【#761】U.S. Must Not Compound Its Policy Failure on Myanmar
February 8, 2021 Ever since resource-rich Myanmar gained independence, the military has been the only functioning institution in that multiethnic country, which remains troubled by ethnic insurg...
【#759】Senkaku Affair Highlights Limitations of Japan’s Constitution
February 1, 2021 I have mixed feelings about a recent development regarding a gap between China’s gradual enhancement of moves towards effective control of Japan’s Senkaku Islands over a half ce...
【#758】Call for Unity Rings Hollow
January 25, 2021 When I read the full text of U.S. President Joe Biden’s inaugural address, I was somewhat bored because he repeated all too often the explanation of “democracy” and the call for...
【#757】Behind Demotion of NK Dictator’s Sister
January 18, 2021 In the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea convened its eighth congress January 5 through 12. WPK Chairman Kim Jong Un read the party’s activit...
【#756】“Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Should Be Maintained
January 18, 2021 Ahead of U.S. President Joseph Biden’s inauguration on January 20, former Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell was named to take the new post of coordinator for Indo-Pacif...
【#755】Japan Should Fight for Victory of Free World
January 14, 2021 The world witnesses turbulent events. In the year that opened with deviant behaviors in the United States and China, the international community faces an extraordinary crisis. T...
【#754】Unjust South Korean Court Ruling on Comfort Women
January 12, 2021 Another awful court ruling has come in South Korea. On January 8, the Seoul District Court ordered Japan to pay 100 million won (about $90,000) to each of 12 former comfort wome...
【#753】U.S. Military Contributed to Developing Corona Vaccine
January 12, 2021 The United States developed and began to use novel coronavirus vaccines in less than one year after the outbreak of the infection. Through the unprecedentedly fast vaccine devel...
【#752(Special)】Families Tested in Dual-Surname Controversies in Japan
December 28, 2020 A focus of discussions regarding Japan’s fifth Basic Plan for Gender Equality decided on by the cabinet on December 25 has been a system allowing married couples to use differe...
【#751】Start of New U.S. Administration Can Mark a Watershed for Japan
December 28, 2020 It is too timeworn to follow media’s year-end practice of selecting and commenting on the world’s 10 biggest news events of the past year. If I were to select only the biggest ...