Constitutional Democrats Retain Command of the Opposition
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 9, 2018.
Tag Archives: Xi Jinping
Yukio Edano Joins Tokyo Rainbow Pride
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 6, 2018.
Abe May Be Cut Out of Korea Peace Talks
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 2, 2018.
Trump Blasts Japan’s “More Deadly Form of Tariff”
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 27, 2018.
Today in Japan (11.12.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on November 12, 2017.
North Korea War Gains Plausibility
It’s Donald Trump more than Kim Jong-Un who brings us a greater possibility of war.
US Commerce Secretary Declares “Trade War”
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has a stark message for those who fear that Trump administration policies could lead to a global trade war: He says that the war is already on and now the United States is prepared to join it in earnest.
Beijing Questions Okinawa Sovereignty
The new regime of Chinese President Xi Jinping is to be congratulated for accomplishing the remarkable feat of making the rightwing lunatic fringe of Japanese politics look positively wise and prescient this week. Ever since large-scale anti-Chinese protests began to appear on the streets of Japan in the autumn of 2010, one of their staple claims was that Beijing had its longing eyes focused on the uninhabited Senkaku-Diaoyu Islands only as a first step toward encroaching on well-inhabited Okinawa, then Kyushu, then all of Japan.
