ASAHI’S CORPORATE CULTURE RUNS COUNTER TO TRUE SPIRIT OF RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM
A group of journalists currently or formerly employed by the Asahi has written a book entitled The Asahi Shimbun: Collapse of A Japanese Organization (Bungei Shunju Ltd., Tokyo; 2015), attempting…
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL REPORT FULL OF MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT JAPAN
As thoughtful Japanese seriously question their government’s ability to disseminate information globally, especially to the US, the US Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report entit…
INFORMATION WARFARE DETERMINES SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN DIPLOMACY AND WAR
Taking advantage of the New Year holidays, I read a book that I had long looked forward to reading—President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War, 1941: A Study in Appearances and Realities by Cha…
CHINA’S THREAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR JAPAN TO BRING ABOUT NEEDED CHANGE IN SELF-DEFENSE STRUCTURE
The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF), a privately financed Tokyo think tank that I head, sponsored an international symposium late last month, entitled “70 Years after World War I…
ABE DISCUSSES PLANS TO REJUVENATE JAPAN IN 2015 AND BEYOND
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s third administration got under way on December 24 on the heels of a sweeping victory by the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) in the lower house elections. But the…
