The Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement in in trouble, and one of the reasons is Japan has refused to eliminate agricultural tariffs. Japan is entirely correct in this. Japan’s agriculture is not efficient: it costs…
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China and Korea watchers jumped to attention when it was announced that Xi Jinping would visit South Korea from July 3-4, rather than visit North Korea first. Although the trip could have been seen as…
July 2, 2014–Significant protests against the war being waged in eastern Ukraine by the governing regime in Kyiv are taking place by the conscript soldiers of the Ukraine army and their families, friends and supporters….
Global Private Wealth surges by 14.6 percent in 2013 Global financial private wealth grew by 14.6 percent in 2013, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group. The surge, concentrated in the hands…
This Video Is Shocking The Entire World. Everyone Needs To See This! For a video presentation, please click here: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38809.htm When a Fukushima power plant was hit by the tsunami, it…
SINGAPORE — A few days ago, President Obama sought to define for America a new foreign policy doctrine. In his much anticipated West Point Military Academy commencement speech, he set a bar for American military…
A group of Japanese lawmakers are interested in pursuing a $5.9 billion natural gas pipeline project with Russia. Following Russia’s historic $400 billion natural gas supply deal with China last week, Japanese lawmakers are looking…
Eric X. Li On Why China Is Winning In The Pacific Eric X. Li is a venture capitalist, political scientist and frequent commentator on China’s growing economic and military influence. In a provocative TED Talk andseveral articles he has…
Yasukuni apologists will say that this a place where the war dead can be remembered and that Shinzo Abe’s offering of a Masakaki “sacred tree” branch to the shrine on Monday was perfectly…
60% of Japan’s 48 viable nuclear reactors, are not as yet being considered for application to the Nuclear Regulation Agency (NRA) for restart 90% of Japan reactors to be out of service Japan’s…
