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After years working in the world of diplomacy, I have developed an ability to read the real meaning and intentions behind world leaders’ remarks —...
Most Japanese people must be surprised and taken aback by the recent news from Beijing. China not only imposed a total ban on Japanese marine products...
Just about two weeks ago, I wrote about San Francisco's urban blight and suburban prosperity. I opined on the West Coast hippie culture that...
Two weeks ago, I visited San Francisco for the first time in many years — a city that has seen massive change over the years from what it once was...
Two weeks ago, I visited San Francisco for the first time in many years — a city that has seen massive change over the years from what it once was...
In many ways, the first visit in three years by a Japanese prime minister to the Gulf Arab states was groundbreaking. Curiously, however, only one...
CONTRIBUTING WRITER – In many ways, the first visit in three years by a Japanese prime minister to the Gulf Arab states was groundbreaking....
Last week, I gave a short lecture before a study group. Since the participants were all grumpy senior experts in diplomacy, domestic politics or...
As expected, the Japanese media are divided in their assessment over U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent visit to China. They generally...
Dear Gen. Li Shangfu, minister of defense of the People’s Republic of China, Please excuse my rudeness in writing to your excellency for the first...
I have been following the Group of Seven meetings for more than 40 years — since the Tokyo Summit in 1979. In modern history, I can think of no...
On Sunday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held his second summit meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in as many months. Kishida’s...
U.S. President John F. Kennedy famously told the American people in his inaugural address: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what...
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met last week at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. Beijing...
On March 16, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol paid his first visit to Tokyo since taking office. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warmly welcomed his...
Manila – Since I first visited the Philippines to see the U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay in November 1988, U.S.-Philippine relations have had their ups...
When Prime Minister Fumio Kishida earlier this month fired a close aide over discriminatory remarks he made about sexual minorities, I was in Hawaii...
Senior diplomats from Japan and South Korea "made limited progress" in wartime labor talks was the gist of a Kyodo news report The Japan Times ran at...
Just about a week has passed since Fumio Kishida’s first visit to Washington as prime minister. The White House praised the Japan-U.S. talks and the...
This coming spring, as the war in Ukraine enters its second year, Japan will start releasing treated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power...