【#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...
【#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...
【#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...
【#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...
【#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...
【#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 ...
【#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...
【#763】Move 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing
February 22, 2021 The Olympic Games have always been highly politicized, while being touted as a symbol of international peace and friendship or a sports festival. We now must pay attention to t...
【#762】Biden’s Hardline China Policy Limited to Rhetoric?
February 15, 2021 U.S. President Joseph Biden held his first telephone talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week. The White House said Biden conveyed his concerns about Beijing’s crackdo...
【#760】Japan Should Immediately Counter China Coast Guard Law
February 8, 2021 On February 1, China put its coast guard law into effect, flexing its muscles to realize the Great Revival of the Chinese Nation. The law represents a challenge to maritime orde...