ABE MUST REVIEW ONGOING STRATEGY TO REVISE CONSTITUTION
Given the grave international threats Japan faces on all sides, there was an amazing lack of debate and sense of urgency concerning our national security in the run-up to the July 21 upper house …
JAPAN MUST BOLDLY TACKLE IMMINENT THREATS TO ITS SECURITY
On July 1, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced its decision to more strictly control the export of three high-tech materials to South Korea. The items are acyl polyimide …
LIBERAL DAILY STEPS UP PRE-ELECTION CRITICISM OF ABE
With the upper house election just two weeks away, Japan is enveloped in an increasingly heated election mood. The liberal mass-circulation daily Asahi Shimbun has been particularly harsh in its …
OPPOSITION PARTIES BACKING COMMON CANDIDATE IN NIIGATA IS A SHAM
“Come this way quick, little ants! You better move fast, or you will be run over.” A little girl was desperately trying to guide an army of ants to the edge of a country road, worried tha…
UNEXPECTED MASS DEMONSTRATIONS FORCE XI JIN-PING INTO CORNER
The recent massive demonstrations in Hong Kong against proposed amendments to an extradition bill may well be defined as a gross miscalculation on Xi Jinping’s part. But he effectively asked for …
