Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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...

2020.04.30 (Thu)

【#676】Prepare for Leaderless Post-Corona World

April 27, 2020 　 While the world devotes itself to fighting against the novel coronavirus pandemic, how the United States would change after posting the largest coronavirus infection and death toll...

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 ...