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Dec 01, 2021
【#859】Democracy Summit Deviates from Strategic Thinking
Yasushi Tomiyama ー Washington has released a list of countries invited to participate in a virtual democracy summit that U.S. President Joe Biden will host in early December. While including Taiwan, the list excludes many countries in Southeast Asia where the United States and China compete for expanding influence, as well as those in .... ＜Read more＞
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Dec 01, 2021
【#858】On Death of Former S. Korean President Chun Doo Hwan
Tsutomu Nishioka ー Former South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan died at the age of 90. The incumbent Moon Jae In administration did not hold a state funeral for Chun or provide government support for a family funeral, defying a legal provision that a former president can be given a state funeral. .... ＜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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【#857】Raising Questions About Hayashi’s “Friendly Diplomacy” with China
Takashi Arimoto ー Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi may still be conscious of the presidency of the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians’ Union that he resigned when assuming the foreign portfolio. At a time when a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony next February has become a focus of

【#856】Hoping for Vigorous Discussions on Deployment of U.S. Missiles in Japan
Fumio Ota ー On November 17, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, an advisory panel for the U.S. Congress, released its annual report. One of the report’s key points for Japan is a proposal for dialogue to explore U.S. partners’ “willingness to host U.S. intermediate-range forces.” The report also calls