TOKYO MUST URGE BEIJING TO RESOLVE HONG KONG CRISIS PEACEFULLY
A week ago, on August 18, an estimated 1.7 million Hong Kong citizens took to the streets, protesting a revision of a bill aimed at extraditing suspects to mainland China. The huge turno…
ANTI-JAPANESE LIES AND DISTORTIONS IN MOON JAE-IN’S AUGUST 15 ADDRESS
Japanese-South Korean relations, alas, are at their lowest point since they normalized in 1965. And President Moon Jae-in and his administration must take the blame for it. How to handle the pres…
ASAHI FAILS TO ACCURATELY REPORT HAGYUDA STORY
I am now embroiled in an incident that reminds me how easily the truth can be twisted. As a result of an Asahi report based on my recent regular Internet news show, a rumor has spread tha…
CHINA’S DEFENSE WHITE PAPER REFLECTS BEIJING’S RESOLVE TO TRIUMPH OVER AMERICA
On July 24, China published a defense white paper for the first time since 2015. Entitled China’s National Defense in the New Era, the paper laid bare its intense rivalry with the US, taking up t…
ABE MUST REVIEW ONGOING STRATEGY TO REVISE CONSTITUTION
Given the grave international threats Japan faces on all sides, there was an amazing lack of debate and sense of urgency concerning our national security in the run-up to the July 21 upper house …
