Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Sep 06, 2012 (Thu)

#156 Return of All Abductees Is Non-Negotiable

September 3, 2012 On August 29, Japan and North Korea held intergovernmental talks in Beijing for the first time in four years. At the preliminary working-level talks that were extended for one day...

Aug 31, 2012 (Fri)

#155 Significance of Armitage Report and Two Relevant Questions

August 27, 2012 The Armitage-Nye report, which was made by the bipartisan U.S. experts on Japan and released on August 15, concludes that unless Japan and the United States remain strong economical...

Aug 23, 2012 (Thu)

#154 Japan Should Launch Measures to Defend Senkakus

August 20, 2012 On August 17, the Noda administration easily deported 14 Chinese instead of taking prosecution procedures for them after they trespassed on Uotsuri Island or into waters around it a...

Aug 09, 2012 (Thu)

#153 Irresponsible Media Campaign against Nuclear Plants (Yoshiko Sakurai, Journalist and President of JINF)

August 6, 2012 Four months have passed since demonstrations against nuclear power plants began to be held every Friday in the vicinity of the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office. Participants in the w...

Aug 03, 2012 (Fri)

#152 Japanese Should Get Conscious of Amending Constitution

July 30, 2012 The Constitution of Japan was created after Major General Courtney Whitney, chief of the Government Section at the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ...

Jul 26, 2012 (Thu)

#151 Interpreting North Korea’s Dismissal of Army Chief

July 23, 2012 In North Korea last week, Ri Yong-ho was dismissed as chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army, while Workers’ Party First Secretary Kim Jong-un was promoted from genera...

Jul 19, 2012 (Thu)

#150 Patriotism Leads to Rare Earth Discovery

July 17, 2012 Massive rare earth mud has been found at the seabed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone around the easternmost Japanese island of Minami-Torishima, some 1,800 kilometers from Japan’s H...

Jul 12, 2012 (Thu)

#149 “Modern Witch Hunting” and “A Study on Atmosphere”

July 9, 2012 “If you want to make a good magazine, you should review contents of past issues,” Shimpei Ikejima, reputed as an excellent editor for monthly Bungeishunju Magazine, told us at Bungeish...

Jul 05, 2012 (Thu)

#148 Okinawa Newspapers’ Biased Reports on Osprey

July 2, 2012 Okinawa’s two major newspapers – the Ryukyu Shimpo and Okinawa Times – have become propaganda newspapers failing to provide whole pictures of developments. Their traditional reports on...

Jun 28, 2012 (Thu)

#147 TPP Controversy Testing Conservatism

June 25, 2012 Ahead of Japan, Canada and Mexico have been allowed to participate in negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. The two countries offered to join the TPP tal...