Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2023.10.26 (Thu)

【#1084】Government Should Do Its Best to Rescue Japanese Arrested in China

October 23, 2023 　 A male executive in his 50s at a major Japanese pharmaceutical company who had been detained by Chinese authorities in Beijing since March on suspicion of “espionage” was formally...

2021.03.18 (Thu)

【#773】Chinese Minister’s Extraordinary Press Conference

March 15, 2021 　 The National People’s Congress of China attracted attention by passing legislation to revise Hong Kong’s electoral system before it closed on March 11. The legislation to exclude ...

2020.11.11 (Wed)

【#736】U.S. and Chinese Political Chaos: A Trial for Japan

November 9, 2020 　 On November 7, former U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declared his victory in the presidential election. While the United States is likely to...

2020.11.04 (Wed)

【#734】China in “Quasi-War” with Taiwan

November 2, 2020 　 Taiwanese President Tsai Ingwen instructed the defense and foreign ministers and other senior administration officials at a meeting of the National Security Council on October 31 ...

2020.04.01 (Wed)

【#668(Special)】Don’t Believe What China Says

April 1, 2020 　 The new coronavirus originating from China’s Wuhan is wreaking havoc throughout the world. At the end of March, the number of coronavirus deaths in Italy surpassed 10,000. In the Uni...

2020.02.05 (Wed)

【#654】China Keeps Bullying Taiwan even amid Disaster

February 3, 2020 　 A novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic originating from the central Chinese city of Wuhan is spreading fast. As the epidemic has expanded within China, multiple cities have effect...

2019.11.06 (Wed)

【#631】Implications of BRI’s Disappearance from Chinese Party Communique

November 5, 2019 　 On October 31, the Chinese Communist Party concluded the fourth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee and released a 6,000-letter communique spelling out future domestic a...

2018.08.13 (Mon)

【#535】Changes Signaled in Xi Jinping Regime

August 13, 2018 　　　　　Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Communist Party top leaders started an important meeting with influential party elders including former Presidents Jiang Zemin and Hu Ji...

2018.07.26 (Thu)

【#530】China’s Unacceptable Guilty Sentences for Japanese Citizens

July 23, 2018 　　　　　Courts in China’s Liaoning and Zhejiang provinces sentenced two Japanese citizens to 12 and five years in prison respectively in July after they were seized for alleged spying i...

2018.03.08 (Thu)

【#499】Anachronistic Constitutional Amendment in China

March 5, 2018 　　　　　Yuan Shikai, who assumed the presidency of the Republic of China in October 1913, began to hope to become an emperor to enhance his power. As he leaked his hope to aides, state-...