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  • 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

  • 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

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