Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jul 19, 2023 (Wed)

【#1057】Many People Dying on Famine in North Korea

July 18, 2023 　 North Korea is currently experiencing a terrible food shortage, leading to starvation deaths throughout the country, including its capital of Pyongyang, according to human rights act...

Jul 19, 2023 (Wed)

【#1056】Japan May Lose Credibility If Failing to Provide Weapons to Ukraine

July 18, 2023 　 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s enthusiasm for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) stands out. As the leader of Japan, a partner country of NATO, Kishida participated in the...

Jul 13, 2023 (Thu)

【#1055】Take Advantage of the Benefits of a Weak Yen

July 10, 2023 　 Recently, the trend of a weak yen continues with the dollar being worth in the 140-yen range. This weak yen has brought about self-deprecating criticism that it has caused an increas...

Jul 11, 2023 (Tue)

【#1054】LDP Gives Too Much Consideration to Komeito

July 10, 2023 　 The result was as expected. The discussions between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito party, which had been discussing the relaxation ...

Jul 04, 2023 (Tue)

【#1053】How to Enhance Credibility of Nuclear Umbrella?

July 3, 2023 　 Japan and the United States in late June held a regular working-level Extended Deterrence Dialogue to enhance the credibility of the U.S. nuclear umbrella for Japan. The two governmen...

Jul 04, 2023 (Tue)

【#1052】Shape Northern Territories Strategy in Anticipating a Big Change in Russia

July 3, 2023 　 Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny, in which the leader of Wagner private military company in Russia rose against President Vladimir Putin’s government, shook the regime and exposed the weakn...

Jun 29, 2023 (Thu)

【#1051】U.S. Should Not Rush to Appease China Sinking under Deflationary Pressure

June 26, 2023 　 The Chinese economy has come under unprecedented deflationary pressure. This is because demand does not recover due to the bursting of the real estate bubble. Nevertheless, the Xi Ji...

Jun 29, 2023 (Thu)

【#1050】Unpromising Effects of “Unprecedented Countermeasures to the Declining Birthrate”

June 26, 2023 　 On June 16, the Japanese cabinet approved the Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform 2023, in which the government vowed to promote unprecedented countermeasures t...

Jun 21, 2023 (Wed)

【#1049】Enact Anti-espionage Law to Prevent Technology Leakage

June 19, 2023 　 A Chinese researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), one of Japan's largest national research and development agencies, was arrested b...

Jun 21, 2023 (Wed)

【#1048】Complaining about U.S. Ambassador’s Interference in Japan’s Internal Affairs

June 19, 2023 　 U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has relentlessly prompted Japan to enact a bill for promoting understanding about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) and other sexual...