Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2020.01.20 (Mon)

【#649(Special)】WSJ’s Defense of Ghosn Cannot Be Overlooked

January 14, 2020 　 The leading U.S. newspaper Wall Street Journal carried a series of editorials defending former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn who fled Japan while being on bail. The WSJ said that it is ...

2019.10.23 (Wed)

【#628】Extraneous Japan Keeping from Supporting Hong Kong Protests

October 21, 2019 　 The Group of Seven industrial democracies at their annual summit in August should have agreed to urge China to recognize Hong Kong’s high-level autonomy as promised earlier and av...

2019.10.03 (Thu)

【#622】Intensifying Great Power Competition in South Pacific

September 30, 2019 　 The Solomon Islands and Kiribati in the South Pacific severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan and established official relations with China. Encouraged by its successful money ...

2019.09.03 (Tue)

【#616】Japan’s Insufficient Explanation to U.S. on South Korea Policy

September 2, 2019 　 The U.S. government has taken a definite position of strongly criticizing South Korean President Moon Jae In for deciding to terminate the General Security of Military Informatio...

2019.08.07 (Wed)

【#611】Is “Coexistence” Possible with a Hegemonic China?

August 5, 2019 　 Two former senior U.S. government officials, who are likely to lead a foreign policy and national security team if the Democratic Party wins back the White House in the 2020 presid...

2019.06.05 (Wed)

【#596】Alliances as a Pillar of U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy

June 3, 2019 　　　　　U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan announced the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy at this year’s Asia Security Summit in Singapore, known as Shangri-La Dialogu...

2019.05.08 (Wed)

【#591(Special)】BRI with a Military Tinge

May 7, 2019 　　　　　The U.S. government is growing concerned that China’s Belt and Road Initiative for expanding its sphere of influence could facilitate its construction of new overseas military bas...

2019.04.17 (Wed)

【#588(Special)】China’s BRI Entails Geopolitical Risks

April 15, 2019 　　　　　The Belt and Road Initiative to which Chinese President Xi Jinping is committed would not only expand China’s economic interests and political influence globally but also cause...

2019.02.28 (Thu)

【#574】Enhance Cooperation with European Democracies

February 25, 2019 　　　　　A symposium on the quadrilateral cooperation between Japan, the United States, Australia and India was held recently in Berlin, in which I participated as a panelist. In lat...

2018.11.28 (Wed)

【#558】U.S.-China Confrontation Likely to Last Long

November 26, 2018 　　　　　The United States, China, Russia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran and other countries are rapidly moving. It is difficult to read the world situation. At a symposium...