【#863】Align with Like-Minded Countries in Handling Beijing Olympics
December 13, 2021 “On human rights issues regarding Uyghur, Tibet, Mongolians and Hong Kong, I would assert what should be asserted and strongly call for responsible actions,” he said as president...
【#862】Japan Should Support Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative
December 13, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden hosted an online Summit for Democracy on December 9 and 10. He invited leaders of around 110 countries to the unusually large meeting. Though the advisab...
【#861】Suffrage for Foreigners in the Name of Local Referendum Voting Rights
December 6, 2021 The suburban Tokyo city of Musashino is about to enact a local referendum ordinance that admits voting rights for foreigners. This is an ordinance for suffrage for foreigners in t...
【#860】Magazine Deleted Article Claiming Comfort Women as Not Sex Slaves
December 2, 2021 An online magazine on international affairs based in the United States carried a South Korean scholar’s contribution claiming wartime comfort women as not sex slaves but quickly d...
【#859】Democracy Summit Deviates from Strategic Thinking
November 29, 2021 Washington has released a list of countries invited to participate in a virtual democracy summit that U.S. President Joe Biden will host in early December. While including Taiwan...
【#858】On Death of Former S. Korean President Chun Doo Hwan
November 29, 2021 Former South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan died at the age of 90. The incumbent Moon Jae In administration did not hold a state funeral for Chun or provide government support fo...
【#857】Raising Questions About Hayashi’s “Friendly Diplomacy” with China
November 29, 2021 Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi may still be conscious of the presidency of the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians’ Union that he resigned when assuming the foreign portf...
November 22, 2021 On November 17, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, an advisory panel for the U.S. Congress, released its annual report. One of the report’s key points for Ja...
【#855】Biden’s Future China Policy as a Matter of Concern
November 22, 2021 The first online meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping took place on November 16 (Japan time) as the United States called for leader-level eng...
【#854】Promoting Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Olympics at Minimum
November 22, 2021 The U.S. Biden administration is reportedly weighing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The Olympic Games are organized by the International Olympic Com...