Measures for Japan to Cope with Its Discourteous Neighbor
Why is Japan currently faced with its worst post-war territorial crisis, with conflicts over theTakeshima Islets, the Senkaku Islands, and the Kuriles (also known as Japan’s Russian-held NorthernTe…
Anti-Nuke Demonstrations Marked by Vague Anti-Establishment Sentiment
Anti-nuclear demonstrations have been held near the Prime Minister’s official residence in Tokyo every Friday since last March. The number of demonstrators, which initially stood at just a few…
Princess Michiko Further CementsThe Bond between Taiwan and Japan
I recently received a copy of the 154th edition of Taiwan Kadan (“The World of ‘Tanka’ inTaiwan”), a bi-annual compilation of traditional 31-syllable Japanese “tanka” poems composed by aficionados …
News 9’s Reporting on the Osprey Deployment: A Matter of Journalistic Integrity
The report on the deployment of Osprey U.S. Military aircraft to Okinawa which aired on July 23 on NHK TV’s popular nightly news show “News Watch 9” (hereafter “News 9”) was a horrible piece of bro…
Amazing Discovery: Resource-Short Japan Actually Brims with Rare Earth Minerals
A vast deposit of rare earth minerals has been found in the Pacific seabed within the Japanese exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the island of Minami Torishima - some 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles…
