Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2024.06.27 (Thu)

【#1157】North Korea Has Sent Military Engineers for Ukraine War

June 24, 2024 　 On June 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea for the first time in 24 years and held a summit meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un. The two leaders concluded the Tre...

2024.06.12 (Wed)

【#1152】Beware of Yoon Government Unable to Disclose Facts about Radar Incident

June 10, 2024 　 On June 1, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and his South Korean counterpart Shin Won Sik at their meeting in Singapore agreed to invigorate defense exchanges and cooperation ...

2024.04.18 (Thu)

【#1140】Ruling Party’s Defeat to Increase Difficulties for S. Korean Government

April 15, 2024 　 On April 10, a National Assembly election took place in South Korea. The National Assembly is a unicameral legislature with 300 seats. The term of office for lawmakers is four years...

2024.04.03 (Wed)

【#1133】Japan Should Not Compromise Principles in Response to N. Korean Pressure

April 1, 2024 　 The North Korean regime of Kim Jong Un has suddenly hardened its stance toward Japan. While Japan’s Fumio Kishida administration has merely reiterated its long-standing principles, s...

2024.03.13 (Wed)

【#1128】Is Kishida Likely to Visit North Korea?

March 11, 2024 　 In this column on February 19, I wrote, “(Japanese Prime Minister Fumio) Kishida may visit North Korea soon.” My comment was in reaction to a statement by North Korea’s de facto No....

2024.02.28 (Wed)

【#1122】Reality of the Rule of Law in South Korea: President Yoon’s Sin

February 26, 2024 　 South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and the ruling People Power Party’s leader and Emergency Committee Chairman Han Dong Hoon have original sins. Both had been special investiga...

2024.02.21 (Wed)

【#1120】Separation of Abduction from Nuclear Issue Has Moved Pyongyang

February 19, 2024 　 “The day of the prime minister’s Pyongyang visit might come,” said North Korea’s de facto No.2 Kim Yo Jong in a statement on February 15, referring to Japanese Prime Minister Fum...

2024.02.01 (Thu)

【#1113】Pyongyang’s Policy Shift Stems from People’s Longing for South

January 29, 2024 　 A major policy shift is taking place in Pyongyang. South Korea is not part of the same nation to be reunified, but an enemy country to be conquered by war, according to North Kore...

2023.12.26 (Tue)

【#1100】Why Not Face up to N. Korean Nuclear Threats?

December 25, 2023 　 On December 18, North Korea conducted a launch drill of a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile. The solid-fuel ICBM was test-fired in April and July. As I have repeatedl...

2023.11.15 (Wed)

【#1091】We must not run from the struggle to constitutionalize SDF

November 13, 2023 　 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has repeatedly vowed to amend the constitution during his term. His term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ends in September next y...