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International Politics/North Korea

What do North Korea’s missile tests mean?

Posted on April 20, 2020 by kumiko-ahr

While many countries suffer from the corona virus pandemic, North Korea conducted missile tests for ... Read More

International Politics/North Korea

Does Possession of ICBM Technology by North Korea threaten the US?

Posted on December 19, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

On December 8, 2019 North Korea announced that a very important test was successfully completed on 7... Read More

International Politics/Japan

Japan: The People and “its” Military – an ambivalent Relationship

Posted on November 10, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

If the military is not shown trust or respect by its own people, how shall professional pride develo... Read More

Foreign affairs/True Info Japan

Japan’s “trade dispute” with South Korea and history

Posted on October 25, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

The current trade dispute between Japan and South Korea is reported in the context of the history of... Read More

Foreign affairs/True Info Japan

The Yasukuni Shrine Dispute – Neglecting Japan’s domestic Politics and thinking about the War Histories

Posted on August 7, 2018 by kumiko-ahr

Closing in upon Japan’s commemoration of war’s end on August 15th, the question of whether the Japan... Read More

East Asia/International Politics

A Different Focus on the Korean Peninsula

Posted on June 21, 2018 by kumiko-ahr

Right after the meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore, US President Donald Trump announced an interm... Read More

Foreign affairs/True Info Japan

Takeshima Island Issue

Posted on May 28, 2018 by kumiko-ahr

This island issue is a territorial issue between Japan and South Korea and began after the conclusio... Read More

International Politics/North Korea

An Update on North Korea’s ongoing Provocations

Posted on September 7, 2017 by kumiko-ahr

North Korea’s missile tests seem not to come to an end although the US military has already strength... Read More

East Asia/International Politics

Smoldering Tensions on the Korean Peninsula: Will 2017 see landmark changes?

Posted on March 30, 2017 by kumiko-ahr

On 6 March 2017 North Korea fired four missiles in the Japanese See; three landed in Japan’s EEZ 300... Read More

Asia/International Politics

Time to Rethink Defense Policies

Posted on November 20, 2016 by kumiko-ahr

The whole world has paid attention to the US presidential election. Although the major mass media co... Read More

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Kumiko Ahr
Kumiko Ahr

Ph.D in Political Science
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