Japan Should Manage the “Senkaku Crisis” Calmly and Resolutely
How should Japan cope with China’s persistent military provocations in Japanese territorial air space and waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands? First and foremost, we must bear in mind th…
Stiff Challenges Face Prime Minister Abe After Successful US Visit
The first US-Japan summit in Washington for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after assuming his second premiership last December must be judged a success, eradicating initial Japanese anxiety surrounding …
Prime Minister Abe Must Pursue Independent Diplomacy with the US
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s new prime minister visiting Washington on Februray 21 for the first time since assuming the premiership last December, has a tough assignment cut out for himself as he seeks to …
The Real Heros Who Saved the Fukushima No. 2 Nuclear Plant
A couple of weeks ago, I visited the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant to find out what made its survival of the March 11, 2011 great earthquake and subsequent tsunami possible. Four nuclear reac…
Democratization Movement in China in Steady Progress
On January 21, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF), a privately-financed think tank headquartered in Tokyo which I head, had the pleasure of hosting Ms Cui Weiping, a former profes…
