Yoshihiko Noda, the new leader of the main opposition party CDP, has adopted a negative stance regarding both deterrence and constitutional reform.
Japan faces a tense security environment. Instead of always opposing national security matters, CDP candidates must show they are able to protect the country.
Voters gave fewer seats to the Japan Communist Party, which wants to dissolve the imperial system, the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty.
Narrowing the income gap is important, but the virtuous cycle of growth and distribution can be achieved only if a pie exists for distribution.
The Summer Games also exposed various inadequacies in Japanese emergency abilities and distortions in postwar Japanese society.
Toshihiro Nikai and other leaders of Japan's political parties have in effect lent support to the Chinese Communist Party, an openly repressive dictatorial party which also...
Japan has much more to lose than money. The international trust in Japan and the Japanese people will be hard to regain once lost.
The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics represent a good opportunity for Japan to demonstrate to the world the achievement of Japanese people in overcoming adversity.
First of Two Parts (Read Part Two here) The current fight against the novel coronavirus is only the latest in a series of...
