【#750(Special)】Today’s S. Korea Not Qualified to Be Invited to G7 Summit
December 21, 2020 Is South Korea under President Moon Jae In qualified to join a club of liberal democracies? British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a plan to invite India, Austra...
【#749(Special)】Use Hypochlorous Acid Water to Prevent Healthcare Collapse
December 21, 2020 Novel coronavirus infections have continued a spread, forcing the Japanese government to suspend its Go to Travel campaign as a pillar of its economic stimulus package to cope ...
【#748】COVID-19 Countermeasures Should Be Fundamentally Revised
December 21, 2020 Japan’s COVID-19 countermeasures have a lot of problems. In fact, the infectivity and severity of the novel coronavirus disease were found not so different from those of influe...
【#747(Special)】Will Democracy Die in South Korea?
December 14, 2020 On December 10, South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party railroaded through the National Assembly an amendment to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials Ac...
【#746】Will New U.S. Defense Secretary Lead to Enhancing Alliances?
December 14, 2020 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Lloyd Austin, a retired Army general, as defense secretary. As commander of U.S. Central Command in charge of the Middle East, Aust...
【#745(Special)】Create a Framework to Impose Sanctions on China for Human Rights Abuse
December 7, 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders have been arrested and sentenced to prison one after another. The Chinese actions have come under growing fire in Japan. Even the Asahi Shimbun n...
【#744(Special)】Next Year Being Crucial for Constitutional Amendments
December 7, 2020 The Japanese National Diet ended an extraordinary session on December 5 without revising this time again the National Referendum Act that provides for constitutional amendment p...
【#743】Cool Down to Reconsider Coronavirus Countermeasures
December 7, 2020 The year 2020, an annus horribilis of the Wuhan virus, is ending in about 20 days. During the year, media have continued to make fear-fueling reports, leading people to believe ...
【#742(Special)】Wake up, America, and Come Back to TPP
December 3, 2020 On November 20, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his willingness to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. Just after signing the Regional Comprehensive ...
【#741】Why Not Rebut Wang Yi’s Nonsensical Words on Senkakus
November 30, 2020 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent visit to Japan has made it absolutely clear that (1) Japan should not invite Chinese President Xi Jinping as state guest and that (2) ...