Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Dec 29, 2021 (Wed)

【#867】Key Points of Japanese and U.S. Defense Budgets

December 27, 2021 　 On December 27, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022 into law, outlining the year’s defense budget. On December 24, the Japanese...

Dec 29, 2021 (Wed)

【#866】Will America Decline or Come Back?

December 27, 2021 　 There may be three major trends towards the New Year in the international situation. First, the United Nations and other international organizations established just after World ...

Dec 23, 2021 (Thu)

【#865】Respecting Human Rights While Shelving Anti-China Resolution?

December 20, 2021 　 Japan’s National Diet has again shelved a resolution condemning the Chinese government for human rights abuse in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region and other areas as Prime Mi...

Dec 23, 2021 (Thu)

【#864】On Passing Away of Shigeo Iizuka, Leader of Abductees’ Families

December 20, 2021 　 On December 18, Shigeo Iizuka, a former representative of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnaped by North Korea, died at the age of 83. He was the eldest brother of ...

Dec 15, 2021 (Wed)

【#863】Align with Like-Minded Countries in Handling Beijing Olympics

December 13, 2021 　 “On human rights issues regarding Uyghur, Tibet, Mongolians and Hong Kong, I would assert what should be asserted and strongly call for responsible actions,” he said as president...

Dec 13, 2021 (Mon)

【#862】Japan Should Support Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative

December 13, 2021 　 U.S. President Joe Biden hosted an online Summit for Democracy on December 9 and 10. He invited leaders of around 110 countries to the unusually large meeting. Though the advisab...

Dec 09, 2021 (Thu)

【#861】Suffrage for Foreigners in the Name of Local Referendum Voting Rights

December 6, 2021 　 The suburban Tokyo city of Musashino is about to enact a local referendum ordinance that admits voting rights for foreigners. This is an ordinance for suffrage for foreigners in t...

Dec 06, 2021 (Mon)

【#860】Magazine Deleted Article Claiming Comfort Women as Not Sex Slaves

December 2, 2021 　 An online magazine on international affairs based in the United States carried a South Korean scholar’s contribution claiming wartime comfort women as not sex slaves but quickly d...

Dec 01, 2021 (Wed)

【#859】Democracy Summit Deviates from Strategic Thinking

November 29, 2021 　 Washington has released a list of countries invited to participate in a virtual democracy summit that U.S. President Joe Biden will host in early December. While including Taiwan...

Dec 01, 2021 (Wed)

【#858】On Death of Former S. Korean President Chun Doo Hwan

November 29, 2021 　 Former South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan died at the age of 90. The incumbent Moon Jae In administration did not hold a state funeral for Chun or provide government support fo...