【#491】Be Alert to Chinese Active Military Operations
January 15, 2018 On January 11, a submarine of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy submerged in a contiguous zone near Taisho Island of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, acco...
【#490(Special)】Learn from Foregoers’ Wisdom to Mark 150th Year of Meiji
January 10, 2018 The new year 2018 will be a major turning point not only for Japan but also for the whole world. Traditional U.S. values will compete with Chinese values more notably. In fro...
【#489】Democracies’ Solidarity Required to Counter China Risk
January 9, 2018 At the beginning of 2018, Western media are filled with predictions on the new year’s international situation. One of focuses in these predictions is China’s growing influence...
【#488(Special)】A Nuisance Review of Comfort Women Accord
December 28, 2017 On December 27, the South Korean foreign minister’s task force for reviewing the comfort women agreement with Japan on December 28, 2015, released its report describing the ...
【#487】Friendly, Objective Study Required for Ally
December 25, 2017 This year’s international situation featured North Korea’s reckless nuclear and missile tests, China’s unhesitant, dangerous rise and U.S. President Donald Trump’s unpredict...
【#486】Enhance Competitiveness without Corporate Tax Cut
December 18, 2017 The U.S. tax reform, the biggest in about 30 years, committed by President Donald Trump is expected to pass the Senate and the House of Representatives this week. The reform...
【#485(Special)】North Korean Attempt to Smuggle Weapons for Uighurs
December 12, 2017 China has recently found North Korean military members’ attempt to smuggle weapons for armed insurgents of the Uighurs, an ethnic minority in China, according to Chinese sou...
【#484】Unreasonable Court Ruling on NHK Reception Fee
December 11, 2017 On December 6, Grand Bench of the Supreme Court made a ruling on a contract with Japan Broadcasting Corporation, better known as NHK, for receiving television transmission. ...
【#483】Pyongyang’s Doubtful Claim of Completing Nuclear Force
December 4, 2017 On November 29, North Korea’s state-run news media reported that Pyongyang successfully launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) named Hwasong-15 that could s...
【#482】Conversation with South Korean Conservatives
November 27, 2017 “I’m shameful as a Korean.” “They don’t know diplomatic protocol.” “At a time when South Korea, the United States and Japan are required to work together in rejecting a nucl...