Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2024.04.18 (Thu)

【#1140】Ruling Party’s Defeat to Increase Difficulties for S. Korean Government

April 15, 2024 　 On April 10, a National Assembly election took place in South Korea. The National Assembly is a unicameral legislature with 300 seats. The term of office for lawmakers is four years...

2024.04.03 (Wed)

【#1133】Japan Should Not Compromise Principles in Response to N. Korean Pressure

April 1, 2024 　 The North Korean regime of Kim Jong Un has suddenly hardened its stance toward Japan. While Japan’s Fumio Kishida administration has merely reiterated its long-standing principles, s...

2024.03.13 (Wed)

【#1128】Is Kishida Likely to Visit North Korea?

March 11, 2024 　 In this column on February 19, I wrote, “(Japanese Prime Minister Fumio) Kishida may visit North Korea soon.” My comment was in reaction to a statement by North Korea’s de facto No....

2024.02.28 (Wed)

【#1122】Reality of the Rule of Law in South Korea: President Yoon’s Sin

February 26, 2024 　 South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and the ruling People Power Party’s leader and Emergency Committee Chairman Han Dong Hoon have original sins. Both had been special investiga...

2024.02.21 (Wed)

【#1120】Separation of Abduction from Nuclear Issue Has Moved Pyongyang

February 19, 2024 　 “The day of the prime minister’s Pyongyang visit might come,” said North Korea’s de facto No.2 Kim Yo Jong in a statement on February 15, referring to Japanese Prime Minister Fum...

2024.02.01 (Thu)

【#1113】Pyongyang’s Policy Shift Stems from People’s Longing for South

January 29, 2024 　 A major policy shift is taking place in Pyongyang. South Korea is not part of the same nation to be reunified, but an enemy country to be conquered by war, according to North Kore...

2023.12.26 (Tue)

【#1100】Why Not Face up to N. Korean Nuclear Threats?

December 25, 2023 　 On December 18, North Korea conducted a launch drill of a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile. The solid-fuel ICBM was test-fired in April and July. As I have repeatedl...

2023.11.15 (Wed)

【#1091】We must not run from the struggle to constitutionalize SDF

November 13, 2023 　 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has repeatedly vowed to amend the constitution during his term. His term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ends in September next y...

2023.11.01 (Wed)

【#1088】Two Meanings of Ruling on “Comfort Women of the Empire”

October 30, 2023 　 On October 26, the South Korean Supreme Court reversed a second trial ruling that had fined Park Yu Ha, a professor emeritus at Sejong University, 10 million won (about $7,400) in...

2023.10.19 (Thu)

【#1081】Why Now Is Time to Dissolve Unification Church?

October 16, 2023 　 The Japanese government has requested the Tokyo District Court to order the dissolution of the former Unification Church. In this column dated October 31, 2022, I as an evangelica...