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South Korean Firms Violate International Controls on Shipping Materials for WMDs to Iran and Syria
A Japanese government source revealed on July 10 that the South Korean government had taken administrative actions aga
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South Korea Digs Its Heels In As More Countries Lift Import Ban on Japanese Products
“In view of our findings of rigorous monitoring and inspection procedures, we are ready to take them off […]
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Hong Kong Protests are Not Riots – They are the True Voice Of The Unheard In Hong Kong
“Hong Kong is NOT China. Stop Chinese Colonialism. Free Hong Kong.” – 6.28.2019 @J20 “We are brothers for […]
[Mythbusters] What the Diet Members Missed in the Censure Motion Against Hodaka Maruyama
On June 6, the lower house of the Japanese Diet (Parliament) voted unanimously to censure its member Hodaka Maruyama [
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Japan Beefs Up Export Controls to Counter South Korea’s Political Maneuvering
Japan’s action slapping export restrictions on trade with South Korea earlier in July brought to mind images of [&he
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INTERVIEW | Japanese Actress and Model Suzuko Hirano on Why She Supports Hong Kong Protesters
Twenty-two years have passed since the handover of Hong Kong to China from British rule, and large-scale protests have
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Trump Invites Kim Jong Un to the White House as North Korean Leader Hails ‘New Future with the U.S.’
Donald Trump met Kim Jong Un at Panmunjom on the military demarcation line in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between [&h
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Trump Scares Japan with Talk of ‘Ending’ the U.S.-Japan Defense Alliance – Crazy as it Sounds?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent musings that maybe America should exit the ‘unfair’ U.S.-Japan defense treaty sur
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Japan Risks International Legal Trouble As It Resumes Whaling in Its EEZ
Japan’s commercial whaling industry, resumed after a 30-year pause, is likely to have a rocky start as the country [&h
Trade War and Immigration Will Be Trump’s 2020 Campaign Issues, Says Expert
Paul Sracic, who chairs the Department of Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University, predi
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Japan and India to Jointly Develop Sri Lanka’s East Container Terminal Port
Prior to hosting the G-20 Summit in Osaka in late June, the Abe government was considering proposing a […]
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Women’s Empowerment is ‘Smart Economic and Defense Policy,’ Says Ivanka Trump at G20
Women’s empowerment had been a key element on the G20 agenda in the last few years, and the 2019 […]