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Topic:  Xi diplomacy: Alternating pressure with smiles By:  Hiroyuki Sugiyama / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Writer Publish Date:  20 December 2017 Published on :  The Japan News Xi diplomacy: Alternating pressure with smiles By Hiroyuki Sugiyama / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Writer Entering his second term of leadership after October’s National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Chinese President Xi Jinping is rolling out a “smiling” approach to international relations, meaning Xi’s methods to make China a “strong country” are not solely focused on the use of force. Depending on the situation, his approach also uses “Art of War”-style diplomatic techniques such as increasing and decreasing pressure to gain the desired results without resorting to armed conflict. ‘Generosity’ Xi has the authority to move all his military and civil officials with a word. The state of Chinese politics after the National Congress evokes memories of China’s dynas...

Topic:  Female presidents fade from Latin America By:  Caroline Stauffer and Mitra Taj / Reuters Publish Date:  22 December 2017 Published on :  The Japan News Female presidents fade from Latin America By Caroline Stauffer and Mitra Taj / Reuters SANTIAGO — When Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet leaves office in March, it will mark the end of a generation of women leaders in Latin America, leaving the region without a female head of state as it shifts to the right politically. At the start of this decade, women held the top jobs in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Chile, collectively representing about 40 percent of the population in a region better known for its machismo. But conservative Sebastian Pinera’s victory in the second round of Chile’s presidential election on Sunday drew that period to a close. Bachelet was the first of her female counterparts to rise to power in a leftist tide that swept South America during a commodities-...

Topic:  Take steps to strengthen security cooperation with ‘quasi-ally’ Britain By:  The Yomiuri Shimbun EDITORIAL Publish Date:  19 December 2017 Published on :  The Japan News Take steps to strengthen security cooperation with ‘quasi-ally’ Britain The Yomiuri Shimbun With the Japan-U.S. alliance set as a cornerstone, it is essential to promote multifaceted security cooperation with a friendly nation nearly on a par with the United States. The Japanese and British governments have held a meeting of their foreign and defense ministers in London, known as two-plus-two talks. The latest meeting, the third of its kind to take place between the two countries, follows similar talks in January last year. A joint statement issued at the talks clearly stated efforts will be made to reinforce technical cooperation on defense equipment, and joint exercises. It also stressed that the two nations will “never recognize a nuclear-armed North Kore...

Topic:  Reconsider current laws to protect children from harm involving selfies By:  The Yomiuri Shimbun EDITORIAL Publish Date:  Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Published on :  The Japan News Reconsider current laws to protect children from harm involving selfies The Yomiuri Shimbun If children take nude photos of themselves and send them by email or other means, a “selfie” of this kind could cause them irreparable harm. Pertinent regulations must be reinforced. The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly have passed proposals to revise their respective ordinances, aiming to prevent abuse of children involving selfies. The revised ordinances are designed to ban requests for children under the age of 18 to send explicit photos and videos. They also include penalties. The Tokyo metropolitan government will put the new ordinance into effect in February, and the Hyogo prefectural government will do so in April. The current...

Topic:  Emphasizing strength, U.S. security strategy warns against China, Russia By:  The Yomiuri Shimbun EDITORIAL Publish Date:  Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Published on :  The Japan News Emphasizing strength, U.S. security strategy warns against China, Russia The Yomiuri Shimbun To counter China and Russia, both of which are attempting to coercively reshape the post-war international order, the United States will reinforce its military power and strengthen ties with its allies, thus promoting peace and stability. It is significant that such a pertinent strategy has been clearly presented. The U.S. administration under President Donald Trump unveiled its National Security Strategy. It will serve as the basic principle for the administration’s foreign and security policies. It is said to be the first time for the security strategy to have been formulated by any administration in its first year in the White House. It is expected to bring ...

Trump plays echo of Reagan’s game on trade and tax policies By Caroline Freund / Bloomberg Topic:  Trump plays echo of Reagan’s game on trade and tax policies Writter:  Caroline Freund Publish Date:  Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Published on :  The Japan News Trump plays echo of Reagan’s game on trade and tax policies By Caroline Freund / Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s attacks on trade agreements are generally depicted as a departure from mainstream Republican orthodoxy over many decades. The party’s leadership in Congress still embraces free trade. Most GOP members have favored nearly all the recent trade accords, going back to the North American Free Trade Agreement of the early 1990s — a deal negotiated by President George H.W. Bush. But the idea that Republicans in the modern era have always practiced free trade is a myth. As president, Ronald Reagan claimed to be a free trader. But he also denounced imports as harmful to U.S. industry....