Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2024.04.10 (Wed)

【#1134】Recover the Lost 4 Months

April 8, 2024 　 Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has punished 39 of its National Diet members in connection with a Political Funds Control Act violation scandal. While Prime Minister and LDP ...

2024.03.27 (Wed)

【#1130】No Reelection without Constitutional Amendment

March 25, 2024 　 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has repeatedly said that he will pursue constitutional amendment before his term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ends in Se...

2024.03.05 (Tue)

【#1124】Kishida Should Complete Dissolution of LDP Factions

March 4, 2024 　 The governance of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has been dysfunctional. In order to make a breakthrough in a dispute between ruling and opposition parties over who to at...

2024.02.07 (Wed)

【#1115】Abe Faction Disbandment Reflects Heavenly Voice

February 5, 2024 　 The largest faction within Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party was destined to be disbanded. This is because the Abe faction, officially known as the Seiwa Policy Study Group,...

2024.01.24 (Wed)

【#1108】Eliminate Harm of Factions and Head for Constitutional Amendment

January 22, 2024 　 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has announced to dissolve a major LDP faction that he had led. In response, the larges...

2024.01.17 (Wed)

【#1105】Japan Should Be Prepared to Fight While Welcoming Lai’s Victory

January 15, 2024 　 It is delightful that Lai Chingte of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, who is pro-American and pro-Japanese and distances himself from China, won the presidential election th...

2023.11.22 (Wed)

【#1092】Japan Needs Countermeasures to Resolve Outstanding Issues with China

November 20, 2023 　 At their first meeting in a year, the top Japanese and Chinese leaders, though reaffirming the comprehensive promotion of a “mutually beneficial relationship based on common stra...

2023.11.01 (Wed)

【#1086】Does Kishida Have a Passion?

October 30, 2023 　 Is this the beginning of the end of the Kishida administration? Hiroshige Seko, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Councillors, has openly qu...

2023.10.19 (Thu)

【#1079】Kishida May Be Disqualified as National Leader

October 16, 2023 　 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who fails to call terrorism “terrorism” may be disqualified as a national leader. There was a X (formerly Twitter) post by Kishida that led me to thin...

2023.10.12 (Thu)

【#1076】Kishida Should Implement Policies before Playing with Dissolution Card

October 10, 2023 　 “I have squarely faced challenges one by one, made decisions, and taken actions in the past two years,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters on October 3, a day before the ...