WHAT JAPAN SHOULD LEARN FROM AMERICA’S HARDLINE POSTURE TOWARD CHINA
One of the most crucial challenges facing Japan’s new prime minister, who will succeed Shinzo Abe on September 16, is to make no mistake in implementing a solid China policy. Simultaneously, he …
NEW MISSION FOR SHINZO ABE AS STATESMAN AFTER RESIGNATION
August 28 turned out to be a hectic Friday for me. After attending an early morning study group session of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF), a privately financed think tank I …
WHY JAPANESE FALL FOR TV DRAMA HERO HANZAWA NAOKI
My “Genron” Internet TV program, which I have often referred to in this column, was inaugurated out of a close collaboration with a team of professionals I got acquainted with while serving as a …
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE CHINA’S EFFORTS TO EXTEND ITS INFLUENCE IN JAPAN
With the world undergoing a sea change 75 years after the end of World War II, we Japanese are at a crucial crossroads as we ask ourselves what type of a nation Japan should be in the next 10 to …
NEEDED:JAPAN’S RESOLVE TO BACK AMERICA IN CLASH OF VALUES AGAINST CHINA
On August 3, the conservative daily Sankei Shimbun front-paged an alleged Chinese government warning that a large fleet of Chinese fishing vessels will head for waters around the Japanese-adminis…
