Masataka Mine, Sankei Shimbun

Masataka Mine is a political staff writer with the Sankei Shimbun.

Japan Defense Minister Nobuo Kishii

PM Suga’s Choice of Defense Minister Signals a Taiwan-Friendly Administration

Masataka Mine, Sankei Shimbun October 7, 2020

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s choice of Nobuo Kishi as defense minister has belied expectations...

Vladimir Putin

The Hot Spring Summit, Part 1: The Treacherous Ground of Territorial Negotiations

Masataka Mine, Sankei Shimbun December 14, 2016

This is the first in a two-part series: On December 15, Prime Minister Shinzo...

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The Hot Spring Summit, Part 2: “I Will Not Leave this to the Next Generation”

Masataka Mine, Sankei Shimbun December 14, 2016

This is the second in a two-part series. You can read part one here...