Why Japan Lags in the COVID-19 Vaccine Race

December 29, 2020

For readers who might wish to compare its message with the usual image of a competent Japanese pharmaceutical industry – one that remains among the largest in the world after the US and China, with a …

Gathering Against China

December 19, 2020

Opinion

NATO 2030; United for a New Era, the recent policy paper produced by the U.S.-NATO military alliance, selects two main enemies, which of course it protests aren’t enemies at all, merely countries that…

The US Is Trying to Ruin Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Of Rapprochement with Russia

December 11, 2020

Opinion

Recent reports from Japanese media alleging that US immigration authorities there consider Russian nationals in some of the Kuril Islands to legally be Japanese represent an attempt by the fading unip…

The China Moment

November 23, 2020

Opinion

China has achieved the almost impossible – a free trade agreement with 14 countries – the ten ASEAN, plus Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, altogether 15 countries, including China. The s…

How China Won and US Lost the Trade War

November 23, 2020

Opinion

Signed and sealed in a video conference ceremony after nearly eight years of grueling negotiations, the world’s largest free trade bloc was forged on November 15 in a show of collective defiance again…

RCEP set to supercharge the New Silk Roads

November 20, 2020

Opinion

Ho Chi Minh, in his eternal abode, will be savoring it with a heavenly smirk. Vietnam was the – virtual – host as the 10 Asean nations, plus China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, signe…

The RCEP Deal Signed on Sunday Represents a New Era in World Trade Relations

November 19, 2020

Opinion

A major treaty was signed on 16 November 2020 and it has been barely noticed by the western media. The treaty in question was between 15 predominantly Asian states, with two exceptions being Australia…

America Versus China

November 13, 2020

Opinion

On October 27 U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo spoke with Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of India’s news website The Print in an interview that descended into an anti-China diatribe by Pompeo, who was f…