Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Mar 05, 2020 (Thu)

【#660(Special)】Key KWP Official Fired

March 2, 2020 　 An incident as big as the execution of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle Jang Song Thaek in December 2013 occurred in the center of power in Pyongyang in February. The powerful...

Mar 05, 2020 (Thu)

【#659】Enhance Transparency of School Textbook Screening

March 2, 2020 　 On December 25 last year, the education ministry disapproved Jiyusha Publishing’s junior high school history textbook prepared by the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform tha...

Feb 26, 2020 (Wed)

【#658】Disease of Autocracy Covering up Inconvenient Truth

February 25, 2020 　 It may be natural for an authoritarian regime to cover up an inconvenient truth. For the reason of a column headline, China has expelled three correspondents of The Wall Street J...

Feb 19, 2020 (Wed)

【#657】Proposal for New Coronavirus Infection Prevention

February 17, 2020 　 A nuclear power plant that meets Japan’s new safety standards, known as the toughest in the world, is equipped with a filter vent to filter out radioactive materials in the event...

Feb 12, 2020 (Wed)

【#656】Risky Semiconductor Business Glimpsed in New Pneumonia Epidemic

February 10, 2020 　 As the new pneumonia epidemic has expanded in China, its serious economic impacts have become a matter of concern. Given that Wuhan where the epidemic has originated is an auto i...

Feb 05, 2020 (Wed)

【#655(Special)】New Epidemic Shows Need for Emergency Clause in Constitution

February 3, 2020 　 The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus that broke out in Wuhan, Hebei Province, China, exceeded 10,000 in China as of February 2, including more than 300 who die...

Feb 05, 2020 (Wed)

【#654】China Keeps Bullying Taiwan even amid Disaster

February 3, 2020 　 A novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic originating from the central Chinese city of Wuhan is spreading fast. As the epidemic has expanded within China, multiple cities have effect...

Jan 27, 2020 (Mon)

【#653】New Pneumonia Outbreak Exposes China’s Secrecy

January 27, 2020 　 A novel coronavirus has caused a pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, Hebei Province, China. As of the morning on January 27, the coronavirus has infected 2,744 people and led to 80 death...

Jan 23, 2020 (Thu)

【#652(Special)】Judicial Risks Threatening Social / Industrial Infrastructure

January 21, 2020 　 On January 17, the Hiroshima High Court ordered Shikoku Electric Power Co. to suspend Unit 3 of its Ikata Nuclear Power Station in Ehime Prefecture, endorsing three Yamaguchi Pref...

Jan 21, 2020 (Tue)

【#651】U.S.-China Trade War as Opportunity for WTO Reform

January 20, 2020 　 The United States and China signed their Phase 1 economic and trade agreement on January 15 after two years of negotiations. The word “Phase 1” symbolizes the deal’s characteristi...