【#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...
【#385】Western Concerns Bringing International Order to New Phase
July 4, 2016 Any objective analyzers of international situation should not carelessly judge whether Britain’s leave from the European Union was advisable or not. Are 52% of British voters who...
【#384】Unshared European Integration Philosophy
June 27, 2016 Ahead of the British national referendum, all other EU member countries had hoped to see Britain remaining in the European Union. It is not exaggeration to say that Britain’s vo...
【#383】What We Should Learn from Brexit
June 27, 2016 Voters supporting Britain’s leave from the European Union won in a national referendum on June 23. The result came as a great shock to the world, triggering a global stock marke...
【#382】Chinese War Ship’s Intrusion as Seen from International Law
June 20, 2016 On June 15, a Chinese war ship passed through Japanese territorial waters around Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The Chinese Navy’s Dongdiao-class electronic reconn...
【#381】Don’t Allow Chinese War Ships’ Intrusion into Senkakus
June 13, 2016 A frigate of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy intruded into the contiguous zone (up to 12 nautical miles beyond territorial waters) around the Senkaku Islands in ...
【#380】Tax Hike Delay and Fiscal Stimulus to Revive Abenomics
June 6, 2016 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has postponed consumption tax hike until October 2019, while only a little more than two years are left for his Abenomics economic policy. If h...
【#379(Special)】Scallops and Seaweeds Are Weeping
June 2, 2016 On May 21, I had an opportunity to attend the fifth sea memorial service that took place in Kesennuma Bay of Miyagi Prefecture for victims in the Great East Japan Earthquake, ha...
【#378】Prepare for Global Nationalism Rise
May 30, 2016 As economic power and military power are indispensable for an independent nation, ideals and realistic appreciation are necessary for politics. For U.S. President Barack O...