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The Duties of Diet Members Must Be Taken Seriously
A member of the Diet has continually missed sessions, and the leader of a political party has said a vacant Diet seat will be filled in rotation by pa...
January 18, 2023
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Maintaining Law-Based Global Order of Common Interest to All Nations
Amid the confrontation over the Ukraine crisis between developed democratic nations such as Japan, the United States and those in Europe, and authorit...
January 17, 2023
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Urgent Need to Strengthen Disaster Prevention Measures in Major Cities
The lessons learned from the largest postwar earthquake with a focus directly under an urban area in Japan are significant. There is an urgent need fo...
January 17, 2023
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Review Regulations That Are Out of Step with Current Age
It is important to constantly review administrative regulations to improve convenience for the people. Digital technology will serve as an important m...
January 16, 2023
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Concerns Arise Over Lack of Proficiency Among MSDF Personnel
It is out of the question that the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which is supposed to protect safety on the sea, has caused an accident in peacetime, s...
January 16, 2023
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Strong Japan-U.S. Alliance Remains Cornerstone of International Order
Demonstrating both at home and abroad the strong unity of the Japan-U.S. alliance can be said to be highly significant now that the international orde...
January 15, 2023
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Prevent Homes from Being Abandoned via Comprehensive Support Measures
More and more vacant houses are being abandoned. The central and local governments must implement comprehensive measures to ensure that vacant houses ...
January 15, 2023
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Violence Can Never Be Tolerated, No Matter What the Reason
In broad daylight, a politician giving a speech during an election campaign was shot, leaving deep scars in democratic society. Whatever the reason, a...
January 14, 2023
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Member States Should Unite around Principle of Rule of Law
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken the international order based on the rule of law, and the raison d’etre of the United Nations has been called ...
January 14, 2023
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Preventing infection among elderly holds the key to limiting fatalities
The “eighth wave” of the pandemic has seen a rapid increase in number of deaths from the novel coronavirus. The spread of seasonal influenza has also ...
January 13, 2023
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Expedite alignment of Japan, U.S. security strategies
The deepening of the Japan-U.S. alliance is significant in light of new national security and defense strategies compiled respectively by the Japanese...
January 13, 2023
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Massive job cuts signal turning point for information technology sector
U.S. tech giants have announced a series of drastic workforce reductions. It can be said that the management of U.S. information technology companies,...
January 12, 2023
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Close cooperation with U.S. key to regional stability
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has revised the previous administration’s conciliatory approach toward China and is now pursuing a foreign p...
January 12, 2023
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Leaving infections unchecked will lead to more confusion
Even if efforts are made to normalize social activities without appropriate infection control measures, the result will only be widespread confusion. ...
January 11, 2023
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Remember the democratic principle of honoring election results
Another attempt has been made to overturn by violence the will of the people as expressed through an election, two years after the incident in the Uni...
January 11, 2023
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