Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2026.01.21 (Wed)

【#1335】Japan’s Future Course at Stake in Lower House Election

January 13, 2026 　 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will dissolve the House of Representatives at the outset of the annual National Diet session on January 23. Both ruling and opposition camp ...

2025.11.18 (Tue)

【#1312】Deport Chinese Consul General in Osaka

November 17, 2025 　 Chinese classics emphasize that etiquette should be prized. The Analects of Confucius include a famous passage: “Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is ...

2025.11.05 (Wed)

【#1309】Significant Japan-U.S. Rare Earth Cooperation around Minami-Torishima

November 4, 2025 　 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump at their meeting on October 28 agreed to create a framework for stable procurement of critical minerals and ...

2025.10.16 (Thu)

【#1296】View Komeito’s Coalition Exit as an Opportunity

October 15, 2025 　 The Komeito party notified the Liberal Democratic Party of its decision to dissolve its ruling coalition with the LDP at their leaders’ meeting on October 10, putting an end to th...

2025.10.07 (Tue)

【#1295】Hopes for New LDP Leader Takaichi

October 6, 2025 　 Sanae Takaichi has been elected as the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Concerns among LDP rank and file that the raison d’etre of the LDP as a conservative part...

2025.10.02 (Thu)

【#1293】Placing Hopes on “Shinzo Abe Research Center” in Taiwan

September 29, 2025 　 The “Shinzo Abe Research Center” has been created at the prestigious National Chengchi University in Taiwan. The center will focus on studying the late former Japanese Prime Min...

2025.08.05 (Tue)

【#1276】Opposing “Ishiba View” 80 Years after WWII

August 4, 2025 　 Will something similar to the “Kono Statement” regarding the comfort women issue be repeated? This refers to an “Ishiba View” that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering to an...

2025.07.16 (Wed)

【#1271】A Deplorable Reality: The LDP’s No. 2 Is a China-Flatterer

July 14, 2025 　 I have no words other than “a China-flatterer” to characterize the current No. 2 leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. LDP Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama has been de...

2025.07.02 (Wed)

【#1267】Ishiba Should Address Defense Hike in Election

June 30, 2025 　 Wasn’t Japan playing a leading role in deepening cooperation between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its Indo-Pacific partners? Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was invited t...

2025.06.25 (Wed)

【#1263】Ishiba Failing to Criticize U.S. Attacks on Iran

June 23, 2025 　 Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has frequently faced criticism for his double standards since taking office last autumn. His remarks reflecting these double standards resurfac...