Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

International situation around Japan, India, US, and PRC
- Oct 19, 2017 ー 　Professor Brahma Chellaney 　　　　　Professor Brahma Chellaney of Indian private think-tank, Policy Research Center, met and talked to planning committee member, including the President of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals, Ms. Yoshiko Sakurai, about “International situation around Japan, India, US, and PRC” on October 11, at the Kazan Kaikan of Kasumigaseki in Tokyo. 　　　　　Professor Chellaney, India's leading strategic research expert, who served as an advisor to the National Security Council of India and a member of the Foreign Minister's policy advisory group, was invited to the symposium organized by the Japan Institute for International Affairs. 　　　　　Reviewing the political situation in Japan, the professor said, the domestic politics after the general […]

The articles written by Tomiyama were published in “Journal of Indian Ocean Studies”
- Oct 10, 2017 ー “Journal of Indian Ocean Studies,” a triannual journal of the Society for Indian Ocean Studies in New Delhi, published articles written by Mr. Yasushi Tomiyama, a planning committee member and senior fellow of the JINF, in its consecutive April and August issues of 2017. The article for the April issue, titled “Japan-India Cooperation Facing Challenges from U.S. and China” examines prospect and possible limitations of Japan-India strategic cooperation facing severe international environment represented by increasingly hegemonic China and the inauguration of unpredictable U.S. administration. (Click here for the draft text of the April article.) The August article, titled “Are U.S. and China Heading for Strategic Rivalry?” analyzes that the United […]

“China’s Proliferation Network Helps North Korea, Pakistan and Iran Becomes Nuclear Missile Powers”
- Jul 28, 2017 ー 　Mr. Richard D. Fisher Jr. 　　　　　On July 25 2017, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF) held the planning committee, when Mr. R. D. Fisher, Senior Fellow, International Assessment and Strategy Center, gave a briefing as a guest speaker and discussed with committee members about the issue that China’s Proliferation Network helps North Korea, Pakistan and Iran to become Nuclear Missile Powers. Mr. Fisher is the author of "China's Military Modernization: Building for Regional and Global Reach" (Praeger, 2008). 　　　　　He explained at first the actual situation which China’s military technology has spread out and linked with some states like North Korea, Pakistan, or Iran. His idea was based on the picture […]

The Fourth Kokkiken Japan Study Award
- Jun 29, 2017 ー JINF(Japan Institute for National Fundamentals) has decided the Fourth Kokkiken Japan Study Awardees. The Japan Study Award : June Teufel Dreyer,Professor at the University of Miami The Japan Study Special Award : Henry Scott Stokes,Former NY Times Tokyo Bureau Chief Click here for Details

“38 North; Watching the Korean Peninsula from US”
- Jun 02, 2017 ー Ms. Jenny Town, the assistant director of the US-Korea Institute (USKI) at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), exchanged opinions with planning committee members and others including the JINF President Ms. Yoshiko Sakurai on June 1st.