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Sep 11, 2019 (Wed)

【#617】Rebuild Strategy on Russia toward Post-Putin Age

September 9, 2019 　 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s 27th meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which took place in Vladivostok on September 5, made no progress in Japan-Russia negotiations on a...

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Sep 03, 2019 (Tue)

【#616】Japan’s Insufficient Explanation to U.S. on South Korea Policy

September 2, 2019 　 The U.S. government has taken a definite position of strongly criticizing South Korean President Moon Jae In for deciding to terminate the General Security of Military Informatio...

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Aug 29, 2019 (Thu)

【#615】Enormous Rift Created in U.S.-South Korea Alliance

August 26, 2019 　 On August 22, South Korea’s Moon Jae In government decided to terminate the General Security of Military Information Agreement between South Korea and Japan, known as GSOMIA, for b...

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Aug 20, 2019 (Tue)

【#614】Constitution’s Article 9 Impedes Japan-U.S. Alliance

August 19, 2019 　 On the 74th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War, I feel that the world is entering a new phase as the international situation has been reversed since years just after the war...

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Aug 07, 2019 (Wed)

【#613(Special)】“Postwar Disease” behind Hagiuda Bashing

August 5, 2019 　 On July 26, Koichi Hagiuda, executive acting secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, appeared on the online Genron TV over which I preside. On the July 30 issue...

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Aug 07, 2019 (Wed)

【#612(Special)】Rebutting President Moon’s Criticism against Japan

August 5, 2019 　 On August 2, when Japan decided to drop South Korea from a list of the countries subject to preferential trade treatments, South Korean President Moon Jae In blamed Japan for causin...

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Aug 07, 2019 (Wed)

【#611】Is “Coexistence” Possible with a Hegemonic China?

August 5, 2019 　 Two former senior U.S. government officials, who are likely to lead a foreign policy and national security team if the Democratic Party wins back the White House in the 2020 presid...

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Jul 31, 2019 (Wed)

【#610】Deceptive Chinese Defense White Paper

July 29, 2019 　　　　　 　　　　　China released its first defense white paper in four years on July 24. It is titled “China’s National Defense in the New Era” maybe because it is the first report since t...

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Jul 23, 2019 (Tue)

【#609】Distorted Reporting on Japan’s Export Control toward S. Korea

July 22, 2019 　　　　　 　　　　　Why are Japanese media reports distorted when it comes to South Korea? Some media reports have described Japan’s tightened control on semiconductor material exports to So...

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Jul 19, 2019 (Fri)

【#608(Special)】Moon’s Anti-Japan Policy Integrated with Anti-U.S. and Pro-North Policies

July 16, 2019 Japan’s relations with South Korea have persistently been deteriorating. I have been checking the situation in Seoul since July 13. South Korean conservative leaders agree that the Mo...

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