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  • Uncertain times still require long-term policies

    We are living in a time of uncertainty. There is no shortage of factors fueling this anxiety, includ...

    November 4, 2022

  • Ukrainians showing there is light at end of tunnel

    It is very easy to have apocalyptic fears about the state of global politics right now. A major war ...

    October 28, 2022

  • Weak yen urges Japan’s status quo shift from within

    The yen weakened further to the upper-148 range against the U.S. dollar at the time of writing. Its ...

    October 21, 2022

  • Tackle crisis threatening United Nations head-on

    “The time has come to start text-based negotiations to reform the Security Council,” Prime Minister ...

    October 7, 2022

  • Public-private cooperation key to protecting secrets

    By Shigeru Kitamura / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] Innovative tech...

    September 23, 2022

  • Post-COVID public finances must be sustainable

    “How is the debate over restoring fiscal sustainability playing out in Japan?” A foreign economist o...

    September 2, 2022

  • Japan has more to do as Africa’s true partner

    The eighth summit of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) will be hel...

    August 5, 2022

  • After 100 years, Japan-U.K. ties closer than ever

    The world faces increasing uncertainty as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues while a new wave of...

    July 29, 2022

  • ‘New class’ might set off instability in China

    By Takenori Inoki / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] China, a single-p...

    July 22, 2022

  • Sending unmistakable signals and enforcing rules

    The current war in Ukraine has surprised all three participants: Russia, Ukraine and NATO countries....

    July 8, 2022

  • Utilize science, technology for beneficial purposes

    I recently enjoyed a classical concert at a packed hall for the first time in three years. I was thr...

    June 26, 2022

  • Japan needs to better safeguard its technologies

    The Diet has voted into law a bill to enhance Japan’s economic security, which I greatly welcome. Th...

    June 10, 2022

  • BOJ’s ultra-loose monetary policy nears crossroads

    An era of inflation has begun all over the world. The U.S. consumer price index jumped 8.5% in March...

    June 3, 2022

  • Autocracy leads to disastrous decision-making

    There has been a great deal of pessimism in recent years over the fate of the liberal democratic wor...

    May 27, 2022

  • Time for the world to give Putin lessons in history

    “Russians are a nation that exists only to give great lessons to the world rather than being part of...

    May 20, 2022

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