Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2018.06.06 (Wed)

【#517】China Creating Its Own International Standards

June 4, 2018 　　　　　Shangri-La Dialogue 2018, an Asian security summit attended by defense ministers and senior military officers, took place in Singapore last weekend. Until two years ago, China ha...

2018.05.18 (Fri)

【#514(Special)】Intelligence Agencies Required for a Libya Model

May 14, 2018 　　　　　The U.S. government seems willing to adopt the so-called “Libya model” to the denuclearization of North Korea. The model featured foreign intelligence agencies already aware of n...

2018.04.26 (Thu)

【#510(Special)】Expectations on Japan Seen in Congressional Testimony

April 23, 2018 　　　　　While Japanese opposition parties and media were focusing on the vice finance minister’s reported sexual harassment and a Self-Defense Forces officer’s insulting remark to an o...

2018.03.08 (Thu)

【#500(Special)】China’s “6 Belts, 3 Roads” Initiative

March 5, 2018 　　　　　Former Japanese Generals and Admiral participated in a BS Fuji TV program on the modernization of Chinese military on March 1. It was appropriate for the former Grand Self Defen...

2018.02.15 (Thu)

【#496】U.S. Has Reliable Security Strategy

February 13, 2018 　　　　　The U.S. Trump administration released the National Security Strategy (NSS) in December, the National Defense Strategy (NDS) in January and the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) ...

2018.01.18 (Thu)

【#491】Be Alert to Chinese Active Military Operations

January 15, 2018 　　　　　On January 11, a submarine of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy submerged in a contiguous zone near Taisho Island of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, acco...

2017.12.06 (Wed)

【#483】Pyongyang’s Doubtful Claim of Completing Nuclear Force

December 4, 2017 　　　　　On November 29, North Korea’s state-run news media reported that Pyongyang successfully launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) named Hwasong-15 that could s...

2017.09.06 (Wed)

【#464】Budget Request Indicates Low Defense Consciousness

September 4, 2017 　　　　　Japan’s defense budget request for fiscal 2018 hit a record 5.25 trillion yen. However, the past trend in a Ministry of Defense budget request line graph shows that the requ...

2017.08.17 (Thu)

【#460】Defense Policies’ Deviation from Actual Situation

August 14, 2017 　　　　　The Ministry of Defense has just published a defense white paper for 2017. Having read the annual report, titled Defense of Japan 2017, I sensed a deviation between Part I “Se...

2017.07.06 (Thu)

【#451(Special)】Is Japan Prepared to Promote 2nd INF Treaty?

July 3, 2017 　　　　　On June 20, the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee in its markup for FY 2018 national defense authorization act identified Russia’s deployme...