JAPAN BELATEDLY DECIDES TO CONDEMN CHINA’S HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
Japanese leaders, politicians and businessmen alike, have previously remained incredibly obsequious to their Chinese counterparts, especially when it came to Beijing’s human rights abuses. But th…
TAIWANESE MUST RECOGNIZE WHO THEIR REAL ADVERSARY IS FOLLOWING DPP’S CRUSHING LOSS
Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by President Tsai Ing-wen suffered a disappointing defeat in the quadrennial local elections on November 26. The outcome constitutes a distu…
MIDTERM ELECTIONS NEW STARTING POINT FOR STRONGER AMERICA
Reviewing the results of the US midterm elections, distinguished American political scientist Walter Russell Mead expressed optimism about the prospects of his nation’s future in a Wall Street Jo…
CONTINUED SUPPORT OF UKRAINE SERVES JAPAN’S NATIONAL INTERESTS
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Sergei Surovinkin abruptly announced on November 9 that the Russian military would withdraw from Kherson, the capital of Kherson Oblast (state) …
SHOULD JAPAN GO NUCLEAR UNDER NEW WORLD ORDER?
Famed French historical demographer Emmanuel Todd was in Tokyo on November 3 to deliver a keynote address at a symposium entitled “The World Order after Shinzo Abe.” The occasion was the 15th ann…