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Nov 26, 2024
【#1201】Ishiba’s Precarious Diplomatic Debut
Masahiko Hosokawa ー The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Group of 20 (G20) summit meetings had been supposed to be a showcase for new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s diplomatic debut. I would like to sum up his foreign debut from the following three perspectives: .... ＜Read more＞
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Nov 21, 2024
【#1200】Appreciate Trump’s Promised High Tariffs on Chinese Goods
Hideo Tamura ー While a high tariff policy that the second U.S. Trump administration is expected to introduce after its inauguration next January has been criticized as being likely to trigger global financial market turmoil, its positive aspects should be properly evaluated. .... ＜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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【#1199】Make Trump’s Victory an Opportunity to Resolve Abduction Issue
Tsutomu Nishioka ー The advent of the second Trump administration in the United States could be a chance for Japan to rescue abductees in North Korea. During his first presidential term, Donald Trump energetically tackled North Korea’s abduction of Japanese citizens. In a 2017 speech at the United Nations, he condemned North Korea for abducting

【#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