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Home >> East Asia Japan How the American NIE report influences Japans extension of the anti-terror law
Shirzad Azad - 1/4/2008
Among major U.S. allies, Japan and the French government of President Nicolas Sarkozy were the biggest casualties of the recently released National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report on the Iranian nuclear issue. France, with President Sarkozy, took an aggressive approach to Iran's nuclear program, while at the same time Sarkozy's more prudent counterparts in Germany and Britain, Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Brown, adopted a flip-flop policy over the nuclear issue. How Japan lost Iran to China?
Shirzad Azad - 11/11/2007
It has recently become a popular dictum in Japan that whatever the Japanese lose, it finds its way into the hands of the Chinese. Based on such an assumption, Chinas latest adroitness to put itself at the top list of Irans trading partners provides only a tiny case of how the rising dubious dragon is conquering Japans oversea markets one after another. Thirsty Japan Gambles over Iraqi Oil
Shirzad Azad - 12/20/2006
The Japanese media have started questioning the government's decision of extending the Air Self-Defense Forces (ASDF) in Iraq until July 31, 2007. The ASDF started airlifts from Kuwait in March 2004 under a July 2003 ad hoc law to carry out Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces (GSDF) deployment for non-combat activities in Iraq. Discrimination Towards Foreigners in Japan
Shirzad Azad - 12/5/2006
The orchestrated move by the Japanese government over the case of an Iranian family of four seeking special residence permission to continue living in Japan should be considered as a clear example of violating all human rights conventions that tarnishes Japan's image. Japan Between Eagle And Dragon: What Is Behind Sino-Japanese Frictions?
Shirzad Azad - 10/3/2006
The liberal school of international relations maintains that as a byproduct of economic cooperation and interdependence between countries, a wide range of norms, rules and institutions will emerge to coordinate and regulate their cooperation(1). In such process, they will necessary become politically integrated and the institutions that are created would foster collective actions in order to achieve their intended objectives. Based on this view, an increasing level of economic interdependence and regional cooperation could act as the precursor of political integration, with the final goal of r... Japanese Politics Turns To Business Tricks
Shirzad Azad - 9/18/2006
Shinzo Abe, top contender in Japanfs premier race, is neither more conservative than his right-wing and outspoken comrade, Foreign Minister Taro Aso, nor more experienced and competent than his so-called main challenger, Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki;@he simply looks more attractive than them. Toward a Beautiful Country: The credo of Japans prime minister-in-waiting
Shirzad Azad - 8/1/2006
Released on July 20, Shinzo Abes book, Utsukushii Kuni E (Toward a Beautiful Country), has captured the attention of Japan specialists, analysts, journalists and politicians, both inside and outside Japan. |
