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Nov 29, 2022
【#988】Defense Bonds are Stable Resources for Defense Buildup
Hideo Tamura ー The biggest focus of attention regarding the government’s formulation of a fiscal 2023 budget late this year is how to secure financial resources for Japan’s defense buildup. Priority should be given to a debate whether to issue defense government bonds as proposed by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The .... ＜Read more＞
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Nov 24, 2022
【#987】Make No Easy Concession over Wartime Korean Workers in Japan
Tsutomu Nishioka ー On November 13, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held his first official meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Phnom Penh. South Korean government officials said although the Japanese and South Korean leaders discussed no specifics about the issue of wartime Korean workers in Japan, the .... ＜Read more＞

To Prime Minister Kishida: Inherit the will of Shinzo Abe
- Aug 10, 2022 ー Japan Institute for National Fundamental (JINF) placed an advocacy ad proposing Prime Minister Kishida inherit the will of Shinzo Abe in three major national dailies, Nikkei, Sankei and Yomiuri, on Wednesday, August 10. Below is a translation of the ad. 　 To Prime Minister Kishida: Inherit the will of Shinzo Abe The passing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left a big hole in Japanese society. This is because Prime Minister Fumio Kishida does not seem to have grit to move on by inheriting the will of Mr. Abe. We remember that Mr. Abe resolutely called on the country to make a break with the “postwar regime” and that […]

The Ninth Kokkiken Japan Study Award :Ceremony and commemorative lecture
- Jul 14, 2022 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

The Ninth Kokkiken Japan Study Award
- Jun 15, 2022 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 Ninth Kokkiken Japan Study Award recpients follows; Japan Study AwardEwa Pałasz-Rutkowska PhD, Professor, University of Warsaw 　 Historia stosunków polsko-japońskich, vol. I:1904-1945 (sairyusha,2019), Historia stosunków polsko-japońskich, vol. II: 1945-2019 (sairyusha,2021) ―Engrish translation: [ The History of Polish-Japanese Relations] Japan Study Special AwardJason Morgan PhD, Associate Professor at Reitaku University 　 LAW AND SOCIETY […]

“The Situation in Ukraine from the Polish Perspective”
- Mar 04, 2022 ー At the beginning of his speech, he introduced a news report that the Russian military invasion of Ukraine has reached the nuclear power plants. The geopolitical environment of Poland: Poland is a NATO member country bordered by Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

Prime Minister Kishida must make a major change in Japan’s national defense policy
- Mar 04, 2022 ー We placed an advocacy ad demanding on Prime Minister Kishida to make a major change in Japan’s national defense policy in three major national dailies, Nikkei, Sankei and Yomiuri, on Friday, March 4.

To Prime Minister Kishida: Inherit the will of Shinzo Abe

advocacy ad

The 9th "Kokkiken Japan Study Award"

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【#986】Don’t Be Deceived by China’s Smiling Diplomacy
Takashi Arimoto ー In a photo session for the first Japan-China summit in three years that took place in Bangkok on November 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping kept smiling when shaking hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. In stark contrast, Xi looked grumpy in 2014 at his meeting with then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo

【#985】U.S. May Toughen China Policy under House Republican Leadership
Yoichi Shimada ー The Republican Party won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives through midterm elections earlier this month, meaning that Republicans will occupy the House speaker post and all House committee chairs to take leadership in the House from next January.