Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2026.02.26 (Thu)

【#1349】Towards Stable Imperial Succession

February 25, 2026 　 With the overwhelming support of the public, the second Takaichi Cabinet has been inaugurated. This cabinet has announced many economic, security, and other policies to make Japa...

2025.10.16 (Thu)

【#1297】Criticizing Ishiba’s Reflection on 80th Anniversary of War’s End

October 15, 2025 　 On October 10, Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at a press conference issued his “reflection” on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Upon reading it, I was struc...

2024.09.12 (Thu)

【#1179】Opposing Koizumi’s Proposal for Separate Surnames for Married Couples

September 10, 2024 　 In an announcement on September 6 to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election that effectively determines Japan’s next prime minister, Shinjiro Koizumi...

2024.05.16 (Thu)

【#1146】Opposing Civil Code amendment to legalize same-sex marriage

May 13, 2024 　 On March 6 last year, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted to the House of Representatives a bill to amend the Civil Code to legalize same-sex marriage. The so-calle...

2024.01.17 (Wed)

【#1107】Don’t Restrict SDF Personnel from Visiting Yasukuni

January 15, 2024 　 On January 9, dozens of Self-Defense Forces personnel, including the deputy chief of staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, visited the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. Many media...

2023.11.08 (Wed)

【#1090】Reconsider How to Select Supreme Court Judges

November 6, 2023 　 As not a few Supreme Court rulings including a recent one on gender change are taken as deviating from public awareness, doubts about the qualifications and awareness of Supreme C...

2021.07.01 (Thu)

【#807】Same-Surname System Is Not Discrimination against Women

June 28, 2021 　 On June 23, Japan’s Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Code’s Article 750 stipulating "a husband and wife shall adopt the surname of the husband or wife in accordance with that which...

2021.03.25 (Thu)

【#777】Comment on Court’s Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage

March 22, 2021 　 On March 17, the Sapporo District Court issued a ruling on the same-sex marriage issue. Three male and one female couples failed to have their respective same-sex marriage registrat...

2020.05.20 (Wed)

【#680】Objecting to Complaint against Revision of Prosecutors Office Act

May 18, 2020 　 A bill to revise the Public Prosecutors Office Act to raise the mandatory retirement age for prosecutors has been submitted to the National Diet in Japan and come under fire in the In...

2020.03.05 (Thu)

【#659】Enhance Transparency of School Textbook Screening

March 2, 2020 　 On December 25 last year, the education ministry disapproved Jiyusha Publishing’s junior high school history textbook prepared by the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform tha...