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Oct 17, 2024
【#1191】Will Ishiba Address Historical Awareness Issue?
Tsutomu Nishioka ー The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF) has repeatedly published policy proposals to ask the government to address the historical awareness issue. In response, the Shinzo Abe administration established a system for the Office of the Assistant Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office to .... ＜Read more＞
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Oct 17, 2024
【#1190】Is Ishiba’s Emphasis on Ending Deflation Merely on the Surface?
Hideo Tamura ー Following his victory in the recent Liberal Democratic Party leader election, Shigeru Ishiba, who had been known for his anti-Abenomics stance, advocated a “breakaway from deflation” and immediately dissolved the House of Representatives as prime minister for a general election. Ishiba should prove after the general .... ＜Read more＞

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

Japan-India International Symposium: Japan-U.S.-India Relations in a Turbulent World
- Jul 25, 2023 ー On July 12, 2023, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF) hosted the Japan-India International Symposium at Iino Hall in Tokyo.

Obituary James E. Auer

Passing of Dr. Takubo

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【#1189】Reasons for Opposing Pyongyang Liaison Office Plan
Tsutomu Nishioka ー The association of families of victims abducted by North Korea, chaired by Takuya Yokota, a brother of abductee Megumi Yokota, and its supporting organization led by me have opposed a proposal to establish liaison offices in Pyongyang and Tokyo, which Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba advocated during the

【#1188】Military Geek Unfamiliar with National Security
Hiroshi Yuasa ー The idea of an “Asian NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)” that new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had touted during the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leader election campaigns disappeared three days after he became prime minister. In his policy speech on October 4 at the National Diet, he simply sealed off