Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2024.04.10 (Wed)

【#1136】Don’t Turn a Blind Eye to Growing Reality of Nuclear Threats

April 8, 2024 　 When the United States intercepted top secret Russian communications around October 2022, there were frequent discussions about the use of nuclear weapons within Russian military, Th...

2024.03.13 (Wed)

【#1125】Japan Should Not Shy Away from Nuclear Discussion

March 11, 2024 　 Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement that he would make nuclear weapons “combat-ready” shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, BBC reported that this raised th...

2024.02.21 (Wed)

【#1118】Komeito Should Fulfill Its Responsibility as a Coalition Partner

February 19, 2024 　 The leadership of the Komeito Party, a junior coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, remains cautious over the joint development of the next-generation fighter...

2023.12.06 (Wed)

【#1096】It’s Time for Kishida to Show Leadership for Expanding Weapon Exports

December 4, 2023 　 The ruling parties’ coordination on Japan’s overseas defense equipment transfers between Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito is in disarray as the latter ha...

2023.08.29 (Tue)

【#1066】Japan Should Move to Arms Aid to Ukraine

August 28, 2023 　 Japan’s self-imposed restrictions, such as the former Three Principles on Arms Exports and their revised version known as Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Tech...

2023.04.05 (Wed)

【#1029】Government Should Lead Japan’s Strengthened Cooperation with Taiwan

April 3, 2023 　 It is needless to say that a Taiwan contingency would amount to a Japan contingency. A sense of crisis regarding a probable Taiwan contingency is growing as never before in the Unite...

2022.12.21 (Wed)

【#994】Japan’s Historic Defense Policy Turnaround

December 19, 2022 　 At a cabinet meeting on December 16, the Japanese government decided on its three strategic documents, namely, the National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy and Defen...

2022.09.22 (Thu)

【#966】Check Russia with Japan-U.S. Joint Drills

September 20, 2022 　 On September 11, Ukrainian forces won back Izyum, a strategic hub in the northeastern Ukraine state of Kharkiv, after advancing as much as 80 to 100 kilometers in four days. At ...

2022.08.03 (Wed)

【#949】Enhance Deterrence to Taiwan Strait Crisis

August 1, 2022 　 The United States and China have been jockeying over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned visit to Taiwan. In a two-hour call with U.S. President Joe Biden on July 28, Chinese ...

2022.04.13 (Wed)

【#909】Japan Should Explore Participation in AUKUS

April 11, 2022 　 The United States, Britain and Australia are now promoting a project for the Australian Navy to acquire a nuclear-powered submarine under their AUKUS security partnership framework ...