【#362】Japan as Cornerstone for Indo-Pacific Security
March 7, 2016 Following my U.S. visit in late January, I participated in an international conference in Britain late February. Through these visits, I felt the tidal shift of international co...
【#361】Japanese Diet Indifferent to Chinese Military Movement
February 29, 2016 U.S. or Chinese military movements in the South and East China Seas have been reported almost every day on newspapers and magazines in or out of Japan, and on the Internet. ...
【#360(Special)】Breaking the “1 Millisievert” Curse
February 25, 2016 During a speech on February 7 in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Minister of the Environment Tamayo Marukawa, referring to the decontamination targets following the accident a...
【#359】Implications of China’s Militarization in South China Sea
February 22, 2016 The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed the HQ-9 sophisticated surface-to-air missiles (SAM) on Woody Island of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. W...
【#358】S. Korea Radically Revises Policies on North and China
February 15, 2016 As soon as North Korea launched a long-range rocket, a de facto intercontinental ballistic missile, on February 7, the South Korean government announced that it would immedi...
【#357】Japan Must Not Fall Behind in the International Information Warfare
February 8, 2016 During late January, I went on a lecture tour of the United States giving talks on “China’s Maritime Expansion.” While in America, I became keenly aware of the fact that the J...
【#356】Next FONOP Should Be Held near Mischief Reef
February 8, 2016 On January 30, the United States carried out a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in which a U.S. naval ship passed through waters within 12 nautical miles from a China-c...
【#355】Don’t Misunderstand N. Korea’s Nuclear Missile Strategy
February 8, 2016 On February 7, North Korea test-launched a ballistic missile. The test represented the Kim Jong-un regime’s demonstrative provocation that came before Japan and the United Na...
【#354(Special)】China Taking Advantage of Lowered Guard in East China Sea
February 1, 2016 While the eyes of the world have been distracted by China’s strategy of claiming a monopoly ownership of the South China Sea, Chinese public vessels have been increasing thei...
【#353】Japan Must Adopt Fast Breeder Reactor
February 1, 2016 As a fast breeder reactor that produces fuel while generating electricity uses dangerous sodium as coolant, experiences and expertise regarding sodium must be accumulated for...