CAN JAPAN ADAPT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD?
The stage is set for the G-7 summit slated for May 26-27 at Ise-Shima in Mie Prefecture. One earnestly hopes the summit, the sixth to be hosted by Japan, will stand up to critical scrutiny from a…
THE DANGEROUS FANTASY OF THE “PEACE” CONSTITUTION
On May 13, the US Department of Defense (DoD) released its 2016 report to the US Congress on military and security developments involving the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The report notes th…
TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE UNCERTAINTIES OF “TRUMP ADMINISTRATION”
Real estate mogul Donald Trump has moved another step closer towards the US presidency. Although the all-but-certain Republican nominee must of course win an anticipated general election match-up…
TWISTED BACKGROUND OF “COMFORT WOMEN” COVERAGE BY ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 22 was a sunny day in Sapporo, capital of Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, where I appeared at the city’s District Court for the first oral argument in a defamation suit brought aga…
CHINA SPREADS NEW PROPAGANDA IN ITS CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN
“China’s new propaganda war against Japan is in full swing. This time, Beijing is going all out to talk the US and European nations into believing that there actually were not 200,000 but 400,000…
