Michael Penn

Michael Penn is President of the Shingetsu News Agency and author of the book Japan and the War on Terror

How Pro-Israel Sentiment took Hold in Japan’s Conservative Government

Tokyo (Special to Informed Comment) – The recent flareup of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has revealed the degree to which pro-Israel sentiment has crept into the views of Japan’s conservative government. The most overt indication of this trend became visible in the tweeting of State Minister for Defense Yasuhide Nakayama. He entered the fray on May […]