Japan Cannot Afford to Lose Another Battle in the War Over History
Editor’s note: The freighter referenced in this column has subsequently been released, following a payment of approximately US$29 million by Mitsui O.S.K Lines as compensation. ―――――――――――――――――――…
Japan Must Expeditiously Strengthen Its Submarine Fleet to Cope with Chinese Threat
The 12th Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s national legislature, ended its nine-day session on March 13th. Particularly noteworthy about the session was its further concentration of…
Is the US Once Again Attaching Importance to Its Ties with Japan?
The recent foreign policy of the Obama administration has been unremarkable, especially in terms of its posture towards Beijing. Against such a backdrop, the testimony made March 4th before the Sen…
Senseless Assertions by the Asahi Shimbun Would Bring Crisis to Japan
The angry reaction of the Asahi Shimbun to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent comments on Japan’s right to collective self-defense was predictable. During Diet deliberations on February 12th, Abe h…
Japan Must Respond Swiftly to Changing US Foreign Policy
On February 4th, a popular column in the conservative mass-circulation daily The Sankei Shimbun carried a letter to President Obama, reminding him of the importance of the alliance between the US a…
