Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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.

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.