All posts by Takeo HARADA

About Takeo HARADA

CEO and Represenrative, Institute for International Strategy and Information Analysis, Inc. (IISIA) Former career diplomat (specialist for Germany, European affairs and DPRK) Author of various books on financial capitalism, information literacy, risk scenario making, and Japan

Chinese Charm Offensive.

The most significant principle of diplomacy is a mixture of both “good” and “bad” cops. To lead a negotiation effectively, we must pretend as if we got angry on the…

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Where is Chinese Restaurant?

While this year’s summer still remains in Tokyo, I’ve just flown to Europe so as to see what’s going on there. Before the previous outbreak of COVID-19, I used to…

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Agree to Disagree.

We are in the midst of a transformation process in the entire global community. All the political leaders from all over the world pretend as if they get together to…

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Japan and the Rest of the World

Recently, one of my mentors kindly told me that the global community including Japan has just got started to change itself dramatically. “There were three steps in this regard”, he…

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What, If He’s Still Alive?

Yevgeny Prigozhin is said to be dead. According to media reports, the aircraft, with which he flew near Moscow, was obviously shot down militarily. Because Vladimir Putin, President of the…

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“Vivant” and a True Story on VIP Dignitary Protection in Japan.

Every Sunday, I really love to watch a new TV drama series entitled “Vivant”. The drama describes a story on the legendary “Beppan” (special covert entity) of the Japanese Self-defense…

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The House of Obuchi.

Ahead of the then G8 summit meeting in Cologne, I was given an opportunity to do a short briefing on local situation to Ms. Obuchi, the first lady of Japan,…

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Three Ladies in Taiwan.

Taro Aso, the most powerful politician belonging to the Japanese LDP, is about to pay a visit to Taiwan from 7th August, 2023. According to relevant media reports, he seems…

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My Appearance in TVP.

Last week, a friend of mine working in the TVP (Poland) kindly offered me to show up in its talk show on global affairs. Although her offer came to me…

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On Kishida’s Intention to Visit Pyongyang.

Recently, even German mass media picked up the alleged intention of Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan, to visit Pyongyang. The reports slightly touched upon some related facts his “shadow…

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