XI JINPING HAS ORDERED COMMENCEMENT OF BATTLE TO TAKE OVER OKINAWA
A survey conducted earlier this month on public perceptions of US military bases in Okinawa Prefecture has produced intriguing results, reflecting a significant change in attitudes toward militar…
CAN KISHIDA PULL JAPAN THROUGH ITS “BIGGEST ORDEAL” IN HISTORY?
I recently came across a deeply touching book about Shinto gods by Mitsunobu Matsusura, a prominent historian and specialist on Japanese intellectual history at Kogakkan University in Ise, Mie Pr…
BIDEN’S CONCILIATORY CHINA POLICY WILL DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD
The 20th Asian Security Summit was held in Singapore June 2-4. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke at the conference on June 3. Just before Austin’s presentation, a Chinese guided-missile …
SOKA GAKKAI-BACKED KOMEITO NO DIFFERENT FROM UNIFICATION CHURCH
The row is reportedly deepening between the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito over candidate coordination for the next lower house election, with the …
WILL KISHIDA’S “NON-NUCLEAR PRINCIPLES” SAVE JAPAN FROM NUCLEAR ATTACKS?
From the moment he was reported to be planning to attend the G7 Summit in Hiroshima in person, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine dominated media coverage. On May 19, the leaders of…