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Nov 13, 2024
【#1198】China Renews Missiles Aimed at Japan
Maki Nakagawa ー On October 17, Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, who doubles as president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected a brigade of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force. At that time, he instructed the brigade to “strengthen training on new equipment, new skills, and .... ＜Read more＞
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Nov 13, 2024
【#1197】Prime Minister Ishiba Should Give Up on U.S. Visit
Takashi Arimoto ー Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba talked with Donald Trump over phone for 5 minutes, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for 12 minutes, and French President Emmanuel Macron for 25 minutes after Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election on November 5. Given that the talks were for conveying .... ＜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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【#1196】Switch to Tax Cut-Oriented Fiscal Policy as Urged by Voters
Hideo Tamura ー The ruling coalition’s crushing defeat in the October 27 House of Representatives election provided an opportunity to encourage the correction of Japan’s fiscal policy biased toward temporary lavish spending. This is because Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling Liberal Democratic Party is now in danger of

【#1195】How to Deal with U.N. Interference in Japan’s Internal Affairs?
Tsutomu Nishioka ー On October 29, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women said Japan’s Imperial House Act that limits the imperial throne to male-line males is incompatible with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and