Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Apr 25, 2018
It appears all but certain that India will ask Japan to shoulder rising costs of the shinkansen project in India.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Mar 26, 2018
Nuclear power plant construction in Britain: A bottomless swamp
Hitachi Ltd. and other Japanese firms are making risky bets on nuclear power plant construction in Britain.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Mar 20, 2018
Japan's food security may be put at risk with the abolition — effective April 1 — of the Main Crop Seeds Law.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Mar 6, 2018
It's likely that illicit money transfers were made from Japan to North Korea. But the FSA and the Finance Ministry are keeping mum on the incident.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Feb 21, 2018
Excessive spending on missile defense could be detrimental to other defense programs, leading to a weakening of the nation's overall defense capabilities.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Feb 19, 2018
The government has a low degree of consciousness with regard to the preservation of national land.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Jan 28, 2018
A new medical system threatens to deprive residents in rural communities of the opportunity to receive proper medical care.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Jan 25, 2018
The agricultural reform being pushed by the Abe administration runs counter to the principle of supplying a stable supply of quality food for citizens.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Dec 26, 2017
The massive restructuring being planned at major Japanese banks may result not just in job cuts for the highly-paid bank employees but a much broader, serious consequences for the economy.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Dec 25, 2017
Abe should focus on long-term objectives in Sino-Japanese ties, not short-term gains.
Commentary / World | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Nov 27, 2017
China's rising private-sector corporate stars view Communist Party control as a recipe for economic disaster.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Nov 20, 2017
Japan's agricultural export policy depends too much on imports and lacks a food security strategy.