【#830】Asking LDP Members Again if a Prime Minister Kono Would Be Okay
September 21, 2021 Taro Kono is reportedly leading the other three candidates for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election on September 29. After hearing his remarks at press co...
【#829】Japan Left Out of Nuke Sub Pact Deal Due to Two Allergies
September 21, 2021 On September 15, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia announced a new security framework focusing on U.S. and U.K. technological cooperation in Australia’s buildi...
【#828】Kono Has Yet to Seal Off Nuclear Phaseout
September 14, 2021 “I would restart and use nuclear power plants that can be used after confirming their safety,” Taro Kono told a news conference on September 10 when he announced his candidacy f...
【#827】Assessing LDP Presidential Candidates from National Security Viewpoint
September 13, 2021 On September 10, Taro Kono declared his candidacy for ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s president, joining Fumio Kishida and Sanae Takaichi. In the unprecedentedly severe nation...
【#826】Are LDP Presidential Candidates Ready to Confront China?
September 13, 2021 Candidates for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election on September 29 are asked if they are ready to address the deterioration of security environment surro...
【#825】Would a Prime Minister Kono Be Okay?
September 6, 2021 Administrative reform minister Taro Kono has shown his intention to run for the presidency of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s announ...
【#824】Postwar Regime behind Bogged-down Japanese Pullout from Afghanistan
September 6, 2021 Both the Japanese Foreign and Defense Ministries might have had a headache, as they have come under media fire for their poor performance in Japanese pullout from Afghanistan. Me...
【#823】LDP Presidential Candidates Should Discuss National Vision
August 30, 2021 We have some questions to ask to candidates for a presidential election of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party that will be officially announced on September 17 for voting on S...
【#822】China Eying Afghan Mineral Resources
August 23, 2021 Afghanistan has massive underground mineral resources. As the U.S. Biden administration has prematurely withdrawn U.S. forces from Afghanistan and allowed the Islamic fundamentalis...
【#821】Japan Should Become Self-Reliant in the Wake of Afghan Defeat
August 23, 2021 The Islamic fundamentalist Taliban group has taken control of Afghanistan for the first time in two decades. The result represents a defeat for Japan as well that has poured as muc...