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Oct 16, 2019
【#627】A Day When Japan Could Become “Asian Kurds”
Hiroshi Yuasa ー Hadn’t the Kurds been a U.S. ally that would stand or fall together with U.S. forces in fighting against the cruel Islamic State terrorist group? The recent U.S. decision to withdraw its forces from Syria amounts to the betrayal of Kurds, indicating that the U.S. Trump administration could abandon any important ally .... ＜Read more＞
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Oct 09, 2019
【#626(Special)】Korean Civilization’s Counterattack on Totalitarian Power
Tsutomu Nishioka ー On October 3 marking South Korea’s Gaecheonjeol National Foundation Day, 500,000 citizens rallied in Seoul calling for the resignation of President Moon Jae In and the arrest of Justice Minister Cho Kuk. In the largest rally in South Korean history, demonstrators carrying national flags of South Korea Taegukgi and .... ＜Read more＞

The Sixth Kokkiken Japan Study Award
- Jul 16, 2019 ー JINF (Japan Institute for National Fundamentals) has decided the Sixth Kokkiken Japan Study Awardees as follows；

Japan-U.S.-Taiwan Trilateral Dialogue
- Dec 21, 2018 ー The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF) organized a Japan-U.S.-Taiwan Trilateral Dialogue on 21 December with think-tank researchers from Taiwan and U.S.

“Forced labor” Is Misleading
- Nov 30, 2018 ー The Japan Times carried an editor’s note in its November 30th issue to inform readers of a change over terms used to refer to wartime Korean workers in Japan.

“U.S.-China Clash and Japan’s Preparedness” by JINF Symposium
- Nov 28, 2018 ー The annual 11th symposium for members of Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF), organized by JINF, was held on 23 November 2018 at the Hotel New Ohtani in Tokyo.

[Our Proposal] What is wrongly referred to as “requisitioned” and or “compulsorily recruited” laborers (from the Korean Peninsula in the wartime past) should be correctly called “wartime Korean workers”
- Nov 14, 2018 ー [Our Proposal] What is wrongly referred to as “requisitioned” and or “compulsorily recruited” laborers (from the Korean Peninsula in the wartime past) should be correctly called “wartime Korean workers” [An account in detail] The processes of Japan’s wartime labor mobilization on the Korean Peninsula during World War II were categorized into three types, depending on when the mobilization was implemented: recruitment by private-sector companies on their own; employment by private companies through the good offices of the government; and “requisition” through the application of theNational Requisition Ordinance, an imperial edict that was in effect nationwide in the closing phase of the war. Irrespective of these categories, Koreans were all employed […]

The Sixth "Kokkiken Japan Study Award"

What is wrongly referred to as “requisitioned” and or “compulsorily recruited” laborers (from the Korean Peninsula in the wartime past) should be correctly called “wartime Korean workers”

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【#625(Special)】Mainstream U.S. Media Adding Fuel to “Cold Civil War”
Yoichi Shimada ー Popular U.S. talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has described the present U.S. political situation as a “cold civil war.” The description indicates that camps that support and oppose President Donald Trump are escalating their zero-sum game struggle with no constructive debate being made.

【#624】U.S. Real lntention: Let Japan Defend Itself
Fumio Ota ー On October 2, North Korea test-fired a “Pukguksong-3” submarine-launched ballistic missile from waters off Wonsan on its eastern coast. The SLBM was launched at a lofted orbit and dropped into Japan’s exclusive economic zone. The missile, if launched into a usual orbit, could fly over up to 2,500