Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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...

2018.10.31 (Wed)

【#552】Abe’s China Diplomacy Could Be Misunderstood

October 29, 2018 　　　　　China is now plagued with a trade war orchestrated by the U.S. Trump administration, while Chinese President Xi Jinping’s prestigious Belt and Road Initiative to expand China...

2018.10.24 (Wed)

【#551(Special)】Expectation for New U.S. Diplomatic Team

October 22, 2018 　　　　　David Stilwell, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, was finally selected as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. As a strategy expert with...

2018.10.16 (Tue)

【#549】U.S. Politicians Share Tough Stance against China

October 15, 2018 　　　　　On October 10, a U.S. bipartisan congressional commission that monitors human rights conditions in China released an annual report denouncing the Chinese government’s repress...

2018.08.02 (Thu)

Article by Yasushi Tomiyama was Published in VIF’s New Journal

An analytical article written by Yasushi Tomiyama, a Planning Committee member and a senior fellow of the JINF, was published on August 1 in the inaugural issue of the National Security, a new, policy...

2018.08.01 (Wed)

【#532(Special)】Objection to Proposal for Japan and U.S. to Join AIIB

July 30, 2018 　　　　　In the present world, a camp of countries that share values emphasizing freedom, democracy, human rights, market economy and rule-based international order is confronting with a...

2018.06.20 (Wed)

【#522】Trump’s “Money First” Is Problematic

June 18, 2018 　　　　　The agreement at the first ever summit between the United States and North Korea in Singapore on June 12 is too vague to lead us to become confident that North Korea will really...

2018.05.16 (Wed)

【#513】No Rush to Improve Relations with China

May 14, 2018 　　　　　Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accompanied Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on his trip to Hokkaido after a Japan-China-South Korea summit in Tokyo last week and sent him off at a local air...

2018.03.22 (Thu)

【#503】Japan, U.S. Should Share Policy on North Korea

March 19, 2018 　　　　　U.S. President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last week. It is difficult to predict how the replacement of the chief diplomat would affect the U.S. policy ...

2018.02.07 (Wed)

【#495】No Long-term China Strategy Found in Trump’s Address

February 5, 2018 　　　　　In his State of the Union address on January 30, U.S. President Donald Trump cited “rogue regimes” of North Korea and Iran, “terrorist groups” such as the Islamic State and “...