Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Feb 16, 2023 (Thu)

【#1012】Misgivings Felt about Biden’s State of Union Address

February 13, 2023 　 U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on February 7 provided misgivings to Japan that shares the Indo-Pacific strategy with the United States. Firstly, while talk...

Feb 16, 2023 (Thu)

【#1011】JCP Proves Different by Expelling Dissident Member

February 13, 2023 　 The Japanese Communist Party is shaking at an estimated intensity of 3 or 4 in the Japanese seismic scale of 0-7. We cannot take our eyes off the JCP plagued with aftershocks. Th...

Feb 14, 2023 (Tue)

【#1010】Don’t Distort Export Control Principle in Fear of China’s Reaction

February 9, 2023 　 I received many inquiries on my suggestion in this column on February 6 that Japan should identify China as the target of semiconductor export restrictions being planned under int...

Feb 09, 2023 (Thu)

【#1009】Japan Required to Prepare Law to Tackle Foreign Balloon Intrusion

February 6, 2023 　 A U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter shot down a Chinese reconnaissance balloon that flew across the continental United States. Japan has so far failed to enact any law to tackle foreign...

Feb 09, 2023 (Thu)

【#1008】On-the-Spot Survey Required to Protect Ecosystems on Senkakus

February 6, 2023 　 Facing the danger of Chinese invasion, Japan’s Senkaku Islands are kept under heavy guard by the Japan Coast Guard. However, the Japanese government does not allow anyone other th...

Feb 08, 2023 (Wed)

【#1007】Japan Commended for Utilizing Nuclear Energy

February 6, 2023 　 I participated in a symposium of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from January 30 through February 2. ISOE is a forum seeking to...

Feb 08, 2023 (Wed)

【#1006】Meet a New Export Control Age in Restricting Semiconductor to China

February 6, 2023 　 Japan and the Netherlands agreed in late January to join U.S. restrictions of high-end semiconductor exports to China, according to press reports. The Japanese government has refr...

Jan 31, 2023 (Tue)

【#1005】What Kishida Can Provide to Ukraine

January 30, 2023 　 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Ukraine. Kishida reportedly wants to visit Ukraine because he will chair this year’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshi...

Jan 25, 2023 (Wed)

【#1004】China Heading for a “Peaking Power Trap”

January 23, 2023 　 China’s population decreased last year for the first time in 61 years, eight years faster than anticipated by the United Nations World Population Prospects and the Chinese Academy...

Jan 25, 2023 (Wed)

【#1003】Japan Should Not Shoulder Unreasonable Responsibility

January 23, 2023 　 South Korea earlier this month announced a proposal for a government-affiliated foundation to pay compensation on behalf of two Japanese companies ordered by the South Korean Supr...