Selected summaries of articles from Japanese magazines
September 16, 2006The following is a selection of summaries of articles on contemporary Japanese subjects from leading Japanese monthly magazines. The selection, as well as its translation, is provided by the Foreign Press Center of Japan. ECONOMY
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September 16, 2006EAST ASIA In ''Nothing Is as Dangerous as Government-Led Nationalism,'' foreign policy commentator Hisahiko Okazaki argues: ''When a government incites nationalism, it triggers a serious situation that is impossible to control. If this is the lesson from Japan's modern history, the country to which it applies at present is China.''
Selected summaries of articles from Japanese magazines
September 16, 2006The following is a selection of summaries of articles on contemporary Japanese subjects from leading Japanese monthly magazines. The selection, as well as its translation, is provided by the Foreign Press Center of Japan. SECURITY
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September 16, 2006POLITICS In ''The Doves Have Fled the Liberal Democratic Party,'' Taku Sugawara, a special researcher at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and Associate Professor Masaki Taniguchi and Professor Ikuo Kabashima of the University of Tokyo analyze changes in voter perceptions and behavior based on opinion polls conducted jointly by the University of Tokyo and the Asahi Shimbun on the same voters before and after last year's House of Representatives election and after this year's House of Councillors election.
Selected summaries of articles from Japanese magazines
September 16, 2006The following is a selection of summaries of articles on contemporary Japanese subjects from leading Japanese monthly magazines. The selection, as well as its translation, is provided by the Foreign Press Center of Japan. JAPAN-U.S. RELATIONS
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September 16, 2006Defense Journalist Izuru Sugawara presents ''urgent proposals for the creation of a new National Defense Program Outline'' by a team of young researchers he leads in ''Trouble in the Sea of Japan: The Defense Capabilities Japan Requires on the Eve of War with China.''
Selected summaries of articles from Japanese magazines
September 16, 2006The following is a selection of summaries of articles on contemporary Japanese subjects from leading Japanese monthly magazines. The selection, as well as its translation, is provided by the Foreign Press Center of Japan. CONSTITUTION
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September 16, 2006SECURITY In ''The Realignment of US Forces and the Future of the Japan-U.S. Alliance,'' Professor Satoshi Morimoto of Takushoku University outlines his view that the transformation of the United States military is a good opportunity for Japan to review its security and defense policy.
Selected summaries of articles from Japanese magazines
September 16, 2006The following is a selection of summaries of articles on contemporary Japanese subjects from leading Japanese monthly magazines. The selection, as well as its translation, is provided by the Foreign Press Center of Japan. JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
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September 16, 2006Chairman and chief executive officer of Ito-Yokado Co. Toshifumi Suzuki, writer Yo Mizuki, and University of Tokyo Professor Ryuichiro Matsubara discuss their hopes for government spending in ''Ten Ideal Public Works Projects.'' Matsubara says there must be more public works projects undertaken from a long-term perspective and proposes that the debate should be premised on Japan's population declining to 80 million due to the country's graying society and low birthrate.