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Mar 18, 2021 (Thu)

【#773】Chinese Minister’s Extraordinary Press Conference

March 15, 2021 　 The National People’s Congress of China attracted attention by passing legislation to revise Hong Kong’s electoral system before it closed on March 11. The legislation to exclude ...

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Mar 18, 2021 (Thu)

【#772】“Spirit of Quad” to Deter China

March 15, 2021 　 It is significant that the quadrilateral group comprising Japan, Australia, India and the United States held its first-ever leaders’ summit in a teleconference format on March 12 ...

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Mar 11, 2021 (Thu)

【#771】Komeito Should Cooperate in Securing Sensitive Lands

March 8, 2021 　 The Liberal Democratic Party’s junior coalition partner, the Komeito, is growing cautious of supporting a land utilization restriction bill under consideration by the government to...

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Mar 11, 2021 (Thu)

【#770】China Heightening Tensions over Senkakus

March 8, 2021 　 The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) may conduct hazard shooting against foreign government ship crew members trying to land on the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Defense...

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Mar 08, 2021 (Mon)

【#769】Problematic Criticisms of U.S. Scholar’s Paper on Comfort Women

March 5, 2021 　 Harvard Law School Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s paper titled “Contracting for sex in the Pacific War” has been criticized. The paper has been released in the Internet edition of th...

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Mar 04, 2021 (Thu)

【#768】South Korean Defense Paper’s Pro-China, Anti-Japan Stance

March 1, 2021 　 Is South Korea being drawn by China to return to a continental power? Since its founding, South Korea, as a liberal democratic nation, has enhanced national security with its milit...

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Mar 04, 2021 (Thu)

【#767】Supply Chain Review Providing Chance for Japan-U.S. Cooperation

March 1, 2021 　 On February 24, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order mandating a review of supply chains for four critical products: computer chips, large-capacity batteries, pharmac...

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Feb 24, 2021 (Wed)

【#766】U.S. Return to WHO Should Have Been Conditioned on Taiwan’s Invitation

February 22, 2021 　 The U.S. Biden administration has decided to return to the World Health Organization as well anticipated. But its failure to condition the return to the WHO on Taiwan’s partici...

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Feb 24, 2021 (Wed)

【#765】Proposing British Aircraft Carrier’s Joint Exercises with Quad Forces

February 22, 2021 　 In November 2020, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a plan to dispatch HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier-Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific region accompanied by units of ...

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Feb 24, 2021 (Wed)

【#764】Tragedy of Japan Failing to Win in Vaccine Diplomacy

February 22, 2021 　 China is aggressively promoting its vaccine diplomacy to provide developing countries with novel coronavirus vaccines that it has developed on its own. The approach has attract...

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