Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Feb 03, 2021 (Wed)

【#759】Senkaku Affair Highlights Limitations of Japan’s Constitution

February 1, 2021 　 I have mixed feelings about a recent development regarding a gap between China’s gradual enhancement of moves towards effective control of Japan’s Senkaku Islands over a half ce...

Jan 26, 2021 (Tue)

【#758】Call for Unity Rings Hollow

January 25, 2021 　 When I read the full text of U.S. President Joe Biden’s inaugural address, I was somewhat bored because he repeated all too often the explanation of “democracy” and the call for...

Jan 21, 2021 (Thu)

【#757】Behind Demotion of NK Dictator’s Sister

January 18, 2021 　 In the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea convened its eighth congress January 5 through 12. WPK Chairman Kim Jong Un read the party’s activit...

Jan 21, 2021 (Thu)

【#756】“Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Should Be Maintained

January 18, 2021 　 Ahead of U.S. President Joseph Biden’s inauguration on January 20, former Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell was named to take the new post of coordinator for Indo-Pacif...

Jan 18, 2021 (Mon)

【#755】Japan Should Fight for Victory of Free World

January 14, 2021 　 The world witnesses turbulent events. In the year that opened with deviant behaviors in the United States and China, the international community faces an extraordinary crisis. T...

Jan 14, 2021 (Thu)

【#754】Unjust South Korean Court Ruling on Comfort Women

January 12, 2021 　 Another awful court ruling has come in South Korea. On January 8, the Seoul District Court ordered Japan to pay 100 million won (about $90,000) to each of 12 former comfort wome...

Jan 14, 2021 (Thu)

【#753】U.S. Military Contributed to Developing Corona Vaccine

January 12, 2021 　 The United States developed and began to use novel coronavirus vaccines in less than one year after the outbreak of the infection. Through the unprecedentedly fast vaccine devel...

Dec 29, 2020 (Tue)

【#752(Special)】Families Tested in Dual-Surname Controversies in Japan

December 28, 2020 　 A focus of discussions regarding Japan’s fifth Basic Plan for Gender Equality decided on by the cabinet on December 25 has been a system allowing married couples to use differe...

Dec 29, 2020 (Tue)

【#751】Start of New U.S. Administration Can Mark a Watershed for Japan

December 28, 2020 　 It is too timeworn to follow media’s year-end practice of selecting and commenting on the world’s 10 biggest news events of the past year. If I were to select only the biggest ...

Dec 24, 2020 (Thu)

【#750(Special)】Today’s S. Korea Not Qualified to Be Invited to G7 Summit

December 21, 2020 　 Is South Korea under President Moon Jae In qualified to join a club of liberal democracies? British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a plan to invite India, Austra...