Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jan 16, 2020 (Thu)

【#647】Futility of Denying Disciplined Parenting to Ban Corporal Punishment

January 14, 2020 　 Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare released a draft guideline on corporal punishment on December 3 before the revised Child Abuse Prevention Act takes effect in April. ...

Jan 09, 2020 (Thu)

【#646(Special)】Deploring Japan’s Limited Sense of Crisis

January 8, 2020 　 Japan in the Reiwa Era from May 2019 must resolve important, difficult challenges involving national fundamentals one by one. In contrast to the 30-year Heisei Era when we benefitt...

Jan 09, 2020 (Thu)

【#645】Kim Calls for Self-reliance to Make Breakthrough against Sanctions

January 7, 2020 　 North Korea held a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party for four days from December 28. Although some 300 full and candidate members of the Central...

Dec 24, 2019 (Tue)

【#644】Amending Constitution is the Only Way to Cope with Great Transition

December 23, 2019 　 The year 2019 saw a great transition in the world’s postwar regime. It does not matter whether the transition is right or wrong, or whether it meets the established values or not...

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...