Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Feb 10, 2013 (Sun)

【#179】 Japan Should Demonstrate Resolve to Defend Territories

　February 12, 2013　　　　　　　　China's aggressiveness near Japan's Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea is escalating. Chinese government ships have repeatedly intruded into Japan's territorial waters s...

Feb 05, 2013 (Tue)

Japan Must Be Prepared to Share Burdens （Tadae Takubo, Vice President, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals）

Speaking Out #178 February 4, 2013 　　　　　　"Japan-China relations amount to Japan-U.S. relations," said Shigeharu Matsumoto, who made a global scoop on the 1936 X...

Jan 30, 2013 (Wed)

Build Japan Refusing to Succumb to Terrorism （Yoshiko Sakurai, Journalist and President of JINF）

Speaking Out #177 　　　　　　The Algerian hostage incident, which broke out on January 16, essentially indicated terrorist groups, including the al-Qaeda network that attacked the United States in 2001,...

Jan 23, 2013 (Wed)

Abe’s Crisis Management Was Appropriate （Atsuyuki Sassa served as the first chief of the Cabinet Secretariat’s National Security Office created in 1986）

Speaking Out #176 　　　　　　The year 2013 is the year of the snake under the 12-year Chinese lunar calendar where each year is named after the 12 Chinese zodiac animals in turn. According to the late n...

Jan 16, 2013 (Wed)

Gov’t Should Now Decide to Enter TPP Talks （Yujiro Oiwa, Planning Committee Member of JINF and Professor at Tokyo International University）

Speaking Out #175 The Japanese government has remained vague about Japan's participation in negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement for the reason that the ruling Liberal...

Jan 10, 2013 (Thu)

Abe Should Send Correct Messages on Historical Issues （Yoshiko Sakurai, Journalist and President of JINF）

Speaking Out #174 　　　　　　　Challenges for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe include historical perceptions, national security and economic stagnation that are all not easy to deal with. Particularly, he wi...

Dec 27, 2012 (Thu)

【#173】When Will X-Day Come for Chinese Communist Party?

December 25, 2012 The international situation in the past year features three points: the number of major players in the world has declined to two – the United States and China; Russia is shifting ...

Dec 26, 2012 (Wed)

【#172】Park’s Mission Is to Enhance Relations with Japan, U.S.

December 20, 2012 Park Geun-hye won in the December 19 South Korean presidential election, obtaining 1.08 million more votes than her rival candidate. She garnered 51.55% of total votes against 48....

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...