Birds of a feather do fall out sometimes

While the diplomatic feud between Saudi Arabia and Canada is getting uglier, its news coverage in Tokyo has been relatively small. An AFP-Jiji article...

Kuni Miyake

8 13.08.2018

Strike while the iron is hot

Two months have passed since the top leaders of the United States and North Korea met in Singapore. Some Korea hands in Tokyo were so optimistic...

Kuni Miyake

1 08.08.2018

The mother of all wars

When was the last time American presidents sounded much more refined, mature and sophisticated? The reality in 2018 seems to be further deteriorating....

Kuni Miyake

4 30.07.2018

Why do you keep silent, Mr. Xi?

Dear President Xi Jinping, I hope this letter finds your excellency well. It has been a while since you last talked about a trade war with the United...

Kuni Miyake

6 23.07.2018

America’s narcissistic national disorder

Donald Trump’s visit to Europe over the past week was phenomenal, to say the least. The U.S. president not only ridiculed the German chancellor...

Kuni Miyake

5 17.07.2018

Stop the stupid trade game of chicken!

The trade war between the United States and China has finally begun. Before July 6, easygoing economists in Tokyo (and elsewhere) predicted that the...

Kuni Miyake

10 09.07.2018

The empires strike back

Last week Turkey chose Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his coalition as the nation’s newly empowered president and the majority block in its weakened...

Kuni Miyake

10 02.07.2018

Who is making China great again?

Last week, a major Tokyo-based international securities firm contacted and requested for me to talk, in front of dozens of their most valuable...

Kuni Miyake

10 25.06.2018

Beginning of the end to the 1953 regime?

I am neither a prophet nor a fortune teller in international relations. Nonetheless, I just cannot but feel something ominous about the future of...

Kuni Miyake

10 18.06.2018

It’s still not too late to walk out, Mr. Trump

Tokyo held its breath when U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un finally met Tuesday in Singapore and discussed the issue of...

Kuni Miyake

10 13.06.2018

The ‘Indo-Pacific’ is nothing new

I was finishing up this column in the middle of a symposium held in Tokyo this week. The event, titled “Democracies and Alliances in the...

Kuni Miyake

20 04.06.2018

A letter to President Moon Jae-in

Dear President Moon, Allow me to write to you out of the blue. The news about your excellency’s second encounter with your friend Mr. Kim Jong Un on...

Kuni Miyake

20 28.05.2018

Is history rhyming in East Asia?

Three days of intensive trade talks between the United States and China last week did not solve the hard-core issues. Although Secretary of Treasury...