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  • ‘Global South’ Needs More Elaborate Definition

    We often come across the term “Global South” these days. It was originally coined as an antonym of a...

    May 12, 2023

  • Japanese-Indian Unity Vital to Retool Global Order

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Ukraine on March 21. Apparently overshadowed b...

    April 28, 2023

  • Overcome ‘Valley of Death’ for Medicine’s Sake

    Fifteen years have passed since the announcement of the production of human induced pluripotent stem...

    April 7, 2023

  • Trap of Pyrrhic Victory in Regional Conflicts

    War is easy to start but difficult to bring to an end. When Russian President Vladimir Putin launche...

    March 31, 2023

  • Very Bumpy Road Ahead for Next BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda

    Haruhiko Kuroda will step down as the longest-serving governor of the Bank of Japan on April 8 after...

    March 24, 2023

  • 5 Steps for Japan, U.S. to Credibly Deter China

    Japan and the United States have made remarkable progress on defense cooperation in the last few yea...

    March 10, 2023

  • Warfare Today at the Mercy of Intelligence Capabilities

    A year has passed since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainians have put up stronger-th...

    March 3, 2023

  • China’s Future Clouded by Socioeconomic Woes

    Since the beginning of its third term, the administration of Chinese President Xi Jinping has been r...

    February 24, 2023

  • Utopian Unarmed Pacifism Is Coming to An End

    The administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in December adopted a set of three new national s...

    February 10, 2023

  • Utilize Policy Mix to Boost Private Investment

    There is a way of approaching economic policy with what is dubbed a policy mix. It requires policyma...

    February 3, 2023

  • Japan Using ‘Diplomatic Power’ for Global Good

    In the past year, we have witnessed a series of astonishing changes in the international situation. ...

    January 27, 2023

  • Foster a Society That Takes Spontaneous Action

    The year 2022 continued to be plagued by disasters and hardships. In February, when the novel corona...

    January 20, 2023

  • In 2022, beleaguered democracy showed resilience

    Many of the world’s democracies appeared to have nearly fallen into crisis in 2020 and 2021, when th...

    December 9, 2022

  • Enhance defense with efforts across ministries

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared in his policy speech to the Diet in October that his administr...

    December 2, 2022

  • China, Russia still haunted by specter of revolution

    Chinese history teaches that any mistake by a ruler can be a sign that the country will fall into a ...

    November 11, 2022

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