Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

May 18, 2012 (Fri)

#141 Chunichi Has Forgotten Missions of Press

May 14, 2012 The paper once accepted opinion ad The Chunichi Shimbun has refused to carry an opinion advertisement of a “National Movement to Support (Nagoya Mayor Takashi) Kawamura’s Remarks an...

May 11, 2012 (Fri)

#140 Where Has Tough Vietnam Gone?

May 7, 2012 In early May, I led a delegation of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals to visit the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. We exchanged views with people from such Vietnamese think tan...

May 01, 2012 (Tue)

#139 Amend Constitution in Pursuit of Peace

May 1, 2012 As Japan observes the 60th anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, debate is growing on its constitution. The question each Japanese citizen must answer is why Japan has failed e...

Apr 25, 2012 (Wed)

#138 Let’s Pay Tax to Tokyo to Support Senkaku Purchase

April 23, 2012 The Liberal Democratic Party’s Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara has postponed his China visit. As his father, Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, unveiled the Tokyo metropolitan ...

Apr 20, 2012 (Fri)

#137 Don’t Help Kim Jong-un’s “Military First” Regime

April 16, 2012 New regime is unstable North Korea held a military parade on April 15 to celebrate the centennial birthday of Kim Il-sung, displaying what seemed to be an intercontinental ballist...

Apr 13, 2012 (Fri)

#136 Japanese Lawmakers Make First Public Protest against China

April 9, 2012 As chair of a committee to invite Dr. Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of the Central Tibetan Administration, the Tibetan government in exile, to Japan, I asked him to attend a symposiu...

Apr 10, 2012 (Tue)

#135 Deep Contempt for Hatoyama Politics

April 2, 2012 For about 10 days in late March, I visited Washington for an exchange of opinions with experts on North Korea and China as well as foreign policy advisers to leading lawmakers. The bi...

Mar 29, 2012 (Thu)

#134 Questioning Japan’s Attitude toward China on Tibetan Leader’s Visit

March 26, 2012 The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals will sponsor a seminar on April 3 to mark a visit to Japan by Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration, ...

Mar 22, 2012 (Thu)

#133 Linking Consumption Tax Hike to Economic Recovery

March 19, 2012 Fiscal consolidation or economic recovery? The unfortunate dichotomy between the two has led Japan to delay a decision. Regarding the government-planned “comprehensive reform of soci...

Mar 12, 2012 (Mon)

#132 Old Wine in New Bottles

March 12, 2012 When politicians are faced with difficult and unpopular decisions they sometimes choose to avoid taking a stand by purporting to stake out new positions which, in reality, are no cha...