Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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...

2021.10.27 (Wed)

【#842】How to Defend Against Hypersonic Glide Weapons

October 25, 2021 　 On October 19, North Korea test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile that profiled an irregular trajectory in the atmosphere. On September 28, it test-fired a ground-launc...

2021.09.22 (Wed)

【#829】Japan Left Out of Nuke Sub Pact Deal Due to Two Allergies

September 21, 2021 　 On September 15, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia announced a new security framework focusing on U.S. and U.K. technological cooperation in Australia’s buildi...

2021.09.16 (Thu)

【#827】Assessing LDP Presidential Candidates from National Security Viewpoint

September 13, 2021 　 On September 10, Taro Kono declared his candidacy for ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s president, joining Fumio Kishida and Sanae Takaichi. In the unprecedentedly severe nation...

2021.07.26 (Mon)

【#815】Why Not Call China a Threat?

July 19, 2021 　 On July 13, Japan’s Ministry of Defense released its annual white paper for 2021. “Chinese military trends have become a matter of grave concern to the region including Japan and the...

2021.03.11 (Thu)

【#770】China Heightening Tensions over Senkakus

March 8, 2021 　 The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) may conduct hazard shooting against foreign government ship crew members trying to land on the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Defense...