U.S. President Donald Trump exerted military pressure on North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un ...