Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Oct 05, 2022 (Wed)

【#970】Media Failed to Convey Feeling of Ordinary Mourners at Abe’s Funeral

October 3, 2022 　 In a state funeral for the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 27, I stood in a long line of ordinary people to lay flowers. It took three hours to reach a floral tr...

Oct 05, 2022 (Wed)

【#969】Japan Should Retaliate Russia’s Detention of a Consul

October 3, 2022 　 The detention and interrogation of a diplomat represent a grave infringement of national sovereignty. Russia has boldly done that. On September 26, the Russian government detained ...

Sep 28, 2022 (Wed)

【#968】Let’s Demonstrate Beautiful Japan through State Funeral

September 26, 2022 　 A state funeral is to take place on September 27 for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who pledged to restore Japan. Abe continued to ask what Japanese people or Japan are lik...

Sep 22, 2022 (Thu)

【#967】Don’t Forget Unidentified Japanese Abducted by North Korea

September 20, 2022 　 On September 17, 2002, then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited Pyongyang and then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il admitted and apologized for North Korea’s abduct...

Sep 22, 2022 (Thu)

【#966】Check Russia with Japan-U.S. Joint Drills

September 20, 2022 　 On September 11, Ukrainian forces won back Izyum, a strategic hub in the northeastern Ukraine state of Kharkiv, after advancing as much as 80 to 100 kilometers in four days. At ...

Sep 21, 2022 (Wed)

【#965】G7 Focusing on Economic Security against China

September 20, 2022 　 Trade ministers from the Group of Seven industrial democracies have recently met in Germany. Attention should be paid to the point that the G7 trade ministers discussed their se...

Sep 21, 2022 (Wed)

【#964】Number-Juggling Cannot Reinforce Defense Capabilities

September 20, 2022 　 At a Japan-U.S. summit in May, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to fundamentally reinforce Japan’s defense capabilities, increase defense spending needed to effect it and exam...

Sep 15, 2022 (Thu)

【#963】Inside Story of North Korea’s Support for Russia

September 12, 2022 　 Russia facing an uphill battle in Ukraine is in the process of negotiating to import millions of artillery shells and rockets from North Korea, the White House national security...

Sep 15, 2022 (Thu)

【#962】Kishida Should Exploit Weak Yen for Revitalizing Japan

September 12, 2022 　 Every time when the Japanese yen depreciates, arguments grow that weakening yen is a bad thing. What Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki could do at best, in the face of growing pr...

Sep 14, 2022 (Wed)

【#961】Seedy Underside of “U.S.-Led” IPEF Negotiations

September 12, 2022 　 Official agreement has been reached to launch negotiations on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, or IPEF. The new economic initiative is strategically significa...