Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2022.06.22 (Wed)

【#932】Supporting Maher Proposal

June 20, 2022 　 Kevin Maher, a former director of the Office of Japanese Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, has proposed Japan to provide the Self-Defense Forces’ Type 12 surface-to-ship missi...

2022.06.16 (Thu)

【#929】Regrettable U.S. Failure to Invite Taiwan to RIMPAC Exercise

June 13, 2022 　 Taiwan is not among participants in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) naval exercise between June 29 and August 4, as announced by the U.S. Navy recently. The U.S. Defense Authorizatio...

2022.05.18 (Wed)

【#919】Biden Is Partially Responsible for Japan’s Nuclear Insecurity

May 16, 2022 　 As Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons since its aggression against Ukraine, insecurity in Japan about nuclear attacks has led to growing calls for “nuclear sharing” with the...

2022.04.27 (Wed)

【#912】People’s Lives Depend on National Security

April 25, 2022 　 The Ministry of Finance has put a brake on a growing call from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for increasing Japan’s defense spending. “Japan can exercise its defense capabilit...

2022.01.24 (Mon)

【Viewpoints】International Cooperation Required to Cope with China’s Political Manipulation

January 17, 2022 　 The British Security Service, known as MI 5 (Military Intelligence Section 5), has issued a warning that a woman agent of China’s United Front Work Department has been trying to i...

2022.01.12 (Wed)

【#871】Military Significance of Japan-U.S. 2+2 and Japan-Australia RAA

January 11, 2022 　 On January 7, Japanese and U.S. foreign and defense ministers held their so-called two-plus-two meeting on an online basis. On January 6, Japan and Australia signed a Reciprocal A...

2021.12.29 (Wed)

【#867】Key Points of Japanese and U.S. Defense Budgets

December 27, 2021 　 On December 27, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022 into law, outlining the year’s defense budget. On December 24, the Japanese...

2021.11.25 (Thu)

【#856】Hoping for Vigorous Discussions on Deployment of U.S. Missiles in Japan

November 22, 2021 　 On November 17, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, an advisory panel for the U.S. Congress, released its annual report. One of the report’s key points for Ja...

2021.11.17 (Wed)

【#850】Don’t Let U.S. Declare No First Use of Nukes

November 15, 2021 　 The U.S. Bident administration has reportedly sounded U.S. allies out on whether its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) due out early next year should include a declaration of no first...

2021.11.11 (Thu)

【#847】Chinese Nukes Improve Precision Strike Capabilities

November 8, 2021 　 On November 3, the U.S. Department of Defense released this year’s report on “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China.” Japanese media emphasiz...