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Jan 19, 2022
【#875】Japan Should Make Fact-based Rebuttal to S. Korea over Sado Goldmines
Tsutomu Nishioka ー On December 28 last year, the Council for Cultural Affairs, an advisory panel to the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, selected a goldmine site on the island of Sado, Niigata Prefecture, as a candidate for World Heritage designation by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. But the .... ＜Read more＞
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Jan 19, 2022
【#874】Ukraine Crisis Could Affect Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements
Yasushi Tomiyama ー As tensions continue between Russia and Western countries over Ukraine, we must not overlook the fact that Russian demands to the United States include some measures that could threaten Japan’s national security. While the U.S. Biden administration is unlikely to accept everything the Russians demand, Japan need to .... ＜Read more＞

An article written by Tomiyama was published in “Journal of Indian Ocean Studies”
- Aug 04, 2021 ー The Journal of Indian Ocean Studies published an article written by Yasushi Tomiyama, Research Fellow and Planning Committee Member of the JINF, in its May-August 2021 issue. Mr. Tomiyama argued that the quadrilateral security dialogue, or the Quad, among the four Indo-Pacific democracies --- Australia, India, Japan and the United States --- has been evolving into a security institution by holding its first-ever leaders’ summit online in March 2021. Whether the four countries will deepen military and defense cooperation in the years ahead might largely depend on China’s behaviors. However, it is almost impossible for the Quad to become a military alliance like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization not least […]

The Eighth Kokkiken Japan Study Award :Ceremony and commemorative lecture
- Jul 13, 2021 ー JINF (Japan Institute for National Fundamentals) has held the Eighth Kokkiken Japan Study Award ceremony and commemorative lecture at Iino Hall in Tokyo. Awardees as follows； ◆ Click here for details. Japan Study Special AwardLee Woo Young former Research committee member at the Naksungdae Institute of Economic Research 　 Achievement in translating the book titled “Decchiage no Choyoko Mondai (A Complete Fabrication: The Issue of Wartime Requisitioned Workers)” by Tsutomu Nishioka into Korean.

The 8th Kokkiken Japan Study Award
- Jul 02, 2021 ー JINF has decided the 8th Kokkiken Japan Study Award recpients

JINF Special Roundtable “Is America declining?” -Discussion with Paul Kennedy-
- Mar 18, 2021 ー On Tuesday, March 9, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals invited Dr. Paul Kennedy, professor of history at Yale University to participate in an online discussion.

“The Direction of Suga Administration” by JINF Annual Symposium
- Nov 06, 2020 ー The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF) held the annual 13th symposium for its members on 3 November 2020 at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo. The symposium title was “The Direction of Suga Administration, The Options Japan Should Take”.

The 8th "Kokkiken Japan Study Award"

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【#873】Japan Should Be Serious about Developing Arrangements to Protect People
Kiyofumi Iwata ー Last October, the Taiwanese defense minister indicated China could be ready to mount a full-scale invasion of Taiwan by 2025. Last June, the U.S. Indo-Pacific commander told the Senate Armed Services Committee that China would become capable of invading Taiwan in or after 2027. Given these remarks, a China-

【#872】Looming Global Comeback to Nuclear Energy
Tadashi Narabayashi ー More than 40 countries agreed to phase out coal power generation at the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP26, in Glasgow last year, but nearly 200 coal-fired power plants are under construction in China and Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, natural gas and crude