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Speaking out

August 25, 2025   North Korea has sent an additional 70,000 combat troops to support Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine since July, according to a reliable source connected inside North Kore...

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August 25, 2025   While U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace efforts have been facing severe challenges, there is a strategy to move forward: using high tariffs to stop China’s support for Ru...

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August 18, 2025   Nuclear abolition is the ultimate goal and ideal of human beings. No matter how much we continue to advocate nuclear abolition, however, nuclear warheads are increasing in the real...

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August 4, 2025   Will something similar to the “Kono Statement” regarding the comfort women issue be repeated? This refers to an “Ishiba View” that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering to an...

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July 28, 2025   After prolonged difficulties, the Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations suddenly took a dramatic turn and reached an agreement. U.S. President Donald Trump touted the agreement as “the larg...

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July 28, 2025   Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations reached an agreement on July 23. The main focus was a U.S. tariff on automobiles, particularly passenger cars, as the auto industry is a cornerstone of...

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July 22, 2025   Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lost three successive major elections: a general election of the House of Representatives in December, a ...

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July 14, 2025   Chinese President Xi Jinping’s absence from the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 6-7 has sparked a lot of speculation. As this marks the first time Xi has missed the BRICS summ...

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July 14, 2025   I have no words other than “a China-flatterer” to characterize the current No. 2 leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. LDP Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama has been de...

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July 7, 2025   Japan is now, quite literally, facing a national crisis. As China steadily prepares for an invasion of Taiwan and the risk of a Taiwan-Japan contingency rises, the U.S. Trump administ...

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