SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT JAPAN’S INADEQUATE PENSION SYSTEM
“I am shocked! Told abruptly that the average Japanese couple needs an extra ￥20 million (US$185,000) in addition to pension income to live out their remaining years comfortably, there’s really n…
THE TRUTH BEHIND CHINA’S THREAT AGAINST AMERICA
“As the general public of China says these days, ‘A talk? Welcome. A fight? We’re ready. Bully us? No way.’” So declared China’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghi in Singapore on June 2 in a co…
JAPAN MUST BIDE ITS TIME TO REGAIN “NORTHERN TERRITORIES”
Advocating war with Russia to regain four northern Japanese islands—as was recently done by a young lawmaker—is out of the question, needless to say. Generally speaking, the lack of know…
PRESIDENT MOON’S LEFT-WING REVOLUTION WILL LEAD SOUTH KOREA TO RUIN
Autobiographies ought to be read with a grain of salt, especially when they are written by politicians. And yet, I confess having never read an autobiography that smacks of such distinctive lefti…
JAPAN MUST HELP TAIWAN COPE WITH CHINESE THREAT
Over the weekend, I interviewed Taiwan’s former premier Lai Ching-Te. On a five-day visit to confer with top Japanese political leaders, Lai (60) impressed me as a “gentle intellectual,” although…
