KISHIDA CABINET APPALLINGLY ILL-PREPARED FOR TAIWAN CRISIS
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) announced on August 17 that it would be taking part in “Vostok 2022” joint flight drills with Russian armed forces in the Russian Far East August 30-Septemb…
JAPANESE MEDIA DISTORTS ABE’S TIES WITH UNIFICATION CHURCH
Most Japanese media outlets are focusing too much attention on exploring the “dark ties” they suspect existed between assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Unification Church. Inf…
JAPAN MUST BRACE ITSELF FOR NEW TENSION IN ASIA FOLLOWING PELOSI’S TAIWAN VISIT
Despite some difficult problems US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has created with China, I still welcome her action. Given the circumstances, Pelosi probably had no choice but to g…
HIGH MARKS FOR SHINZO ABE
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving premier, was the right man to lead Japan through a changing and dangerous strategic situation. Under him, Japan rapidly caught up with Indo-Pacific reality. We…
IN MEMORY OF SHINZO ABE (PART II)
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was rich in emotions. He was genuinely infuriated when he got angry. I am sure many of us still remember Abe angrily responding to groundless attacks by o…
