Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jan 14, 2025 (Tue)

【#1214】Prime Minister Ishiba Should Learn from Abe

January 14, 2025 　 Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is making arrangements to visit the United States for his first meeting with new U.S. President Donald Trump in the first half of February. When Ishi...

Jan 14, 2025 (Tue)

【#1213】Ishiba’s Precarious Leaning towards Japan-China-S. Korea FTA

January 14, 2025 　 The government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s pro-China stance has grown even more　precarious. It plans to invite Chinese Communist Party Politburo member and Foreign Minister...

Jan 08, 2025 (Wed)

【#1212】South Korean Conspiracy Theorists Blocking Free Unification

January 6, 2025 　 The Korean Peninsula as the subject of my research underwent drastic upheavals last year. North Korea’s third hereditary dictator Kim Jong Un at a plenary meeting of the Workers’ P...

Jan 08, 2025 (Wed)

【#1211】Worrying about Ishiba’s Policy of Wooing China

January 6, 2025 　 Although in different directions, both the United States and China are seeking to fundamentally transform the postwar international order. In 2025, the world will naturally experie...

Dec 25, 2024 (Wed)

【#1210】Consider Japan’s Defense Spending at 3% of GDP

December 23, 2024 　 The Financial Times in its online edition on December 20 reported that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump urged North Atlantic Treaty Organization member states to increase their ...

Dec 25, 2024 (Wed)

【#1209】Some Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with Draft Strategic Energy Plan

December 23, 2024 　 On December 17, the draft Seventh Strategic Energy Plan was released by the Japanese government. Earlier, on September 9, an energy study group of the Japan Institute for Nationa...

Dec 24, 2024 (Tue)

【#1208】Prepare for History War with China on 80th War-End Anniversary

December 23, 2024 　 The year 2025, which marks the 80th anniversary of China’s victory in the “War of Resistance against Japan,” is likely to feature a history war between Japan and China. The Japan...

Dec 18, 2024 (Wed)

【#1207】China Conducts Practical Exercises for Taiwan Contingency

December 16, 2024 　 China has apparently conducted large-scale military exercises around Taiwan and in the western Pacific. Although there has been no official announcement by China so far, China Co...

Dec 12, 2024 (Thu)

【#1206】Yoon’s Self-Destructing Action Leaves Economic Security Fluid

December 9, 2024 　 South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s shocking declaration of martial law and its failure have jolted Japan, too. While the South Korean National Assembly has failed to pass an i...

Dec 10, 2024 (Tue)

【#1205】Incompetent President Paving Way to Anti-Japanese Regime

December 9, 2024 　 “Conservatives in South Korea must fall to the ground. Only then can they regenerate,” said South Korean conservative leader Cho Gab Je in the wake of chaos over President Yoon Su...