Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2020.03.31 (Tue)

【#665】U.S. and China Deepening Confrontation While Cooperating on Pandemic

March 30, 2020 　 On March 27, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in a telephone call agreed to work together to defeat the new coronavirus pandemic. Even in the presence of...

2020.01.20 (Mon)

【#648(Special)】Requests to Politicians Regarding MSDF Dispatch to Middle East

January 14, 2020 　 On January 10, Japan’s Defense Minister Taro Kono ordered a team of a destroyer and patrol aircraft from the Maritime Self-Defense Force to go to Middle Eastern waters. Most of...

2019.12.05 (Thu)

【#638(Special)】Odd Feeling about Pope’s Remarks

December 2, 2019 　 On November 23, Pope Francis aboard an aircraft on his way to Japan sent messages to the leaders of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. He made no mention of protesters in Hong Kong, alt...

2019.11.21 (Thu)

【#633】Waste No More Time Debating on Cherry-blossom Party

November 18, 2019 　 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to cancel his cherry-blossom party next year, after being criticized for having invited many of his political supporters to the publicl...

2019.10.31 (Thu)

【#629】Japan Should Reconsider Inviting Xi as State Guest

October 28, 2019 　 On October 24, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence delivered a speech on China for the second time in 13 months. Since his speech in October 2018 that comprehensively criticized China’...

2019.10.09 (Wed)

【#624】U.S. Real lntention: Let Japan Defend Itself

October 7, 2019 　 On October 2, North Korea test-fired a “Pukguksong-3” submarine-launched ballistic missile from waters off Wonsan on its eastern coast. The SLBM was launched at a lofted orbit and ...

2019.07.31 (Wed)

【#610】Deceptive Chinese Defense White Paper

July 29, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　China released its first defense white paper in four years on July 24. It is titled “China’s National Defense in the New Era” maybe because it is the first report since t...

2019.07.18 (Thu)

【#606】Japan Would Be Mocked if Depending on Others for Protecting Its Ships

July 16, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　On July 9, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford unveiled a plan for the United States to form a coalition of willingness with allies in a few weeks to ...

2019.06.13 (Thu)

【#600(Special)】Why Not Condemn China’s Defense Minister?

June 10, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　On June 6, the Japanese House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning Hodaka Maruyama, expelled from the Japan Innovation Party, for his remark suggesting a war...

2019.01.23 (Wed)

【#567】Trump Deviates from U.S. Strategy Documents

January 21, 2019 　　　　　In mid-January, the U.S. Department of Defense published three documents - “China Military Power,” “Assessment on U.S. Defense Implications of China’s Expanding Global Access...