Reopening the Abduction Case Files – Part Four: “Maybe our child is alive too…”
This article originally appeared in the Sankei Shimbun morning edition, September 3, 2012. All ages and dates are counted from […]
Diplomacy & Security
Editorial: Time for the United States and Japan to Cooperate on the Abduction Issue
North Korea chose the moment of the U.S.-Japan summit meeting to launch intermediate-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, […]
Reopening the Abduction Case Files – Part Three: Whose Bones?
This article originally appeared in the Sankei Shimbun morning edition, September 2, 2012. All ages and dates are counted from […]
Reopening the Abduction Case Files – Part Two: How North Korea Used Megumi as a Bargaining Tool
This article originally appeared in the Sankei Shimbun morning edition, September 1, 2012. All ages and dates are counted from […]
Politics
The Families of the Abducted: An Ultimatum and an Idea
The Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea and the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese […]
Reopening the Abduction Case Files – Part One: Why Did North Korea Lie about Megumi’s Death?
This article originally appeared in the Sankei Shimbun morning edition, August 31, 2012. All ages and dates are counted from […]
Diplomacy & Security
43 Hours on the Road with Trump and Abe
On the night of February 13, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government jet returned to Japan from the United States after […]
Diplomacy & Security
Abe and Trump: A Good Start, but a Long Road Ahead
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s summit and golf outing with Donald Trump on February 10 and 11 could not have realistically […]
Diplomacy & Security
Building a Relationship with Trump is Abe’s Only Strategic Option
For the past 70 years, the only strand of diplomacy and foreign relations that has really, really mattered for Japanese […]
Diplomacy & Security
Speak Loudly and Carry a Big Stick: Trump’s Asia Diplomacy and its Test for Japan
This will be Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s second meeting with President Donald J. Trump. Abe’s strategy is the correct one: […]
Diplomacy & Security
Opinion: Don’t Panic – Three Rules for Dealing with Trump
The administration of US President Donald J. Trump is now upon us. My initial impressions are below: Don’t assume […]
Economy
There Will Be Nothing Easy about a U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement
Now that Donald Trump has followed through on his campaign promise to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), […]