Needed: Urgent Measures to Stop Foreign Capital from Buying up Japan’s Watershed Forests
On May 10, “Genron TV” – sponsor of an hour-long weekly internet television news show which I have hosted since last October – tackled a national security issue under this theme: “Losing Japan’s Pr…
Japan Should Prepare for the Worst of Bird Flu
The transmission of a new bird flu virus, known as H7N9, to humans in China is generally seen to have begun as early as mid-February. As of April 30, 24 of the 128 people who were infected were rep…
Resolving East Japan’s Shortage of Doctors with New Medical College
More than two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, there still are not many residents who have returned to their devastated hometowns. Some residents did return as promptly as they could, e…
Will the Second Obama Administration Switch to a Pro-China Foreign Policy?
On April 15 a monthly seminar was held at the Sabo Kaikan convention hall in central Tokyo, sponsored by the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF), a privately-financed Tokyo-headquarte…
The Magnificent Life of Margaret Thatcher as a Conservative Political Leader
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died on April 8 at 87. I adored the way she spoke the English language, her manner of speech marked by a precise punctuation of her phrases, always r…
