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This U.S.-Iran MOU will likely be a ‘memorandum of misunderstanding’

This U.S.-Iran MOU will likely be a ‘memorandum of misunderstanding’

The long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the United States was electronically signed on June 14, Donald Trump’s 80th birthday....

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Is an honorable U.S. surrender to Iran inevitable?

In mid-March, I wrote that Iran in 2026 is like Japan in 1944. Now, with the Strait of Hormuz still blockaded and ceasefire talks unresolved, the...

05.06.2026 90

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Scoring the Trump-Xi heavyweight bout in Beijing

A week after the high-profile May 14-15 summit in Beijing, the verdict in Tokyo is split: Did U.S. President Donald Trump hold his ground or did...

22.05.2026 90

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Is Japan’s recent diplomatic offensive ‘strategic’?

Every year around this time, I find myself asking a simple question: Why do overseas trips by the country’s prime minister, Cabinet ministers and...

10.05.2026 80

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Revising Japan’s arms export ban doesn’t make it a ‘militarist’ state

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet on Tuesday made a landmark decision to abolish decades-old restrictions limiting military equipment...

22.04.2026 80

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Should Tokyo apologize for an SDF officer’s break-in to the Chinese Embassy?

Last week, I received an interesting invitation from an online television station. They wanted me to discuss whether the Japanese government should...

09.04.2026 100

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Will Japan's new National Intelligence Council function properly?

Amid the chaos from the outbreak of the war in Iran, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet approved a bill on March 13 to establish the National...

27.03.2026 150

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Today’s Iran is like Japan in 1944

When the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” I was reminded of Japan before the end of the...

12.03.2026 150

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Memo to the Trump administration: Iran has no Maduro

Japan has a proverb: “Hell if you retreat, hell if you advance.” It describes a situation in which no choice offers escape. Unfortunately, that is...

26.02.2026 100

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Nothing ‘unexpected’ about the left’s election blowout

15.02.2026 300

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Where will a Democratic Japan go from here?

03.02.2026 90

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The ‘Great Game’ enters uncharted territory

17.01.2026 150

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What exactly does ‘off the record’ mean in Japan?

30.12.2025 150

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How to read Trump’s National Security Strategy

12.12.2025 60

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In Japan and elsewhere, a ‘generational shift’ is upon us

07.12.2025 150

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Takaichi and a shift in 'strategic ambiguity' over Taiwan

13.11.2025 100

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Takaichi earns kudos for following Trump ‘manual’

30.10.2025 100

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Has Japan’s Diet finally begun its ‘Knessetization’?

17.10.2025 100

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No matter who wins the LDP presidential race, prospects for change are dismal

09.10.2025 90

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No matter who wins the LDP presidential race, prospects for change are dismal

02.10.2025 100

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Divide the dictators, President Trump — don’t unite them

05.09.2025 100

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Was Trump’s Russia-Ukraine summit doomed from the beginning?

22.08.2025 100

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Why Ishiba shouldn’t issue a WWII 80th anniversary statement

14.08.2025 100

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Is Japan drifting toward fragmented and ineffective politics?

25.07.2025 90

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Trump’s Iran attack shows what it takes to win his military support

14.07.2025 90

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Trump abandons ‘America First’ for Middle East quagmire

25.06.2025 90

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Donald Trump’s antics may work with Elon Musk, but not with China

13.06.2025 100

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Can the 'rice man,' Koizumi, save the day?

30.05.2025 100

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The U.S. will never win a trade war with China

15.05.2025 70

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What economists 'don’t get' about Trump tariffs

17.04.2025 70

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Will the real Pete Hegseth please stand up?

Chameleons change the color of their skin according to circumstances, as so do some humans. Since taking office, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete...

03.04.2025 70

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A sad day for U.S. strategic analysis as the Office of Net Assessment is disbanded

21.03.2025 80

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