【#892】Criticizing Biased NYT Article on Sado Gold Mines
February 28, 2022 The New York Times carried an extremely unbalanced article on February 21 about Sado gold mines that the Japanese government recommended as a candidate for World Cultural Heritag...
【#891】Japan Should Abandon Complacency with Peace
February 28, 2022 We Japanese should remember the scene of a country’s national sovereignty being trampled by another country’s use of force. As China is increasing military pressure in Asia, toda...
【#890】Hydro-Nuclear Combo Recommended as Best Option at Diet
February 21, 2022 I was invited by the House of Councillors Research Committee on Natural Resources and Energy to give opinions as an unsworn witness using data on which the Japan Institute for Na...
【#889】Russian Information Warfare over Japan’s Northern Territories
February 21, 2022 As the United States and Russia are waging a fierce information warfare over Ukraine, Russia is carrying out similar warfare over the Japanese Northern Territories that are integ...
【#888】Ukraine Crisis Signals Change in U.S.-Europe Alliance
February 21, 2022 The world is breathlessly watching whether Russian troops would invade Ukraine, wondering how large the potential war would be. Be that as it may, the United States’ and major Eu...
【#887】Two Variables Seen in S. Korean Presidential Race
February 15, 2022 South Korean voters will cast votes to elect their new president on March 9. Presidential candidates registered their candidacies on February 13 and 14 and launched official camp...
【#886】Was Ishihara an “Ultranationalist”?
February 14, 2022 Many obituaries in the English-language press about the late Ishihara Shintarō used a stock phrase to describe the famous author and political leader: “ultranationalist”. For ...
【#885】Five Former Prime Ministers Fabricating History
February 7, 2022 After the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, set a direction of promoting investment in nuclear power generation, Junichiro Koizumi and four other fo...
【#884】Oceanographic Survey to Demonstrate Japan’s Sovereignty
February 7, 2022 On January 31, Okinawa Prefecture’s Ishigaki Municipal Government conducted an oceanographic survey around the Senkaku Islands that belong to the city. This was the first survey t...
【#883】Japan Should Protect Companies from Human Rights Risks
February 7, 2022 The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is seemingly considering a recommendation on “human rights and business.” Media reports say that the recommendation would focus on human rights...