Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2025.12.23 (Tue)

【#1325】Don’t Block Discussions on Nuclear Deterrence

December 22, 2025 　 A senior official at the Prime Minister’s Office on December 18 told reporters that he personally believed that “Japan should possess nuclear weapons,” according to media reports...

2025.12.10 (Wed)

【#1320】New Trump Strategy and Japan’s Course

December 8, 2025 　 The U.S. National Security Strategy has been published. The strategy, though being named so, provides an extremely limited analysis of threats and a few references to the Russia-U...

2025.11.19 (Wed)

【#1314】Mentioning Survival-Threating Situation Leads to Deterrence

November 17, 2025 　 At the House of Representatives Budget Committee on November 7, representatives from the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, including former Foreign Minister Ka...

2025.11.05 (Wed)

【#1307】Hopes and Challenges for New LDP-led Coalition

November 4, 2025 　 The establishment of a coalition government between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party provides a historic opportunity to restore Japan under conservative...

2025.10.22 (Wed)

【#1301】Pursue “Semiconductor Alliance” to Enhance Deterrence

October 20, 2025 　 It has long been said that “semiconductors are the oil of the 21st century.” It is clear that modern society cannot function without semiconductors, and any disruption in their su...

2025.09.25 (Thu)

【#1289】LDP Leadership Candidates Should Discuss Constitutional Amendment

September 22, 2025 　 On September 18, the Japan Innovation Party, one of Japan’s main opposition parties, published a policy proposal titled “21st Century National Defense Vision and Constitutional ...

2025.09.18 (Thu)

【#1288】LDP Leadership Candidates Must Present National Visions

September 16, 2025 　 The United States has abandoned its leadership in maintaining the international order under the Trump administration’s “America First” foreign policy, while “rule by force” is a...

2025.08.20 (Wed)

【#1277】How Long Can We Avoid Nuclear Debate?

August 18, 2025 　 Nuclear abolition is the ultimate goal and ideal of human beings. No matter how much we continue to advocate nuclear abolition, however, nuclear warheads are increasing in the real...

2025.07.16 (Wed)

【#1272】Any Political Upheaval in China?

July 14, 2025 　 Chinese President Xi Jinping’s absence from the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 6-7 has sparked a lot of speculation. As this marks the first time Xi has missed the BRICS summ...

2025.07.10 (Thu)

【#1270】Amend Constitution to Overcome National Crisis

July 7, 2025 　 Japan is now, quite literally, facing a national crisis. As China steadily prepares for an invasion of Taiwan and the risk of a Taiwan-Japan contingency rises, the U.S. Trump administ...