Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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...

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...