SOCIAL MEDIA FUELS PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO PROSECUTORS OFFICE LAW AMENDMENT
In a surprise move, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on May 18 that he had given up on passing a controversial bill revising the Public Prosecutors Office Act (PPOA) aimed at extending the ten…
JAPAN’S INDULGENT LAWS HINDER PREVENTING A SECOND CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
Japan’s current question over an emergency law to stem the coronavirus outbreak has aroused controversy over its possible broader use in defense and military policy. To prevent that, Japanese lib…
“GOLDEN WEEK” HOLIDAYS: CHANCE TO REFLECT ON JAPAN’S FUTURE
The state of national emergency declared by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on April 7 was expected to start showing results within two weeks—around April 21. The daily number of confirmed Wuha…
LANDSLIDE ELECTION WIN WILL ENABLE MOON TO IMPLEMENT TOUGHER ANTI-JAPANESE POLICIES
One world leader who has shrewdly turned the Wuhan virus crisis to his advantage is South Korea’s left-leaning Moon Jae-in. Moon’s Democratic Party and its satellite party scored a landslide vict…
CHINA TARGETS WORLD’S KEY CORPORATIONS AMID CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Beijing is taking bold action globally. It is going all out to turn the coronavirus crisis into an opportunity to expand its sphere of influence, obviously sensing a decline in Washington’s leade…
