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What Abe Wants From ‘Unconditional’ Meeting with North Korea’s Kim
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently vowed to “unconditionally” meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, br
Author Archives for Yoichi Shimada
Yoichi Shimada is a professor of International Politics at Fukui Prefectual University, Japan. He is a planning committee member and a senior fellow at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals. He covers U.S. politics and diplomacy.
To Influence East Asia, Japan Should First Amend Its Constitution
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and US Navy (USN) have started the annual bilateral maritime field training on
Politics & Security
Drop the Taboo, Talk About Japan Developing Nuclear Weapons
Once again, we hear the idea that “a nuclear-armed Japan is the anti-China card.” What concerns China more than [&hell
Politics & Security
North Korea Has To Be Stopped, and Here’s How Japan Can Help Do That
As the possibility rises that North Korea will be able to strike the continental United States with a nuclear [&hellip