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Aug 05, 2021
【#817】Japan Should Turn around Coronavirus Countermeasures
Hisashi Matsumoto ー Wuhan virus infections are increasing again in Japan. Some critics attribute the increase to the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Given the absence of spectators and the prohibition on contacts between Olympic participants and the general public, however, such attribution seems groundless. As known well, the .... ＜Read more＞
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Jul 26, 2021
【#816】Japan Should Fight with U.S. as an Ally
James Auer ー I worked for the U.S. Department of Defense as a naval officer and a civilian for 25 years, from 1963 to 1988. By chance my time in the government was approximately the same as the last 25 years of the Cold War. Especially from 1975 to 1985 I worried very strongly about the large number of conventional non-nuclear .... ＜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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【#815】Why Not Call China a Threat?
Fumio Ota ー On July 13, Japan’s Ministry of Defense released its annual white paper for 2021. “Chinese military trends have become a matter of grave concern to the region including Japan and the international community,” it says. But the white paper notes that North Korean military trends “pose grave and imminent threats to

【#814】Would Japan Refrain from Export Controls Linked to Human Rights Abuse?
Masahiko Hosokawa ー Western countries are toughening trade regulations in light of human rights abuse in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. The United States has banned the import of cotton products, tomato products, solar panel components that use raw materials from Xinjiang. The U.S.