by on 2001年8月21日 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 13, backtracking on his vow to make the visit...

by on 2001年7月29日 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said he will pay his respects at Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the anniversary of the...

July 18th, 2001 Nation Better Off If Kawashima Remains I am probably the only person in Japan who will say this at the moment, and I...

by on 2001年5月21日 Taku Yamasaki, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, calls for a revision to the Constitution in his book...

May 14th, 2001 In December 2000, right after his victory in the U.S. presidential election was confirmed, George W. Bush decleared that...

April 20th, 2001 The Mori administration and the Foreign Ministry in particular have been taking an ambiguous attitude toward a request...

March 5th 2001 The Bush administration attaches special importance to U.S. allies in its foreign policy. In a news conference held Dec....

March 4th 2001 By most accounts, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States have changed the world. U.S. public opinion–which...

February 26th, 2001 Japan Must Be Ready to Use Right of Collective Defense A firm decision that Japan is prepared to exercise the right...

January 1st, 2001 The administration of U.S. President-elect George W. Bush will include many pro-Japanese officials. This reflects U.S....

by on 2000年11月22日 Domestic politics is not my specialty, but I the gauntlet am so disturbed by recent developments thatI am prompted to...

November 12th, 2000 The U.S. presidential election was an unprecedentedly close-run contest–so much so that its outcome has yet to be...

November 7th, 2000 The recent visit to Japan by Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has certainly created a favorable impression among the...

Japan-N. Korea ties likely to mend last (Oct.9.2000) Since June’s summit meeting between North and South Korea, diplomatic activities...

July 3rd, 2000 What does the Nanjing Incident of 1937 mean to Japan and the rest of the world? Judging from what was discussed in...

by on 2000年6月14日 At a recent meeting of the Diet’s Constitutional Review Council, Americans who participated in the drafting of the...

April 17th, 2000 The year 1999 witnessed the quiet close of one chapter of history about Japan’s actions before and during World War II...

February 22, 2000 The Japanese government is reportedly planning to negotiate a cut in so-called “omoiyari yosan” (sympathy budget), or...

January 25th, 2000 “Maintaining the status quo” seems to be the latest catchphrase in discussions concerning Taiwan. If one asks those...

by on 1999年11月22日 Although education is something outside my field, I am keenly aware of one major problem: If the current situation...