Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2021.09.29 (Wed)

【#835】Discussions on Children’s Agency Lack Logic of Education

September 27, 2021 　 The ruling Japanese Liberal Democratic Party is preparing for establishing a Children’s Agency and a basic children law. A panel of experts created by the government will compil...

2020.01.16 (Thu)

【#647】Futility of Denying Disciplined Parenting to Ban Corporal Punishment

January 14, 2020 　 Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare released a draft guideline on corporal punishment on December 3 before the revised Child Abuse Prevention Act takes effect in April. ...

2019.03.06 (Wed)

【#576(Special)】Needing Specialists and Parent Education to Prevent Child Abuse

March 4, 2019 　　　　　The fatal abuse of a fourth grader girl by her parents in Chiba Prefecture has prompted the government and ruling parties to ban corporal punishment in a bill to be submitted to...

2017.11.02 (Thu)

【#478(Special)】Japan Working as One Prevents UNESCO’s Comfort Women Inscription

October 30, 2017 　　　　　The International Advisory Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its meeting in October in Paris decided to shelve the inscript...

2017.10.19 (Thu)

【#475】Japan Should Exit UNESCO Depending on Comfort Women Inscription

October 16, 2017 　　　　　On October 12, the U.S. government announced it would withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The announcement came in protest to ...

2017.09.21 (Thu)

【#468】UNESCO’s Raison D’etre Called into Question over Comfort Women Issue

September 19, 2017 　　　　　The UNESCO International Advisory Committee might have been recommended by the Register Subcommittee to accept the inscription of a set of documents titled “Voices of the ‘...

2017.06.29 (Thu)

【#448(Special)】Double Standard of UNESCO’s Memory of World Register

June 27, 2017 　　　　　The Asahi Shimbun newspaper carried a major story headlined “UNESCO to Exclude Some ‘Political Nominations’ for Inscription on ‘Memory of World’ Register” on June 24, reporting ...

2016.10.06 (Thu)

【#400】Problematic Remark by UNESCO Official on Comfort Women

October 3, 2016 　　　　　On September 9, a meeting took place at the Korean YMCA in Japan in Tokyo’s Chiyoda ward aiming at the inscription of documents on comfort women for the wartime Japanese Imper...

2016.08.15 (Mon)

【#391(Special)】Questionable “Comfort Women” Records Presented for UNESCO Inscription

August 5, 2016 　　　　　Excerpts of a joint application for the inscription of documents on comfort women for the wartime Japanese Imperial Army on the UNESCO Memory of the World list were released on...

2015.10.20 (Tue)

【#332】Japan Should Urgently Organize Team to Deal with UNESCO Problem

October 19, 2015 　　　　　At its October 4-6 meeting in Abu Dhabi, the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) International Advisory Committee decided to inscribe ...