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Sep 21, 2023
【#1072】Welcoming Foreign Minister Kamikawa and Defense Minister Kihara
Takashi Arimoto ー Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s newly reshuffled cabinet has a lineup that lacks freshness due to the selection of many hopefuls on a “waiting list” for cabinet ministers recommended by factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. However, Kishida’s selection of Yoko Kamikawa as foreign minister and Minoru .... ＜Read more＞
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Sep 14, 2023
【#1071】Symposium Held in Seoul to Deny Coercion of Comfort Women
Tsutomu Nishioka ー On September 5, scholars and activists from Japan and South Korea who reject the theory of the coercive recruitment of comfort women as sex slaves held a joint symposium in Seoul. This was the first joint symposium held in South Korea from this particular position. Banners depicting large national flags of both countries .... ＜Read more＞

Japan-India International Symposium: Japan-U.S.-India Relations in a Turbulent World
- Jul 25, 2023 ー On July 12, 2023, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF) hosted the Japan-India International Symposium at Iino Hall in Tokyo.

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.

To Prime Minister Kishida: Inherit the will of Shinzo Abe

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The 9th "Kokkiken Japan Study Award"

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【#1070】Draft Emergency Clauses to Amend Constitution at Autumn Diet Session
Akira Momochi ー Since the presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party two years ago, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has reiterated his pledge to amend the constitution during his term as LDP president. His first term will be over in one year at the end of September 2024. If the constitution is to be amended by September

【#1069】China-Russia-NK Collaboration Exposes Flaws in Japan’s Security Strategy
Kunio Orita ー Japan’s National Security Strategy, approved by the cabinet in December last year, can be regarded as an excellent one because it emphasizes the perspective of securing national security by comprehensive national power. Unfortunately, however, it has two flaws.