Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jun 20, 2022 (Mon)

【#930】Pax Americana Is Over

June 20, 2022 　 The online edition of Foreign Affairs on June 13 carried an article headlined “The Real End of Pax Americana.” Its author is Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign...

Jun 16, 2022 (Thu)

【#929】Regrettable U.S. Failure to Invite Taiwan to RIMPAC Exercise

June 13, 2022 　 Taiwan is not among participants in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) naval exercise between June 29 and August 4, as announced by the U.S. Navy recently. The U.S. Defense Authorizatio...

Jun 15, 2022 (Wed)

【#928】Problematic Court Injunction against Nuclear Plant

June 13, 2022 　 The Sapporo District Court on May 31 issued an injunction against restarting the Tomari nuclear power station in Hokkaido. Since the Fukushima nuclear power station accident that acc...

Jun 14, 2022 (Tue)

【#927】Brzezinski’s Respectable Foresight

June 13, 2022 　 Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as national security adviser to U.S. President Jimmy Carter, authored a book titled “The Grand Chessboard” 25 years ago. French demographer Emmanuel T...

Jun 09, 2022 (Thu)

【#926】Kishida Should Completely Break MOF’s Spell

June 6, 2022 　 Japanese government under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has removed a goal of achieving a primary balance surplus in fiscal 2025 from the “Basic Policies for Economic and Fiscal Manage...

Jun 08, 2022 (Wed)

【#925】Defense Enhancement within 5 Years Must be Supported by Budget

June 6, 2022 　 While Germany had decided to increase its defense spending to more than 2% of its gross domestic product in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the Japanese government ha...

Jun 01, 2022 (Wed)

【#924】Quad and IPEF Signaling New International Economic Order

May 30, 2022 　 A Japan-U.S. summit, the launching of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and a Japan-U.S.-Australia-India Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) summit in late May were signif...

Jun 01, 2022 (Wed)

【#923】Quad Getting Closer to Security Cooperation through Maritime Watch

May 30, 2022 　 The U.S. Biden administration’s strategic goal is to prevent the 21st century from becoming an age of autocratic domination. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has prompted th...

May 25, 2022 (Wed)

【#922】Japan Should Increase Defense Spending to German Level at Least

May 24, 2022 　 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on May 23 stated his determination to fundamentally reinforce Japan’s defense capability and secure “s...

May 25, 2022 (Wed)

【#921】How New Economic Framework Will Actually Benefit Asia

May 23, 2022 　 U.S. President Joe Biden launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) during his visit to Japan. Following talks with relevant countries since the initiative was...