Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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...

2021.11.24 (Wed)

【#855】Biden’s Future China Policy as a Matter of Concern

November 22, 2021 　 The first online meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping took place on November 16 (Japan time) as the United States called for leader-level eng...

2021.11.11 (Thu)

【#846】Japan Should Wake Up to Hypersonic Missile Threats

November 8, 2021 　 China has deployed hypersonic missiles that can reach mainland Japan, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Defense published on November 3. The missiles that the curren...

2021.10.13 (Wed)

【#838】Kishida Administration Ignoring Taiwan Strait Tensions

October 11, 2021 　 In early October, China dispatched numerous military aircraft near Taiwan. But Tokyo made a lukewarm reaction to the Chinese actions that undermined peace and stability in the Tai...

2021.09.29 (Wed)

【#833】Next Japanese PM Should Seek Further Evolution of Quad

September 27, 2021 　 Japan, the United States, Australia and India held their first-ever face-to-face leaders’ summit for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or the Quad, in Washington on September...

2021.08.04 (Wed)

An article written by Tomiyama was published in “Journal of Indian Ocean Studies”

The Journal of Indian Ocean Studies published an article written by Yasushi Tomiyama, Research Fellow and Planning Committee Member of the JINF, in its May-August 2021 issue. Mr. Tomiyama argued th...

2021.02.24 (Wed)

【#764】Tragedy of Japan Failing to Win in Vaccine Diplomacy

February 22, 2021 　 China is aggressively promoting its vaccine diplomacy to provide developing countries with novel coronavirus vaccines that it has developed on its own. The approach has attract...

2021.01.21 (Thu)

【#756】“Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Should Be Maintained

January 18, 2021 　 Ahead of U.S. President Joseph Biden’s inauguration on January 20, former Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell was named to take the new post of coordinator for Indo-Pacif...

2020.09.09 (Wed)

【#716(Special)】Don’t See Introduction of U.S. Nuclear Weapons as Taboo

September 7, 2020 　 China has been rapidly increasing the number of DF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) that can be used for attacking U.S. military bases on Guam in the western Pa...