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EDITORIAL | Australia-India Security Pact Should Help Realize U.S. and Japan’s ‘Free Seas’ Vision

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 29, 2020

Two major countries in the Indo-Pacific region, Australia and India, have reached...

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EDITORIAL | Pyongyang Must Not Be Rewarded for Its Latest Provocations

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 23, 2020

On the evening of June 16, North Korea blew up the Inter-Korean Joint...

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EDITORIAL | ‘Tokyo Alert’ Lifted, But Stay Vigilant and Upgrade the Medical System

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 17, 2020

Although the illumination on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and the Rainbow Bridge...

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EDITORIAL | What Matters Is What We Teach, Not When We Start the School Year

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 16, 2020

Proposals to move the start of the academic year from April to...

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EDITORIAL | Japan Should Lead Global Effort to Make COVID-19 Vaccine Available to the World

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 11, 2020

To overcome the global pandemic, it is imperative for the international community to...

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EDITORIAL | Shigeru Yokota’s Death A Call for PM Abe to Break the Deadlock Over Abductions

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 9, 2020

It saddens us deeply to report the death of Shigeru Yokota on...

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EDITORIAL | Do We Really Want Xi Jinping Coming to Japan for a State Visit?

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 8, 2020

On June 4 the world marked the 31st anniversary of the infamous Tiananmen...

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EDITORIAL | End Cyberbullying: Disclose Identities of Malicious Social Media Users

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 4, 2020

At times, words become weapons and cause violence. Anonymous online slander can turn...

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EDITORIAL | At G7 Forum, Abe Should Raise China’s Hong Kong Suppression Law As Top Priority

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 1, 2020

A May 28 vote by the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber stamp...

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EDITORIAL | China’s Preposterous Claim, Greedy Ambitions Over Senkaku Islands Disturb Peace

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun May 26, 2020

Two official China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels intruded into Japan’s territorial waters in...

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EDITORIAL | Learn from Women World Leaders in the Fight Against COVID-19

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun May 19, 2020

Amid measures taken against the COVID-19 pandemic, female heads of states, such as...

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EDITORIAL | Japan Should Join Countries Demanding Probe into China’s Wuhan Lab

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun May 14, 2020

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has been ramping up criticism...