Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Nov 26, 2024 (Tue)

【#1201】Ishiba’s Precarious Diplomatic Debut

November 25, 2024 　 The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Group of 20 (G20) summit meetings had been supposed to be a showcase for new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s diplomatic ...

Nov 21, 2024 (Thu)

【#1200】Appreciate Trump’s Promised High Tariffs on Chinese Goods

November 18, 2024 　 While a high tariff policy that the second U.S. Trump administration is expected to introduce after its inauguration next January has been criticized as being likely to trigger g...

Nov 21, 2024 (Thu)

【#1199】Make Trump’s Victory an Opportunity to Resolve Abduction Issue

November 18, 2024 　 The advent of the second Trump administration in the United States could be a chance for Japan to rescue abductees in North Korea. During his first presidential term, Donald T...

Nov 13, 2024 (Wed)

【#1198】China Renews Missiles Aimed at Japan

November 11, 2024 　 On October 17, Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, who doubles as president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected a brigade of the People’s...

Nov 13, 2024 (Wed)

【#1197】Prime Minister Ishiba Should Give Up on U.S. Visit

November 11, 2024 　 Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba talked with Donald Trump over phone for 5 minutes, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for 12 minutes, and French President Emmanuel Macro...

Nov 07, 2024 (Thu)

【#1196】Switch to Tax Cut-Oriented Fiscal Policy as Urged by Voters

November 5, 2024 　 The ruling coalition’s crushing defeat in the October 27 House of Representatives election provided an opportunity to encourage the correction of Japan’s fiscal policy biased towa...

Nov 07, 2024 (Thu)

【#1195】How to Deal with U.N. Interference in Japan’s Internal Affairs?

November 5, 2024 　 On October 29, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women said Japan’s Imperial House Act that limits the imperial throne to male...

Oct 30, 2024 (Wed)

【#1194】Prepare for Deflation-plagued China’s Outward Offensive

October 28, 2024 　 The bottom of China’s property bubble bursting recession is nowhere to be seen. As the peculiar economic system in which the Chinese Communist Party controls the market economy ha...

Oct 30, 2024 (Wed)

【#1193】Prime Minister Ishiba Should Resign

October 28, 2024 　 In a House of Representatives election on October 27, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, fell short of achieving the simple majority of...

Oct 24, 2024 (Thu)

【#1192】Reality of North Korea’s Participation in Ukraine War

October 21, 2024 　 North Korean forces’ participation in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has been confirmed by the Ukrainian and South Korean governments. On October 17, Ukrainian Preside...