Social Sciences
- Japan And The War On Terror: New Book
CLICK TO ORDERJAPAN AND THE WAR ON TERROR Military Force and Political Pressure in the US-Japanese Alliance by Michael Penn Journalist and scholar based in Japan; President of the Shingetsu News Agency; APP member Japan?s economic...
- Mayor Hashimoto Defends Himself
On two consecutive days (May 27 & 28) the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan hosted two press conferences about the controversial remarks of Nippon Ishin No Kai (Japan Restoration Party) Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto. This report from the...
- Japan's Populist Right
In a previous post, Shisaku's Michael Cucek pointed out the national ambitions of Hashimoto Toru. Much of Hashimoto's celebrity results from his revisionist historical views and social conservatism. Hashimoto's nationalism, however, is different...
- Pedaling Peril
In March, the US Government Accountability Office issued it report on Firms Reported in Open Sources as Having Commercial Activity in Iran's Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Sectors [GAO-10-515R March 23, 2010]. The report noted the following companies...
- This Week In Washington
From the left to the right, Japanese politicians are in Washington this week. CLOSING OKINAWA'S BASES THE VIEW FROM JAPAN'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 1/14, Noon-2:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: PacFreeze. Brown-bag lunch with a parliamentary delegation...
Social Sciences
Japan's Iran policy
Shingetsu News Agency in Tokyo interviews conservative Sunrise Party head, Takeo Hiranuma for his defense of Japan's policy to protect itself from U.S. sanctions on Iran. The full intervie, in Japanese, can be found HERE.
- Japan And The War On Terror: New Book
CLICK TO ORDERJAPAN AND THE WAR ON TERROR Military Force and Political Pressure in the US-Japanese Alliance by Michael Penn Journalist and scholar based in Japan; President of the Shingetsu News Agency; APP member Japan?s economic...
- Mayor Hashimoto Defends Himself
On two consecutive days (May 27 & 28) the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan hosted two press conferences about the controversial remarks of Nippon Ishin No Kai (Japan Restoration Party) Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto. This report from the...
- Japan's Populist Right
In a previous post, Shisaku's Michael Cucek pointed out the national ambitions of Hashimoto Toru. Much of Hashimoto's celebrity results from his revisionist historical views and social conservatism. Hashimoto's nationalism, however, is different...
- Pedaling Peril
In March, the US Government Accountability Office issued it report on Firms Reported in Open Sources as Having Commercial Activity in Iran's Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Sectors [GAO-10-515R March 23, 2010]. The report noted the following companies...
- This Week In Washington
From the left to the right, Japanese politicians are in Washington this week. CLOSING OKINAWA'S BASES THE VIEW FROM JAPAN'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 1/14, Noon-2:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: PacFreeze. Brown-bag lunch with a parliamentary delegation...