【#937】G7 Summit Left Xi to Support Russia
July 4, 2022 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attended an annual summit of the Group of Seven industrial democracies in Germany and a subsequent expanded summit of the North Atlantic Treaty O...
【#936】JSDF May Left Behind in New Domain Warfare
June 27, 2022 A war of words between Japanese political parties is going on in campaigns for the July 10 House of Councilors election. Most parties except the Japanese Communist Party and the Soci...
【#935】Ball Is in South Korean Court over Export Control Controversies
June 27, 2022 As a new government has been installed in South Korea, hopes are growing on the improvement of Japan-South Korea relations that have been described as the worst since the end of Worl...
【#934】Any Patriotic Politician Worrying About the Country?
June 27, 2022 In their ongoing official campaigns for the triennial House of Councilors election on July 10, Japanese political parties have failed to clarify the priority order of campaign issues...
【#933】Refer to History When Developing International Economic Order
June 20, 2022 The international economic order is now facing an age of division due to Western countries’ confrontation with China and Russia. Economic sanctions against Russia have brought about ...
【#932】Supporting Maher Proposal
June 20, 2022 Kevin Maher, a former director of the Office of Japanese Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, has proposed Japan to provide the Self-Defense Forces’ Type 12 surface-to-ship missi...
【#931】Japan Should Provide Ukraine with Surface-to-ship Missiles
June 20, 2022 There are times in history in which extraordinary circumstances require exceptional measures. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought the world to one of those moments. Japa...
【#930】Pax Americana Is Over
June 20, 2022 The online edition of Foreign Affairs on June 13 carried an article headlined “The Real End of Pax Americana.” Its author is Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign...
【#929】Regrettable U.S. Failure to Invite Taiwan to RIMPAC Exercise
June 13, 2022 Taiwan is not among participants in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) naval exercise between June 29 and August 4, as announced by the U.S. Navy recently. The U.S. Defense Authorizatio...
【#928】Problematic Court Injunction against Nuclear Plant
June 13, 2022 The Sapporo District Court on May 31 issued an injunction against restarting the Tomari nuclear power station in Hokkaido. Since the Fukushima nuclear power station accident that acc...