【#230】Politicians Should Discuss National Defense in Okinawa
January 20, 2014 I had a strange feeling when seeing people giving rousing cheers to Susumu Inamine who won his reelection as mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, by asserting opposition to the ...
【#229】Japanese Should Defend Stance on Their Own
January 14, 2014 A book titled "Eikokujin kisha ga mita rengokoku senshoshikan no kyomo (A British Journalist Finds False in Allied Countries' View of History of War Victory)" has gained popul...
【#228】Japan Should Enhance Spirit and Strength This Year
January 7, 2014 Abe's Yasukuni visit is the first step to end the postwar regime This year, Japan should fight against every difficulty cleverly and gallantly, instead of escaping from it. ...
【#227】Japan Failing to Catch up with Korean Tensions
December 24, 2013 "A major North Korean defector is harbored at the South Korean embassy in Beijing. The defector had been involved in North Korea's nuclear missile development," according t...
【#226】Jang’s Execution Reflects Weakness of Kim Regime
December 16, 2013 Jang Song-thaek, once a top echelon in the North Korean autocratic regime, has been executed. His purge has three characteristic points: (1) its quick announcement reflecti...
【#225】Objection to Seawalls Destroying Beautiful Japan
December 9, 2013 As one of residents in northeastern Japan, I feel discomfort with a plan to construct huge seawalls on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan devastated by the March 2011 G...
【#224】Warning against Biased NHK Programs
December 2, 2013 On November 28, the Tokyo High Court ordered public broadcaster NHK to pay damages to an indigenous Taiwanese woman for defaming her through a television program broadcast ...
【#223(Special)】Japan Must Enact New Law to Defend Territory
November 25, 2013 At a press conference in the National Diet on November 25, the opposition Japan Restoration Party said it will submit a bill during the current Diet session for controlling...
【#222】Japanese Politicians Hesitant to Receive Dalai Lama
November 25, 2013 Japanese politicians have shown hesitance to eagerly welcome Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama who has been proactively delivering lectures in Tokyo, Chiba, Shizuoka a...
【#221】High-level Radioactive Waste Can Be Disposed Safely
November 18, 2013 Since a brief visit to the Onkalo (a Finnish word meaning cave) underground facility for disposal of high-level radioactive waste in Olkiluoto, Finland, former Prime Ministe...