ARBITRARY AND UNSCIENTIFIC DECISIONS BY JAPANESE NUCLEAR REGULATORY AUTHORITY RAISE SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS CREDIBILITY
On April 6, former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda urged Japan to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), declaring: “As a developed nation, we have no reason to oppose the ba…
MEDIA BIAS ABOUT NUCLEAR SAFETY MUST NOT AFFECT JAPAN’S ENERGY POLICY
Four Japanese power companies have recently decided to decommission a total of five aging nuclear reactors, including Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture opera…
AS THE WORLD SHIFTS TOWARD A CHINESE STANDARD, JAPAN MUST PERSIST IN ITS OWN PRINCIPLES
As soon as Britain took the world aback by joining the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a founding shareholder on March 12, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, and Switzerl…
CAN SOUTH KOREA IN DISTRESS STILL BE VIEWED AS A FREE NATION?
Some Americans are expressing growing concern about the continued poor state of relations between Japan and South Korea. One such person is Kurt Campbell, a former assistant secretary of …
DISCERNIBLE SIGNS OF SHIFT IN US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD EAST ASIA
South Korea has reacted bitterly to an address delivered by U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman on February 27 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington…
