JAPAN MUST EXERCISE CAUTION IN RESPONDING TO BEIJING’S “SMILE DIPLOMCY”
Against the backdrop of a “new cold war” with the US, China’s leaders met with the leaders of Japan in Beijing on October 26. Since diplomatic ties with China were restored in 1972, Japa…
NEVER MISCONSTRUE CHINA’S TRUE COLORS IN ITS “NEW COLD WAR” WITH AMERICA
The world has indeed entered an era of a “new cold war.” Declaring that he will pull out from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed with the former Soviet Union, P…
ABE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR OPPRESSED MINORITIES IN COMING SUMMIT WITH XI
A “new cold war” is deepening between the US and China. On October 10, the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) issued a 2018 annual report vividly portraying China’s eg…
JAPAN MUST BACK AMERICA IN “NEW COLD WAR” AGAINST CHINA
US Vice President Mike Pence delivered a powerful address at the Hudson Institute on October 4, demonstrating America’s determination to face up to China’s challenge. Acknowledging that the Donal…
ROUGH SEAS AHEAD FOR OKINAWA’S NEWLEY ELECTED GOVERNOR
As I write this column on September 30, the people of Okinawa Prefecture are voting to choose a successor to former governor Takeshi Onaga, who died of pancreatic cancer in early August. The sout…
