Still More Questions Than Answers in Fukushima Nuclear Contaminated Water Release
You cannot guarantee our safety. So, stop releasing the nuclear contaminated water.
Aug 31, 2023
Mounting Risks of Nuclear War as Geopolitical Conflicts Intensify
Peace diplomacy is urgently needed to end the Ukraine war.
Aug 8, 2023
Silence on Japan’s Nuclear-Contaminated Water Discharge Today, Tragedy of Humanity Tomorrow
It is indeed very unfortunate that Western politicians and their media, who always boast about democracy and human rights, are surprisingly silent today about Japan’s ‘irresponsible behavior’.
Jul 26, 2023
Fukushima Presents Problem for Japan-ROK Relations
Yoon’s overarching agenda has been to push ROK closer to Japan in foreign policy. He has shown he will not shift his trajectory, whatever the public thinks, but the public might deal his party a blow in the 2024 elections.
Jun 20, 2023
NATO Has No Business Being in Asia
The only way for Asia to succeed is to promote multilateralism, non-alignment, economic integration, and peaceful development, and not the expansion of ideological military blocs controlled by the U.S.
Jun 8, 2023
U.S.-Japan-ROK Cooperation Mechanism Is on a Dangerous Path
The U.S.-Japan-ROK cooperation mechanism, as these developments show, is now on a dangerous path. The closer their cooperation becomes, the more dangerous it is going to be for Northeast Asia.
May 23, 2023
Japan Partaking in American Adventurism Jeopardizes Bilateral Relations
Serving as a conduit for the United States to undertake its controversial policy of decoupling will harm Japan’s interests in the region and beyond.
Apr 13, 2023
The Need for Practicality in Japan-Germany Cooperation
Tokyo would be well advised to focus on plugging deficiencies in its intergovernmental engagement with Germany, as opposed to scapegoating China and fueling threat perceptions at the relationship’s own expense.
Mar 23, 2023
A Post-Abe Era
Abe’s pursuit of amending the constitution to strengthen the military, and his efforts over the years to strengthen Japan’s global alliance to contain China, seem to have led Japan into a dead end. Perhaps, now is a chance for Kishida to turn a corner.
Jul 19, 2022
Homemade Firearms Present New Challenges
If no laws can prevent someone who wants a gun from getting one, those laws would not restrict anyone’s rights.
Jul 14, 2022
Japan Raises Tensions over Diaoyu Islands
Given the present increased tensions in the region, Washington must take a strictly impartial position on the Diaoyu Islands dispute so that China and Japan over time may resolve their differences according to international law and in a peaceful manner through diplomacy.
Sep 27, 2021