Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2025.05.14 (Wed)

【#1250】Japan Should Fundamentally Revise Senkaku Defense Posture

May 12, 2025 　 On May 3, a China Coast Guard helicopter briefly violated Japan’s territorial airspace around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. This is the first time that a Chinese helicopt...

2025.03.19 (Wed)

【#1235】Ishiba Should Resign Soon after Budget Enactment

March 17, 2025 　 The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s revitalizing power is being questioned over the issue of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s distribution of 100,000-yen gift certificates to 15 ne...

2025.03.12 (Wed)

【#1232】Take Advantage of Trump for Japan’s self-reliance

March 10, 2025 　 The world is being swayed by U.S. President Donald Trump. To determine how to deal with Trump in preparation for a Japan-U.S. summit meeting on February 7, Japanese government offic...

2025.02.27 (Thu)

【#1226】Why Can’t Japan Say “No” to Trump?

February 25, 2025 　 Why can’t the Japanese government explicitly say “no” to U.S. President Donald Trump? Trump said he was considering imposing new tariffs on cars imported into the United States, ...

2025.02.13 (Thu)

【#1221】First and Last Honeymoon Meeting?

February 10, 2025 　 The Japan-U.S. summit on February 7 was a success in terms of substance thanks to earlier low expectations placed on the meeting. In a surprise move, U.S. President Donald Trump ...

2025.01.29 (Wed)

【#1218】A Big Difference Between Trump’s and Ishiba’s Speeches

January 27, 2025 　 I had to wonder how speeches could be so different: U.S. President Donald Trump’s inaugural address on January 20 and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s policy speech on Jan...

2025.01.14 (Tue)

【#1214】Prime Minister Ishiba Should Learn from Abe

January 14, 2025 　 Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is making arrangements to visit the United States for his first meeting with new U.S. President Donald Trump in the first half of February. When Ishi...

2024.11.13 (Wed)

【#1197】Prime Minister Ishiba Should Give Up on U.S. Visit

November 11, 2024 　 Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba talked with Donald Trump over phone for 5 minutes, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for 12 minutes, and French President Emmanuel Macro...

2024.10.30 (Wed)

【#1193】Prime Minister Ishiba Should Resign

October 28, 2024 　 In a House of Representatives election on October 27, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, fell short of achieving the simple majority of...

2024.10.03 (Thu)

【#1186】Ishiba Should Break Away from His Past Policies

September 30, 2024 　 Even when I congratulate Shigeru Ishiba’s election as new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, I cannot but have serious doubts about his fitness as the leader of ...