CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION: “HISTORIC MISSION” FOR ABE AFTER HIS PARTY’S LANDSLIDE ELECTION VICTORY
Right up until the day before the general elections on December 14, Japanese dailies projected a two-thirds majority of at least 317 seats for the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) in the low…
ANTI-JAPANESE REMARKS REFLECT AMERICAN PREFERENCE FOR A WEAK JAPAN
In 1853 Commodore Matthew Perry and his four “black ships” used gun boat diplomacy to force Japan to open the country. For nearly a half century after that, the US and Japan managed to maintain b…
KEY ISSUE IN UPCOMING LOWER HOUSE ELECTION: STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH CHINA’S EXPANSIONISM
“Abenomics”—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s program aimed at rejuvenating Japan’s troubled economy—is being hotly discussed in rallies across Japan now that the December 14 upper house election has…
NOW IS THE LAST GREAT CHANCE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION
Eying the December 14 lower house election, the Asahi Shimbun is developing a typically empty argument against a revision of Japan’s constitution now being pursued by the ruling Liberal-Democrati…
LACKING CLEAR STRATEGY TOWARDS CHINA, OBAMA SUFFERS SETBACK
Leaders of Asia-Pacific nations, including the US and Russia, congregated in Beijing November 11-12 for the 17th APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) conference then traveled to Myanmar and A…
