JAPANESE MUST HAVE MORE URGENT SENSE OF CRISIS AMID DEEPENING US-CHINA CONFRONTATION
Three days after the US closed the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas on July 24, China retaliated by closing the US consulate in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province. In Houston, firefi…
NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR JAPAN AS WASHINGTON TOUGHENS STANCE AGAINST CHINA
“From the mountain ranges of the Himalayas to the waters of Vietnam’s Exclusive Zone to the Senkaku Islands and beyond, Beijing has a pattern of instigating territorial disputes. The world should…
BEIJING PURSUES “WOLF-WARRIOR” DIPLOMACY WITH LIES AND INTIMIDATION
Beijing has resorted to twisted means to abruptly end the democracy and freedom it originally promised Hong Kong until 2047 when the former British colony reverted to Chinese rule in 1997. The st…
BOLTON WARNS JAPAN TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO DEFEND ITSELF
The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF), a private think tank that I head in Tokyo, holds a study group meeting every Friday morning. At our meetings, prominent scholars, researcher…
KATSUMI OHIRA’S LIFELONG FIGHT FOR HIV-TAINED BLOOD VICTIMS
Katsumi Ohira, my long-time friend, passed away recently at 70. Two days before his demise, I called on him at his residence in Tokyo. He lay in his bed, obviously in great pain but I could tell …
