【#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...
【#220】International Relations Are Separate from Personal Relations
November 11, 2013 The U.S. National Security Agency's wiretapping of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone was unveiled in late October. Since the United States and Germany ar...
【#219】Lose No Time in Revising Defense Policy and Constitution
November 5, 2013 On November 4, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals sponsored a symposium titled "10 Months after Abe Administration's Inauguration: Collective Self-Defense Right a...
【#218】 Is Xi Regime Already in Final Days?
October 28, 2013 Political leaders frequently criticize media when they become unpopular in final days of their regimes. China's Xi Jinping regime, still in its early days, has already star...
【#217】 It’s Time for PM Abe to Meet Dalai Lama
October 21, 2013 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he extremely regrets his failure to visit Yasukuni Shrine when he first headed the Japanese government from 2006 to 2007. This may be true...
【#216】Now is Time for PM Abe to Visit Yasukuni Shrine
October 15, 2013 Yasukuni Shrine will observe its autumn festival this week. For Shinzo Abe who has long hoped to visit the shrine in his capacity as prime minister, the festival provides t...
【#215】Koizumi’s Nuclear Phase-out Proposal Is Incomprehensible
October 7, 2013 Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is accelerating his proposal to phase out nuclear power plants. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has brushed off the Koizum...
【#214】JR Hokkaido’s Loose Safety Management Is Intolerable
September 30, 2013 I served as an employee of the then Japanese National Railways in Nagoya before becoming a National Diet lawmaker and working hard to reform and privatize the JNR. I ...
【#213】Nuclear Policy Should Be Based on Science and Reason
September 24, 2013 It is important for us to give priority to science and reason in dealing with nuclear power plants. The Democratic Party of Japan abandoned science and emotionally de...