“Longing for a Japanese de Gaulle or Churchill”
by Mr. Tadae Takubo,
Vice President, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals,
and Professor emeritus at Kyorin University.
China is losing its place as the center of the world's supply chains.
Here are 5 places supply chains are going instead.
Business Insider:
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-trade-war-covid-companies-moving-supply-chains-2022-12
STARS AND STRIPES:
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-12-28/nansei-missiles-yonaguni-taiwan-japan-8565209.html
Cosplayers worldwide dream of cosplaying in Tokyo
https://gamerant.com/japans-cosplay-scene/
Chinese tourists escape ‘zero covid’ but face new restrictions abroad
The Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/28/china-reopening-travel-japan-restrictions/
Academic close to Japan’s Kuroda says BOJ moving towards policy normalization
https://www.fxempire.com/news/article/academic-close-to-japans-kuroda-says-boj-moving-towards-policy-normalisation-1241332
The Taiwan Long Game
Why the Best Solution Is No Solution
By Jude Blanchette and Ryan Hass
January/February 2023
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/taiwan-long-game-best-solution-jude-blanchette-ryan-hass
China’s reopening poses new challenges for itself and the world:
The situation in the country is likely to get worse before it gets better, slowing its economy even more
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/16/editorials/china-zero-covid-2/
Japan: A Major Shift in Postwar Security Policy
by Mr. Masahiko Hosokawa, Professor at Meisei University and former Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) bureaucrat.
https://www.sankei.com/article/20221228-MYYDQIZY5NLLNNQDQWEQBCYNBQ/
