WILL TRUMP’S NEW MODUS OPERADI WORK WITH PYONGYANG?
To what extent has the US-China relationship changed following the April 6-7 summit in Florida between the two heads of state? A press briefing on April 16 by an unidentified senior White House o…
TRUMP EXERTS LEADERSHIP OVER SYRIA BUT WILL HE REMAIN COMMITTED?
The predawn American airstrike on a Syrian airfield on April 7 was stunning. When the first report that chemical weapons were used on Syrian civilians reached Washington, President Trump…
JAPAN MUST EXPEDITE ENACTMENT OF BILL COMBATTING TERRORISM
Liberal Japanese media outlets like The Asahi Shimbun and The Tokyo Shimbun are tenaciously putting forth an argument against the enactment of legislation penalizing “preparations for terrorism a…
PARLIAMENTARIANS SHOULD NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
It looks as if the Japanese media today is only interested in covering news about Moritomo Gakuen, the Osaka school operator who has caused the state-owned land scandal that has embroiled Prime M…
CAN OUR PARLIAMENTARIANS BE TRUSTED WITH DEFENSE OF JAPAN?
Listening to Diet deliberations, one cannot help but wonder if our parliamentarians truly understand how dire the current circumstances are on the Korean Peninsula. Both the North and th…
