Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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...

Sep 14, 2022 (Wed)

【#960】Japanese Parliament Lacks Intelligence and Morals

September 12, 2022 　 Hearing that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would attend special committee meetings of the in-recess Diet and answer questions from representatives of major parties including the ...

Sep 08, 2022 (Thu)

【#959】IAEA Should Impose Sanctions on Russia

September 5, 2022 　 The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been in an extremely critical situation since it was occupied by Russian forces in March. Taking the situation seriou...

Sep 07, 2022 (Wed)

【#958】Japan Should Speed up Economic Security Emergency Legislation

September 5, 2022 　 Now that Japan has enacted the Economic Security Promotion Act, it is natural for the nation to implement it steadily. But we should not be complacent with the act. Next, Japan s...

Aug 31, 2022 (Wed)

【#957】Opposing a Japan-China Summit on September 29

August 29, 2022 　 September 29 will mark the 50th anniversary of Japan’s normalization of relations with China. Holding a virtual meeting between the two countries’ top leaders to commemorate the an...

Aug 31, 2022 (Wed)

【#956】Welcoming Kishida’s Nuclear Policy Turnaround

August 29, 2022 　 At a time when oil, natural gas and other energy prices spike due to Western countries’ economic sanctions on Russia for its aggression against Ukraine and Russia’s retaliation, th...

Aug 23, 2022 (Tue)

【#955】Make Plans to Evacuate Okinawa’s Tiny Island Residents

August 22, 2022 　 In retaliation against U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army began fierce military drills in six areas surrounding Taiwan on Augus...