Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Dec 18, 2012 (Tue)

【#171】Voters’ Choice to Reject Nuclear Phase-out

December 17, 2012 Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan was defeated by his Liberal Democratic Party rival in the December 16 House of Representatives election after his campaigns where he stood on a bee...

Dec 11, 2012 (Tue)

【#170】N. Korean Dictator Exposes Youth Causing Government Troubles

December 10, 2012 North Korea’s Kim Jong-un regime appears to go astray. While the dictatorship system has been maintained, the dictator’s very inferior governance has caused various government tro...

Dec 04, 2012 (Tue)

【#169】Japan Can’t Revitalize Economy with Monetary Easing Alone

As political parties have been releasing their campaign promises toward the December 16 general election, the Liberal Democratic Party’s monetary easing policy has attracted attention since LDP Presid...

Nov 28, 2012 (Wed)

【#168】Help Myanmar Reduce Dependence on China

November 26, 2012 Four members of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals Planning Committee, including JINF Vice President Katsuhiko Takaike, visited Myanmar from November 11 through 18, exc...

Nov 21, 2012 (Wed)

【#167】I Am Proud of Japan Supporting Tibet

November 19, 2012 On November 13, the hall of the House of Councilors Members Office Building was dominated with an air of excitement. Present were 134 Diet members and 98 proxies who gathered to l...

Nov 16, 2012 (Fri)

#166 China Likely to Settle Battle between Rule of Law and That of Men

November 12, 2012 International attention now focuses on Beijing. Premier Wen Jiabao, who has come to a spotlight since the October 25 New York Times story on his family’s colossal fortune, describ...

Nov 08, 2012 (Thu)

#165 Japan Should Bring Takeshima Issue to ICJ

November 5, 2012 The Noda administration has effectively withdrawn its plan to unilaterally bring Japan’s territorial dispute with South Korea over the Takeshima Islands to the International Court ...

Nov 01, 2012 (Thu)

#164 Remote PC Control Case Exposes Cyber Security Flaws

October 30, 2012 Wrongful arrests involving viruses for remote control of computers have attracted attention in Japan. Someone took remote control of others’ personal computers to commit the crime ...

Oct 25, 2012 (Thu)

#163 Look at Tense Iranian Situation

October 22, 2012 The most important news for citizens may be those about themselves and their respective countries. News may be less important for citizens if news event locations are more distant ...

Oct 17, 2012 (Wed)

#162 Politicians Should Battle over National Interests

October 15, 2012 Newspaper headlines spotlight “battle over the dissolution” of the House of Representatives for a general election, rather than over policies. Politics plays a role in providin...