【#703】Let’s Restore Japanese Mind of Caring about Others
July 27, 2020 After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency in April, Japanese people acted in a remarkable manner. The government declaration is not legally binding or backed by p...
【#702】U.S. Launches Rollback against China
July 20, 2020 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at his telephone talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov criticized the United States as breaking the basic rules of int...
【#701(Special)】Struggle of “Anti-Japan Tribalism” Authors
July 13, 2020 On July 2, Song Young Gil, who chairs the Foreign Policy and Unification Committee of South Korea’s National Assembly, held a press conference along with family members of former comf...
【#700】Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves
July 13, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, who has authored a book pulling back the curtain on the Trump administration’s foreign policy, told in a r...
【#699(Special)】Prevent Japan’s Cutting-Edge Technologies from Flowing Out Overseas
July 7, 2020 Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer, co-developed by the government-backed Riken research institute and Fujitsu Ltd., has won the world’s top spot in computing speed and three other performan...
【#698(Special)】Does Shizuoka Governor Recognize National Interest Loss?
July 6, 2020 At a meeting with Central Japan Railway Co. President Shin Kaneko on June 26, Shizuoka Prefecture Governor Heita Kawakatsu refused to approve the company’s construction work for its pl...
【#697(Special)】Japan Should Not Be Too Sympathetic to China
July 6, 2020 Do not be too sympathetic to China. This is a message to Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito party in regard to their attitude on China’s enforcement of the Hong Kong ...
【#696】Consider National Security in Doing Business with China
July 6, 2020 As the U.S.-China conflict escalates, Japanese business sector’s consciousness of national security is a matter of concern. Business opportunities in the huge Chinese market naturally...
【#695(Special)】Glimpse of U.S.-N. Korea Relations through Bolton’s Memoir
June 29, 2020 It is understandable that U.S. conservatives campaigning for President Donald Trump’s reelection harshly criticize former presidential national security adviser John Bolton’s memoir ...
【#694】Now is the Time to Possess Ability to Attack the Source
June 29, 2020 Japan should turn its cancellation of a plan to deploy Aegis Ashore ground-based missile defense systems into an opportunity to possess ability to attack the source. Defense Minister...