Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Mar 26, 2014 (Wed)

【#239】Will Senkakus Become Asian-Version Crimea?

March 24, 2014 　　　　　　The objective of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down," said Hastings L. Ismay, the first NATO secretary...

Mar 19, 2014 (Wed)

【#238】Former Minister Maehara’s Speech Lacks Strategic Thinking

March 17, 2014 　　　　　　In Washington on March 12, Seiji Maehara, a former foreign minister and a member of the House of Representatives from the Democratic Party of Japan, delivered a speech titled ...

Mar 12, 2014 (Wed)

【#237】U.S. Defense Review Fails to Point Chinese Threat

March 10, 2014 　　　　　　The United States will withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan within this year, ending its war footing that has continued for 13 years since the terrorist attacks on Septe...

Mar 06, 2014 (Thu)

【#236】New Major Power Relations Conflicting with Alliance

March 3, 2014 　　　　　　Michael Auslin, resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, represented U.S. allies' concern over the Obama administration's Asian policy on The Wall St...

Feb 26, 2014 (Wed)

【#235】Japan Should Issue New Statement on Comfort Women

　　　　February 24, 2014 　　　　　　　　At the House of Representatives Budget Committee on February 20, former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobuo Ishihara admitted that then Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei...

Feb 19, 2014 (Wed)

【#234】Obama’s Appeasement Putting U.S. Alliances in Danger?

February 17, 2014 　　　　　　U.S. President Barack Obama strongly hopes to refrain from being involved in wars related to U.S. allies or friends. This may be the reason the Obama administration chose to ...

Feb 13, 2014 (Thu)

【#233】Hard Blow Dealt on Empty Anti-Nuclear Argument

February 10, 2014 　　　　　　"Throw away such empty idealism and get back to the realities." "Make a breakthrough for Japan's revitalization based on reasonableness and rationalism." These may be the mes...

Feb 05, 2014 (Wed)

【#232】Talking Points of Japanese Envoys’ Rebuttals to China

February 3, 2014 　　　　　As the Chinese Communist Party regime has launched a global propaganda campaign against Japan in response to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine, the Japanese ...

Jan 29, 2014 (Wed)

【#231】Present Imperialism Is More Terrible Than Past Militarism

January 26, 2014 　　　　　　China's Foreign Ministry has grown vigorous after a long interval. It has taken Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine late last year as providing a c...

Jan 23, 2014 (Thu)

【#230】Politicians Should Discuss National Defense in Okinawa

January 20, 2014 　　　　　　I had a strange feeling when seeing people giving rousing cheers to Susumu Inamine who won his reelection as mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, by asserting opposition to the ...