Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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 ...

Nov 21, 2019 (Thu)

【#633】Waste No More Time Debating on Cherry-blossom Party

November 18, 2019 　 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to cancel his cherry-blossom party next year, after being criticized for having invited many of his political supporters to the publicl...

Nov 14, 2019 (Thu)

【#632】Path to Improve Japan-S. Korea Relations

November 11, 2019 　 South Korean government and ruling party have been sending signals seeking to improve relations with Japan. After the prime minister and the National Assembly speaker visited Jap...

Nov 06, 2019 (Wed)

【#631】Implications of BRI’s Disappearance from Chinese Party Communique

November 5, 2019 　 On October 31, the Chinese Communist Party concluded the fourth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee and released a 6,000-letter communique spelling out future domestic a...