【#395】Apparent Use of Solid Fuel by North Korea
August 29, 2016 When I watched the video footage of ballistic missile launch by North Korea from a submarine on August 24, I found white powdery smoke emitted from the missile and suspected t...
【#394】Biden’s Remark and Japanese Constitution
August 22, 2016 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s remark on the Japanese constitution on August 15 has become controversial in Japan. When criticizing Republican presidential nominee Donald Tru...
【#393】Japan’s Constitutional Reform to Propel Asian Stability
August 15, 2016 Peace in Asia demands a proactive Japan. The issue Japan faces today is not whether it should remain pacifist but whether it can afford to stay passive in regional and interna...
【#392】Unsatisfactory Defense White Paper
August 8, 2016 As the writer of Part I (World Military Situation) of Japan’s defense white paper for 1987, I would like to comment on this year’s version. The latest defense white paper fails...
【#391(Special)】Questionable “Comfort Women” Records Presented for UNESCO Inscription
August 5, 2016 Excerpts of a joint application for the inscription of documents on comfort women for the wartime Japanese Imperial Army on the UNESCO Memory of the World list were released on...
【#390】80% of Former Comfort Women Support Accord
August 1, 2016 Based on a Tokyo-Seoul agreement late last year, the South Korean government launched the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation on July 28 to support former comfort women. At a...
【#389】Where Has Leader of Free World Gone?
July 25, 2016 Ronald Reagan became the first U.S. presidential candidate to adopt the slogan “Make America Great Again” in 1980. Although liberals had criticized Reagan as short-sighted and d...
【#388】International Framework Required for Surveillance on South China Sea
July 19, 2016 In the wake of a ruling by an international arbitral tribunal that denied China’s claim to sovereignty on the South China Sea, the Chair’s Statement at the 11th Asia-Europe Meet...
【#387(Special)】I Saw South China Sea Tribunal Fair and Neutral
July 13, 2016 An arbitral ruling has come out on a Philippine-China dispute over the South China Sea. The ruling on July 12 denied China’s claim to historic rights in the sea within the so-ca...
【#386】Attitude on Constitution Serves As Litmus Test for Statesmen
July 11, 2016 Through the July 10 House of Councilors election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, plus their allies who favor constitutional amendment, won a two-thirds majorit...