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EDITORIAL | What About the China Conversation in Suga and Biden’s Summit Call?

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 29, 2021

Are the leaders neglecting to explain their discussion of China out of fear of...

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EDITORIAL | President Moon Should Take Action, Not Just Talk

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 28, 2021

If Moon Jae In means what he says, that he wants “Japan to be...

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EDITORIAL | Joe Biden, Leader of the Free World, Must Stand Up to Expansionist China

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 26, 2021

We need to keep a careful eye on the Biden administration’s Asia policy. China...

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EDITORIAL| Intensify Sanctions on North Korea As Kim Jong Un Assumes Greater Power

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 19, 2021

North Korea wants to let the incoming U.S. Biden administration know it has nuclear...

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EDITORIAL | Society Must Not Forget the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 17, 2021

Twenty-six years may have passed but we must remain aware that the Great Hanshin...

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EDITORIAL | Moon Jae In’s South Korea Must Stop Feigning Ignorance of the Comfort Women Agreement

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 14, 2021

Japan and South Korea signed an agreement in 2015, resolving the comfort women issue...

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EDITORIAL | WHO Regrets Too Late its Pandering to Beijing

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 12, 2021

If Director-General Tedros is truly “disappointed,” he should reflect on his past statements and...

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EDITORIAL | Japan Should Keep Its Advantage As the World Sets Eyes on Electric Vehicles

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 7, 2021

Over the years, Japan has built up globally its competitive advantage in car manufacturing....

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EDITORIAL | Why are Japanese Universities Aiding China’s Military Agenda?

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 5, 2021

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and 45 Japanese universities blithely...

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EDITORIAL| ‘Twitter Killer’ Case Underlines Necessity of the Death Penalty

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun December 21, 2020

'The circumstances of this case are considerably awful and it has cast a dark...

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EDITORIAL | Japan Must Speak the Truth Clearly to Resolve Berlin Comfort Woman Statue Issue

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun December 15, 2020

South Korea’s recent anti-Japan installation of a comfort woman statue in the German...

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EDITORIAL | Japan Should Call for the Release of Jailed Hong Kong Democracy Activists

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun December 10, 2020

~This is a human rights issue, and no amount of ‘expressing concern’ or...