How Japan’s Defense Budget Increase Became Possible
The Diet enacted the biggest ever budget in the history of Japan for the new FY2023, on 28 March. A record budget, 114.38 trillion...
- 2023.04.07
Why Has the Number of Newly Infected Fallen?
Since January 25, 2022, CATs-QUICK has been providing a dynamic forecast for the 7 day moving average for the number of newly infe...
- 2022.02.19
Three Important Agendas about Japan’s General Election
The House of Representatives was dissolved yesterday towards a General Election at the end of the Month. This comes only weeks aft...
- 2021.10.15
If One Favors Wartime Analogy, One needs an Exit Strategy
The “wartime” analogy Few would disagree that we are living in a time of crisis. But few are aware that this crisis is not caused ...
- 2020.05.07
The Shifting Tectonics of Japan One Year After 3.11.2011
The Shifting Tectonics of Japan One Year After 3.11.2011 Lully Miura and Joshua W. Walker Summary: Japan’s magnitude 9.0 earthquak...
- 2020.02.20
Forget sanctions, reining in North Korea will need a whole new approach
Forget sanctions, reining in North Korea will need a whole new approach North Korea’s increased nuclear sabre-rattling has the wor...
- 2017.04.05
Is Japan Drifting to the Right?
Is Japan Drifting to the Right? It is widely believed in the Western and Asian press that Japanese politics is drifting to the rig...
- 2015.04.02
The origins of the conservative movement
The Strong, Weak, and Vulnerable (2) The origins of the conservative movement In the previous entry, I mentioned that the recent c...
- 2014.06.23
How to Capture Japan’s “History issue”
The Strong, Weak, and Vulnerable (1) How to Capture Japan’s “History issue” Prime Minister Abe’s visit to Yasukuni Shrine (...
- 2014.05.01
