【#905】N. Korean Capabilities to Nuke U.S. Could Trigger Japan Crisis
March 28, 2022 On March 24, North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile. Given its reported maximum altitude and other data, the ICBM, if launched on a normal trajectory, may reac...
【#904】Nuclear Power Plant Restart to Prevent Power Crisis
March 28, 2022 Since a serious nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima Prefecture in March 2011, Japan has promoted a policy of giving priority to renewable energy centered on solar photovoltaic...
【#903】No Country Fights for Any Other Failing to Make Defense Efforts
March 28, 2022 It is natural for any sovereign country to independently enhance national defense capabilities. But Japan has failed to do so since the end of World War II. “No country fights for a...
【#902】China’s Mediation in Ukraine War Is Inconceivable
March 23, 2022 Some analysts recommend China to mediate to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine. But Chinese President Xi Jinping becoming an absolute dictator...
【#901】Does Kishida Intend to Sink Japan into Deflationary Quagmire?
March 22, 2022 Energy prices have been spiking with an economic recovery from the novel coronavirus recession and economic sanctions on oil-producing Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. While the...
【#900】Japan Just Has to Clear Misunderstanding about Pearl Harbor
March 22, 2022 On March 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a virtual address to the U.S. Congress. He called for solidarity with Ukraine, asserting that Americans should not be i...
【Viewpoints】It Is Time for a National Readiness Corps in Japan
March 22, 2022 In recent weeks, the world has witnessed something extraordinary in Ukraine. Under invasion by a professional Russian military with every advantage in terms of funding, equipment, a...
【#899】Why Not Discuss Nuclear Weapons?
March 14, 2022 In a television program on October 15, 2006, Shoichi Nakagawa, then chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Policy Research Council, called for carrying out thorough discu...
【#898】Japan Should Not Withdraw from Sakhalin Projects
March 14, 2022 The United States has decided to ban oil and natural gas imports from Russia. The Biden administration responded to U.S. public opinion and Congressional requests, concluding that i...
【#897】S. Korean President-elect Not Ready to Fight Pro-Pyongyang Forces
March 14, 2022 In South Korea’s presidential election on March 9, opposition candidate Yoon Suk Yeol won by a narrow margin of only 0.7 percentage points. Polls before the election showed that Yoo...