Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jun 16, 2020 (Tue)

【#690】Diet Should Promote Deliberations on Constitution during Recess

June 15, 2020 　 While the National Diet is set to end its ordinary session on June 17, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and other opposition parties are requesting to extend the session....

Jun 15, 2020 (Mon)

【#689(Special)】Merkel’s Shocking Pro-China Speech

June 10, 2020 　 In April when the novel coronavirus was going rampant in the world, the editor-in-chief of the Bild, the largest daily tabloid in Germany, sent an open letter to Chinese President Xi...

Jun 11, 2020 (Thu)

【#688(Special)】Clear the Confusion about Hypochlorous Acid Water

June 9, 2020 　 Social confusion has arisen over an interim report on May 28 by the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation on verification tests of candidate alcohol replacements to disinfec...

Jun 11, 2020 (Thu)

【#687(Special)】Kim Jong Un Transferring Power to Sister

June 8, 2020 　 Shigeru Yokota, the father of Megumi Yokota abducted by North Korea, has passed away. I have been fighting together with him since 1997 to rescue his daughter and other abductees. I f...

Jun 10, 2020 (Wed)

【#686】Remembering Saburo Tsukamoto, Militant Liberalist

June 8, 2020 　 Not a small number of people still misunderstand the defunct Democratic Socialist Party as positioned between the conservative Liberal Democratic Party and the leftist former Japan So...

Jun 03, 2020 (Wed)

【#685】Vague Diplomacy Originates from “Yoshida Doctrine”

June 1, 2020 　 About a half century ago, Britain’s Economist magazine made a bit of a topic by describing Japan’s diplomacy as “judo diplomacy,” pointing out that Japan pulls back when pressed and m...

May 29, 2020 (Fri)

【#684(Special)】Problems Regarding U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan

May 28, 2020 　 On May 20 when a ceremony was held for Taiwan’s President Tsai Ingwen to enter her second term, the United States announced the sale of 18 torpedoes to Taiwan. They were MK-48 large g...

May 28, 2020 (Thu)

【#683(Special)】Comfort Women Support Group’s Hypocrisy Exposed

May 25, 2020 　 In South Korea, former comfort woman Lee Yong Soo has harshly criticized Yoon Mee Hyang, a former leader of a powerful comfort women support group, for the group’s unspecified spendin...

May 28, 2020 (Thu)

【#682】Involve Europe in Indo-Pacific Strategy

May 25, 2020 　 Is Chinese President Xi Jinping a national salvation leader or an oppressive dictator? Xi clearly attempted to position himself as the former at China’s National People’s Congress leg...

May 25, 2020 (Mon)

【#681(Special)】Counter China’s Intrusion into Japanese Territorial Waters

May 22, 2020 　 China’s plan to seize Japan’s Senkaku Islands and take control of the East China Sea has entered the final stage. On May 8, four China Coast Guard patrol ships including the 5,000-...