Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Dec 18, 2019 (Wed)

【#643(Special)】The China Factor behind India’s RCEP Pullout

December 17, 2019 　 The 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was supposed to create the world’s largest trading bloc. But India’s withdrawal from the RCEP has undercut that o...

Dec 17, 2019 (Tue)

【#642】Rebut S. Korea’s Arguments Based on Historical Facts

December 16, 2019 　 There are two events occurring in regard to Japan-South Korea relations. A bilateral director-general level meeting on export control on strategic goods was held in Tokyo on Dece...

Dec 12, 2019 (Thu)

【#641(Special)】Japanese Lawmakers Don’t Tolerate Human Rights Abuse

December 12, 2019 　 The international community especially Western countries are casting stern eyes on the suppression of Tibetan and Uyghur human rights in China, the world’s second largest militar...

Dec 12, 2019 (Thu)

【#640(Special)】How to see Japan-S. Korea Export Control Dialogue?

December 11, 2019 　 A Japan-South Korea director-general level dialogue on export control next week is attracting attention. The recent entanglement over the General Security of Military Informat...

Dec 11, 2019 (Wed)

【#639】Recognize Iran as Terrorist Country

December 9, 2019 　 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is reportedly planning to visit Japan soon. His hope to visit Japan was conveyed to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ab...

Dec 05, 2019 (Thu)

【#638(Special)】Odd Feeling about Pope’s Remarks

December 2, 2019 　 On November 23, Pope Francis aboard an aircraft on his way to Japan sent messages to the leaders of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. He made no mention of protesters in Hong Kong, alt...

Dec 04, 2019 (Wed)

【#637】Stand up to China

December 2, 2019 　 On November 24, pro-democracy candidates won a landslide victory in Hong Kong’s district council elections, indicating strongly that the Chinese Communist Party may lose power if ...

Nov 28, 2019 (Thu)

【#636(Special)】Anti-Japan Tribalism Undermining Japan-S. Korea Relations

November 25, 2019 　 I have recently had a talk with former Seoul University professor of economics Lee Yong Hoon who authored “Anti-Japan Tribalism,” which has become a bestseller in Japan as well a...

Nov 28, 2019 (Thu)

【#635】Continuing Anti-Japan/U.S. Sentiments despite GSOMIA Extension

November 25, 2019 　 On November 22, South Korea’s Moon Jae In government announced the conditional suspension of its earlier decision to terminate the defense intelligence sharing agreement with Jap...

Nov 21, 2019 (Thu)

【#634(Special)】Don’t Lower Pressure on N. Korea in Pursuit of Deceptive Progress

November 18, 2019 　 “Abduction victims and we the families have got older, but we remain determined to achieve a family reunion. We have persistently hoped to have our children returned soon. It is ...