【#924】Quad and IPEF Signaling New International Economic Order
May 30, 2022 A Japan-U.S. summit, the launching of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and a Japan-U.S.-Australia-India Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) summit in late May were signif...
【#923】Quad Getting Closer to Security Cooperation through Maritime Watch
May 30, 2022 The U.S. Biden administration’s strategic goal is to prevent the 21st century from becoming an age of autocratic domination. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has prompted th...
【#922】Japan Should Increase Defense Spending to German Level at Least
May 24, 2022 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on May 23 stated his determination to fundamentally reinforce Japan’s defense capability and secure “s...
【#921】How New Economic Framework Will Actually Benefit Asia
May 23, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) during his visit to Japan. Following talks with relevant countries since the initiative was...
【#920】Opposition to a Hiroshima G7 Summit
May 16, 2022 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is entering final stage of planning to hold an annual summit of the Group of Seven industrial democracies in Hiroshima City next year. He claims that atom...
【#919】Biden Is Partially Responsible for Japan’s Nuclear Insecurity
May 16, 2022 As Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons since its aggression against Ukraine, insecurity in Japan about nuclear attacks has led to growing calls for “nuclear sharing” with the...
【#918】Russia Sanctions Require Energy Security Perspective
May 16, 2022 The Group of Seven industrial democracies agreed in principle on an embargo on Russian oil at their virtual summit on May 8. Japan has decided that it has no choice but to give priori...
【#917】Okinawa’s Anti-Mainland Sentiment Is Difficult to Eliminate
May 16, 2022 While events to mark the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to Japan took place at various locations in Japan these days, I sensed little rejoicing from the bottom of heart expre...
【#916】How to Counter North Korean Nuclear Intimidation: Part 2
May 9, 2022 In this column on April 4, I wrote that nuclear intimidation against non-nuclear South Korea by senior North Korean officials including Kim Yo Jong, a sister of top leader Kim Jong Un ...
【#915】Sanctions Without Defense Buildup Are Dangerous
May 9, 2022 “Ukraine is tomorrow’s Asia,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at a press conference at the end of his recent six-nation tour, demonstrating Japan’s solidarity with Western c...