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Oct 09, 2024
【#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 .... ＜Read more＞
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Oct 09, 2024
【#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 .... ＜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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【#1187】SDF Ship’s Passage through Taiwan Strait Represents Step Forward
Seiji Kurosawa ー The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s destroyer Sazanami passed through the Taiwan Strait on September 25. It coordinated the passage with a Royal Australian Navy destroyer and a New Zealand Navy supply ship. As a Chinese military survey ship passed through Japan’s territorial waters in the Tokara Strait

【#1186】Ishiba Should Break Away from His Past Policies
Takashi Arimoto ー Even when I congratulate Shigeru Ishiba’s election as new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, I cannot but have serious doubts about his fitness as the leader of this country, judging from his past words and actions. Most of all, Ishiba had indicated that he would not rule out an unprecedented female-line