Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Oct 22, 2020 (Thu)

【#729】Dissolve SCJ to Normalize Japan’s Academia

October 19, 2020 　 The raison d'etre of the Science Council of Japan has become a red-hot issue. A law to create the SCJ was enacted in 1948. Then, the General Headquarters of the Allied Forces view...

Oct 19, 2020 (Mon)

【#728】India will shape the Quad’s direction

October 19, 2020 　 The Australia-India-Japan-U.S. “Quad” is evolving in response to China’s muscular policies and aggressive actions. The four leading powers of the Indo-Pacific are moving toward ...

Oct 19, 2020 (Mon)

【#727】India favours gradual evolution of the Quad

October 19, 2020 　 The 2nd ministerial meeting of the Quad group of countries hosted by Japan in Tokyo on 6th October 2020 was significant. The Foreign Ministers of India, Australia and the US Sec...

Oct 14, 2020 (Wed)

【#726】Science Council of Japan Is Symbol of Postwar Regime

October 12, 2020 　 What the Science Council of Japan should be has been put into question since Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga refused to appoint six of 105 recommended SCJ member candidates. We mu...

Oct 12, 2020 (Mon)

【#725(Special)】Hoping for Quad to Develop into Indo-Pacific Alliance

October 8, 2020 　 A recent movement towards building a new security framework in the Indo-Pacific by the loose quadrilateral security dialogue among Japan, the United States, Australia and India i...

Oct 08, 2020 (Thu)

【#724】Science Council of Japan Should Protect Academic Freedom

October 5, 2020 　 The Asahi Shimbun newspaper and other Japanese media have criticized the Suga administration’s refusal to appoint six of 105 candidates recommended by the Science Council of Japa...

Oct 01, 2020 (Thu)

【#723(Special)】Tibet in Danger of Becoming Another Xinjiang

September 28, 2020 　 Internment camps in East Turkestan (China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) and protests to compulsory Chinese language education in Southern Mongolia (the Inner Mongolia Au...

Sep 30, 2020 (Wed)

【#722】Suga Should Cancel Xi’s State Visit to Japan

September 28, 2020 　 On the night of September 25, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held his first telephone talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping since his assumption of the premiership e...

Sep 24, 2020 (Thu)

【#721(Special)】Suga Should Not Invite Xi as State Guest

September 23, 2020 　 While new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has many things to do, what he should not do is to invite Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Japan as a state guest. Annoye...

Sep 24, 2020 (Thu)

【#720】New Prime Minister Suga Lacks National Vision

September 23, 2020 　 New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has got a good start as his commonplace words of “working for the people” and “implementing policies speedily” have become popular, ...