mark reinstein / Shutterstock.com   The U.S. has given her verdict. In the midterm elections held in early November, the Republican Party won a majority in the Senate, but the Democrats won a nar...

Sagase48 / Shutterstock.com   The South Korean government is behaving outrageously. The South Korean Supreme Court ruled on 30th October ordering Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal to compensate ...

  The Japanese government is poised to increase its consumption tax next fall. Does it make the Japanese economy weaker as it impacted the Japanese economy in the past? Will the American economic...

Assassination plotted toward Xi Jinping. Risks may arise from his firm stance both at home and overseas hereafter.   Main points of the article: Criticisms toward Xi Jinping strengthen in China a...

  The U.S and China are having a confrontation over Taiwan. The U.S. wants to protect Taiwan from China’s desire of annexation. What, then, should Japan do? “We have strong determinat...

  Japan Should Acknowledge Taiwan as an Independent State The U.S. had made clear their stance of protecting Taiwan. What should Japan adopt as their Taiwan policy? Every time the U.S. and Taiwan...

  Key points in this article: PM Abe prioritizes the territorial dispute while President Putin prioritizes the peace treaty It would be absurd for Japan to help China block the U.S. sanctions PM ...

  Key Points: Brazil’s newly elected president dislikes communism and practices Christianity The heads of Australia, Malaysia and Philippines separate from China and also value faith On a g...

  If China expands the “One Belt, One Road” policy and begins colonizing the world, we may end up in another world war. Master Ryuho Okawa, founder and CEO of Happy Science, said in h...

  This month we will be starting a new column called The Nation-Building Project that will look at the how Japan ought to manage its politics. This first installation will look to diplomacy and s...