【#281】Japan Must Enhance Public Relations to Win Information War
January 12, 2014 When I visited the United States for a survey on the comfort woman issue late last year, I inspected comfort woman monuments and statues at eight locations around the count...
【#280】Make 2015 a Year for Building Equal Relationship with U.S. and China
January 5, 2015 In the year 2015 marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, I would strongly like Japan to brighten its prospects. From early spring to early summer this...
【#279】Abe Should Be a Japanese Churchill
December 29, 2014 While reviewing the international situation in the past year, I anew feel the importance of 19th century Japanese naval commissioner Katsu Kaishu’s words “Think Globally, ...
December 22, 2014 On December 9, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a report concluding that “enhanced interrogation” of suspected terrorists conducted by the Central...
【#277】LDP Should Remember Goal Pursued since Founding
December 15, 2014 The result of the December 14 general election became clear. On December 4, shortly after the official announcement of the campaign season for the House of Representatives...
【#276】NYT’s Malicious Japan Bashing
December 8, 2014 The New York Times has harshly bashed Japan. In his December 3 article headlined "Rewriting the War, Japanese Right Attacks a Newspaper," NYT Tokyo Bureau Chief Martin Fack...
【#275】Opposition’s Win Throws Taiwan’s Presidential Hopefuls into Chaos
December 1, 2014 In unified local elections on November 29, Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang Nationalist Party lost five of the six major mayoral posts to the opposition camp. The only Kuomintang...
【#274】Chinese Naval Buildup through 2020 as Anticipated by U.S.
November 25, 2014 The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), a U.S. congressional advisory panel, issued an annual report on November 20, anticipating that China could h...
【#273】Obama Bows to China
November 17, 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama's lack of spirit and strategy is the largest factor allowing Chinese President Xi Jinping to run rampant. This is my conclusion after seeing th...
【#272】China Embarking on Road to Financial Hegemony
November 10, 2014 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank that China has planned and will produce and control is likely to go on a dangerous maiden voyage. More than 20 countries agreed to...