【#977】Japanese National Lawmakers Neglecting Triple Crisis
October 24, 2022 A Taiwan contingency amounts to a Japan contingency, as noted by the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Today’s Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia, as pointed out ...
【#976】Nuclear Deterrence Should Not End Up as Empty Words
October 17, 2022 On October 12, the U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) was released, coming up with a newly organized concept of “integrated deterrence.” It is composed of five pillars: integra...
【#975】U.S. National Security Strategy Tests Kishida’s Seriousness
October 17, 2022 The U.S. government on October 12 published the National Security Strategy (NSS) that lays the foundation for the Biden administration’s foreign and national security policies. So...
【#974】Reject MOF-led Opposition to Defense Bond Issuance
October 11, 2022 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is forging ahead with missile launches. Russian President Vladimir Putin is intensifying attacks throughout Ukraine. Chinese President Xi Jinping i...
【#973】Don’t Succumb to North Korean Nuclear Threats
October 11, 2022 On October 10, North Korea announced that its seven missile launches between September 10 and October 9 were “military drills” by the “tactical nuclear operation units,” guided by...
【#972】Japan Should Develop Its Own Nuclear Deterrence Strategy
October 11, 2022 On October 4, North Korea fired a “new-type ground-to-ground intermediate-range ballistic missile” (state-run Korean Central News Agency) that flew above the Japanese archipelago ...
【#971】Pitfalls of Diplomacy Toward North Korea
October 11, 2022 On October 4, North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew an estimated 4,600 kilometers. Given the flight distance indicating that the missile could reach the key U.S. miliary...
【#970】Media Failed to Convey Feeling of Ordinary Mourners at Abe’s Funeral
October 3, 2022 In a state funeral for the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 27, I stood in a long line of ordinary people to lay flowers. It took three hours to reach a floral tr...
【#969】Japan Should Retaliate Russia’s Detention of a Consul
October 3, 2022 The detention and interrogation of a diplomat represent a grave infringement of national sovereignty. Russia has boldly done that. On September 26, the Russian government detained ...
【#968】Let’s Demonstrate Beautiful Japan through State Funeral
September 26, 2022 A state funeral is to take place on September 27 for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who pledged to restore Japan. Abe continued to ask what Japanese people or Japan are lik...