Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2024.02.21 (Wed)

【#1119】Japan Should Also Prepare for Trump’s Comeback

February 19, 2024 　 Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is almost certain to become the Republican presidential nominee this year, has sparked controversy by effectively encouraging Russia to at...

2023.11.22 (Wed)

【#1093】Don’t Be Fooled by U.S.-China Superficial Fence-Mending

November 20, 2023 　 Amid the worst U.S.-China relations since their normalization in 1979, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at their meeting in a San Francisco suburb on Nov...

2023.07.19 (Wed)

【#1056】Japan May Lose Credibility If Failing to Provide Weapons to Ukraine

July 18, 2023 　 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s enthusiasm for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) stands out. As the leader of Japan, a partner country of NATO, Kishida participated in the...

2023.07.04 (Tue)

【#1053】How to Enhance Credibility of Nuclear Umbrella?

July 3, 2023 　 Japan and the United States in late June held a regular working-level Extended Deterrence Dialogue to enhance the credibility of the U.S. nuclear umbrella for Japan. The two governmen...

2023.01.18 (Wed)

【#999】China’s Unjustifiable Visa Suspension

January 16, 2023 　 At a time when the threat of COVID-19 spread originating from China is growing again, China’s retaliation against Japan’s enhanced border controls is unjustifiable for double reas...

2022.10.19 (Wed)

【#975】U.S. National Security Strategy Tests Kishida’s Seriousness

October 17, 2022 　 The U.S. government on October 12 published the National Security Strategy (NSS) that lays the foundation for the Biden administration’s foreign and national security policies. So...

2022.10.05 (Wed)

【#970】Media Failed to Convey Feeling of Ordinary Mourners at Abe’s Funeral

October 3, 2022 　 In a state funeral for the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 27, I stood in a long line of ordinary people to lay flowers. It took three hours to reach a floral tr...

2022.03.09 (Wed)

【#895】Be Prepared for U.S. Revision of “Asia Pivot”

March 7, 2022 　 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated that he would not hesitate to use force to destroy post-Cold War order in Europe. As long as Putin remains Rus...

2022.01.19 (Wed)

【#874】Ukraine Crisis Could Affect Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements

January 17, 2022 　 As tensions continue between Russia and Western countries over Ukraine, we must not overlook the fact that Russian demands to the United States include some measures that could th...

2021.12.01 (Wed)

【#859】Democracy Summit Deviates from Strategic Thinking

November 29, 2021 　 Washington has released a list of countries invited to participate in a virtual democracy summit that U.S. President Joe Biden will host in early December. While including Taiwan...