Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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...

2023.11.01 (Wed)

【#1088】Two Meanings of Ruling on “Comfort Women of the Empire”

October 30, 2023 　 On October 26, the South Korean Supreme Court reversed a second trial ruling that had fined Park Yu Ha, a professor emeritus at Sejong University, 10 million won (about $7,400) in...

2023.10.19 (Thu)

【#1081】Why Now Is Time to Dissolve Unification Church?

October 16, 2023 　 The Japanese government has requested the Tokyo District Court to order the dissolution of the former Unification Church. In this column dated October 31, 2022, I as an evangelica...

2023.09.14 (Thu)

【#1071】Symposium Held in Seoul to Deny Coercion of Comfort Women

September 11, 2023 　 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 Seou...

2023.09.06 (Wed)

【#1068】A Fear of Absorption May Be Behind North’s Reference to “ROK”

September 4, 2023 　 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea by its official name, the Republic of Korea, for the first time. North Korea regards the South as a colony of the United St...

2023.07.19 (Wed)

【#1057】Many People Dying on Famine in North Korea

July 18, 2023 　 North Korea is currently experiencing a terrible food shortage, leading to starvation deaths throughout the country, including its capital of Pyongyang, according to human rights act...

2023.06.14 (Wed)

【#1046】Why Has Japan Agreed to Shelve S. Korean Radar Incident?

June 12, 2023 　 Why not say what Japan should say? Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Maritime Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Adm. Ryo Sakai are advancing Japan-South Korea defense coo...

2023.06.08 (Thu)

【#1045】Does Pyongyang’s Quick Response Indicate Abduction Breakthrough?

June 5, 2023 　 A breakthrough over North Korea’s abduction of Japanese citizens may come. “Japan will press forward proactively, engaging in high-level consultations while reporting directly to me, ...

2023.05.09 (Tue)

【#1037】U.S. Understands Policy of Leveraging Humanitarian Aid to Rescue Abductees

May 8, 2023 　 In early May, a delegation from the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, its supporting organization and a supra-partisan parliamentary league on the abduct...

2023.05.02 (Tue)

【#1036】Japan Should Learn from S. Korean President’s National Defense Determination

May 1, 2023 　 South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the United States and joined U.S. President Joe Biden to release a Washington Declaration on April 26 advocating strengthened U.S. extended...