Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Apr 10, 2019 (Wed)

【#585】Power Balance Changes Due to Decline of Europe

April 8, 2019 　　　　　Andrew Small, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, has praised the European Union for being united against China’s economic offensive in Europe at i...

Apr 04, 2019 (Thu)

【#584(Special)】New Era Name Is Welcome but Procedure Was Problematic

April 2, 2019 　　　　　A new era name was announced amid a nationwide fever in Japan, brushing away concerns about a tendency to avoid using the imperial era name or “gengo.” The new era name replacin...

Apr 03, 2019 (Wed)

【#583】Japan’s Two-Island Approach Evidently Failed in Talks with Russia

April 1, 2019 　　　　　As feared earlier, Japan’s territorial negotiations with Russia have run into rough waters. Last November, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Puti...

Mar 28, 2019 (Thu)

【#582(Special)】Kim Regime Shaken by 5 Senior Officials’ Runaway

March 25, 2019 　　　　　Since the breakdown of February’s U.S.-North Korea summit, domestic turmoil in North Korea has grown more serious. Disappointment and discontent have been spreading among ordin...

Mar 28, 2019 (Thu)

【#581】G7 Divided over China’s BRI

March 25, 2019 　　　　　China’s attempt to include Europe into its Belt and Road Initiative to create a giant economic zone has apparently gained momentum. During a visit to Italy to launch a European...

Mar 22, 2019 (Fri)

【#580(Special)】Minority Suppression and Sinocentrism

March 19, 2019 　　　　　The U.S. Department of State released Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018, in which it analyzed and condemned the Chinese government’s minority suppression polic...

Mar 20, 2019 (Wed)

【#579】“Maximum Pressure” Should Be Strategy against Pyongyang

March 18, 2019 　　　　　The Japanese government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to refrain from jointly submitting to the United Nations Human Rights Council a resolution accusing North Korea...

Mar 13, 2019 (Wed)

【#578(Special)】Fake Economic Growth Surrounded by Great Wall of Debt

March 11, 2019 　　　　　At the outset on March 5 of an annual session of the National People’s Congress, China’s dummy legislature controlled by the Communist Party, Premier Li Keqiang announced to se...

Mar 13, 2019 (Wed)

【#577】Approaching Last Chance to Rescue Japanese Abductees

March 11, 2019 　　　　　After the breakdown of the U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi in late February, some in Japan observed that a breakthrough might come on the issue of the North’s abduction of Jap...

Mar 06, 2019 (Wed)

【#576(Special)】Needing Specialists and Parent Education to Prevent Child Abuse

March 4, 2019 　　　　　The fatal abuse of a fourth grader girl by her parents in Chiba Prefecture has prompted the government and ruling parties to ban corporal punishment in a bill to be submitted to...