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Jan 14, 2025
【#1214】Prime Minister Ishiba Should Learn from Abe
Takashi Arimoto ー Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is making arrangements to visit the United States for his first meeting with new U.S. President Donald Trump in the first half of February. When Ishiba sought to meet Trump soon after his victory in November, I opposed his possible visit in my “Speaking Out” essay, insisting that he should not .... ＜Read more＞
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Jan 14, 2025
【#1213】Ishiba’s Precarious Leaning towards Japan-China-S. Korea FTA
Masahiko Hosokawa ー The government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s pro-China stance has grown even more　precarious. It plans to invite Chinese Communist Party Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit Japan in February, when a trilateral meeting between Japanese, Chinese, and South Korean foreign ministers is also .... ＜Read more＞

Comprehensive Security Project: Analysis Article in Sankei Shimbun / JAPAN Forward
- Jan 14, 2025 ー On Jan. 14, the JAPAN Forward published an analysis article titled “China’s ICBM Progress Marks a New Phase in Nuclear Competition”. This article was already published in Japanese on Jan. 9 at Sankei Shimbun. “Comprehensive Security Project” to analyze regional situations through the use of satellite imagery as a new approach to security. The purpose of this project is to analyze information on changes in the security environment surrounding Japan using satellite images as one of the tools, so that every citizen can recognize threats to Japan in a tangible manner. Please see below for the details January 14, 2025 JAPAN Forward “Click image to read the article, online.”

Comprehensive Security Project: Analysis Article in Sankei Shimbun / JAPAN Forward
- Sep 17, 2024 ー In April of this year, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF) launched the “Comprehensive Security Project” to analyze regional situations through the use of satellite imagery as a new approach to security. The purpose of this project is to analyze information on changes in the security environment surrounding Japan using satellite images as one of the tools, so that every citizen can recognize threats to Japan in a tangible manner. On Sep 16, the JAPAN Forward published an analysis article titled “Chinese Naval Base Expansion Near Senkakus a New Concern”. This article was already published in Japanese on Aug.18 at Sankei Shimbun. Please see below for the details 　 […]

The Eleventh Kokkiken Japan Study Award
- Jun 11, 2024 ー The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals, JINF, established “Kokkiken Japan Study Award” in 2014, to encourage and honor outstanding works in the field of Japanese studies at home and abroad that contribute to the furthering of understanding of Japan in the areas of politics, national security, diplomacy, history, education and culture, among others. JINF has decided The Eleventh Kokkiken Japan Study Award recipients follows; Japan Study AwardJohn Mark Ramseyer Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies, at Harvard Law School 　 Ianfu Seidorei Setsu wo Harvard Daigaku Ramseyer Kyoju ga Kanzen Ronpa (Heart Shuppan, 2023) ― English translation: [Complete Refutation by Prof Ramseyer] Japan Study Special AwardTei Taikin Professor Emeritus. Tokyo […]

Obituary James E. Auer by Yasushi Tomiyama, JINF
- Jun 03, 2024 ー

Passing of Dr. Takubo
- Jan 12, 2024 ー

Obituary James E. Auer

Passing of Dr. Takubo

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【#1212】South Korean Conspiracy Theorists Blocking Free Unification
Tsutomu Nishioka ー The Korean Peninsula as the subject of my research underwent drastic upheavals last year. North Korea’s third hereditary dictator Kim Jong Un at a plenary meeting of the Workers’ Party Central Committee in December 2023 and the Supreme People’s Assembly (National Assembly) in January 2024 declared that

【#1211】Worrying about Ishiba’s Policy of Wooing China
Yoshiko Sakurai ー Although in different directions, both the United States and China are seeking to fundamentally transform the postwar international order. In 2025, the world will naturally experience big changes more clearly. While Chinese President Xi Jinping aims to revive the Chinese Empire, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump