Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2023.01.18 (Wed)

【#1001】Growing Japanese Role amid Transformation of Japan-U.S. Alliance

January 16, 2023 　 At a Japan-U.S. summit on January 13, U.S. President Joe Biden highly appreciated Japan’s fundamental defense buildup including the acquisition of counterstrike capabilities. “We’...

2022.12.14 (Wed)

【#993】Opposing Tax Hikes for Defense Budget

December 12, 2022 　 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has indicated a policy of raising taxes to cover some 1 trillion yen as financial resources for increasing Japan’s defense spending. While Kishida sh...

2022.11.24 (Thu)

【#986】Don’t Be Deceived by China’s Smiling Diplomacy

November 21, 2022 　 In a photo session for the first Japan-China summit in three years that took place in Bangkok on November 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping kept smiling when shaking hands with Ja...

2022.10.05 (Wed)

【#969】Japan Should Retaliate Russia’s Detention of a Consul

October 3, 2022 　 The detention and interrogation of a diplomat represent a grave infringement of national sovereignty. Russia has boldly done that. On September 26, the Russian government detained ...

2022.08.31 (Wed)

【#957】Opposing a Japan-China Summit on September 29

August 29, 2022 　 September 29 will mark the 50th anniversary of Japan’s normalization of relations with China. Holding a virtual meeting between the two countries’ top leaders to commemorate the an...

2022.08.23 (Tue)

【#954】Emergency-Response Cabinet Only in Name

August 22, 2022 　 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida positioned his new cabinet as an emergency-response cabinet in his press conference on August 10 when he reshuffled his cabinet. He cited the ...

2022.07.20 (Wed)

【#944】Japan Should Fundamentally Reform Crisis Management System

July 19, 2022 　 The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has prompted Japan to revisit its crisis management as well as its VIP protection arrangements. Japan, set to host an annual sum...

2022.07.13 (Wed)

【#941】We Do Not Need Criticism-only Oppositions

July 11, 2022 　 The ruling Liberal Democratic Party won a clear victory in Japan’s triennial House of Councilors election on July 10, putting the raison d’etre of opposition parties into question. T...

2022.06.08 (Wed)

【#925】Defense Enhancement within 5 Years Must be Supported by Budget

June 6, 2022 　 While Germany had decided to increase its defense spending to more than 2% of its gross domestic product in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the Japanese government ha...

2022.05.25 (Wed)

【#922】Japan Should Increase Defense Spending to German Level at Least

May 24, 2022 　 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on May 23 stated his determination to fundamentally reinforce Japan’s defense capability and secure “s...