Does The U.S. want Japan to be strong or weak? |Tetsuhide Yamaoka
J.D. Vance, the officially nominated vice-presidential candidate, declared in his speech at the Republican convention that he would 'not tolerate free rides from U.S. allies'. This is reminiscent of how Trump once voiced that Japan was taking a free ride on the US-Japan Security Treaty.
The Ukraine crisis - the nightmare of a concentrated attack on the Senkaku Islands|Tetsuhide Yamaoka
Japan must defend itself without relying on anyone else. Ukraine is showing us the consequences of a country that fails to show this determination and leaves its own security to foreign countries. Japan's very survival is at stake.
We Do Not Need Lawmakers Who Can’t Protest China |Yoshiko Sakurai
Japan must make more efforts than any other country to respect human rights and protect democracy.