TIME FOR CONCERTED EFFORT IN JAPN TO RESOLVE ABDUCTION ISSUE
It has been a full six years since I launched my weekly “Genron” Internet news show airing at 9 p.m. every Friday, basically comprising two one-hour programs. Marking the anniversary of the launc…
HOW SHOULD JAPAN RESPOND TO PUTIN’S ABRUPT CALL FOR PEACE TREATY?
“Let’s conclude a peace treaty before the end of this year without any pre-conditions.” So proposed Vladimir Putin abruptly to Shinzo Abe on September 11 during the Russian-sponsored Eastern Econ…
NUCLEAR REGULATORY BODY ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAJOR BLACKOUT IN HOKKAIDO
A magnitude-7 earthquake hit pre-dawn Hokkaido on September 6, wreaking havoc across Japan’s northernmost island. As of this writing (September 9), 42 citizens are reported dead and one missing. …
MEDIA INFFLICTED DAMAGE TAKING ITS TOLL ON FUKUSHIMA
On August 30, a public hearing was held in Tomioka, a small fishing town in northeast Fukushima prefecture less than a mile from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant (F1) crippled in the power…
NO ILLUSION ABOUT CHINA AS WORLD’S GREATEST NATION
The book’s title makes you chuckle but its contents fill you with horror. We Thought China Was the Happiest Nation in the World (Business-Sha Publishing Co., Tokyo; June 2018) by Akio Yaita and S…
