Taro Kono

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EDITORIAL | The Order of Japanese Names Should Be Truly Japanese — the World Will Get That

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun August 6, 2019

When Japanese names are rendered with Latin letters — that is, “romanized” —...

Japan S.Korea in Tension

Kono: Japan Export Controls for Security Purposes, Not Countermeasures Against South Korea

JAPAN Forward July 29, 2019

On July 20, Foreign Minister KONO Taro posted on his private blog an...

China Hong Kong Protests

EDITORIAL | Japan Should Call Forth Global Support for Human Rights in Hong Kong

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 18, 2019

The time has come for the Japanese government and Diet to act in...

A Weakened Britain is the Number One Target for Chinese Business

Duncan Bartlett, Diplomatic Correspondent May 10, 2019

There was amazement in London when Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson was summoned to...

Yasukuni Shrine Japan

A Mingling of Souls at Yasukuni — Toward A Strong, Beautiful Japan

Yoshiko Sakurai, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals March 2, 2019

In February 2018, just before his summit meeting with President Donald Trump, Japanese...

South Korea

South Korea Breaches Rule of Law, Common Sense with Court’s Wartime Labor Ruling

Takao Harakawa, Sankei Shimbun November 6, 2018

A strong sense of revulsion is building within the Japanese government...

Japan Russia Talk in Vladivostok

[EDITORIAL] Without Russia Reverting Northern Territories, Japan Must Reject ‘Peace Pact’

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun September 17, 2018

The Sankei Shimbun Now is the time for Prime Minister...

Xi Jinping

Media's Myopic View Obscures Big Picture in Sino-Japanese Relations

Duncan Bartlett, Diplomatic Correspondent April 27, 2018

The Japanese media’s incessant focus on the links between civil servants and Shinzo Abe...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian Minister of Foreign affairs

Confluence of Interests: Indian Foreign Minister's Visit Strengthens Bond With Japan

Rupakjyoti Borah April 26, 2018

In his landmark speech titled “Confluence of the Two Seas,” delivered before the...

PM Abe and President Trump

Japan, US Should Share Policy on North Korea

Yasushi Tomiyama March 26, 2018

United States President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March...

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Leaving Europe, UK is Now Bound for Asia

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 19, 2018

When British Prime Minister Teresa May visited Japan last August, she and Japanese...

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Taro Kono as Foreign Minister: Is He Abe’s Trump Card to Have the ‘Kono Statement’ on Comfort Women Revised?

Sankei Shimbun August 7, 2017

On August 3rd Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reorganized his Cabinet. After the investiture...