Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jul 31, 2019 (Wed)

【#610】Deceptive Chinese Defense White Paper

July 29, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　China released its first defense white paper in four years on July 24. It is titled “China’s National Defense in the New Era” maybe because it is the first report since t...

Jul 23, 2019 (Tue)

【#609】Distorted Reporting on Japan’s Export Control toward S. Korea

July 22, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　Why are Japanese media reports distorted when it comes to South Korea? Some media reports have described Japan’s tightened control on semiconductor material exports to So...

Jul 19, 2019 (Fri)

【#608(Special)】Moon’s Anti-Japan Policy Integrated with Anti-U.S. and Pro-North Policies

July 16, 2019 Japan’s relations with South Korea have persistently been deteriorating. I have been checking the situation in Seoul since July 13. South Korean conservative leaders agree that the Mo...

Jul 18, 2019 (Thu)

【#607(Special)】Special Award Given to English Translation of Book on Comfort Women

July 16, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　Comfort Women and Sex in the Battle Zone (Hamilton Books), an English translation of a book by Japanese modern historian Ikuhiko Hata, has won this year’s Japan Study Spe...

Jul 18, 2019 (Thu)

【#606】Japan Would Be Mocked if Depending on Others for Protecting Its Ships

July 16, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　On July 9, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford unveiled a plan for the United States to form a coalition of willingness with allies in a few weeks to ...

Jul 11, 2019 (Thu)

【#605】Japan Should Seek to Create World Whale-Raising Organization

July 8, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　Japan resumed commercial whaling in its 200-mile exclusive economic zone on July 1 after its notification of the withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission on De...

Jul 03, 2019 (Wed)

【#604】Japan Should Wake Up to “Third Black Ship Arrival”

July 1, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　“Japan’s fate was changed by the United States twice in history - the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry’s black ship in 1853 and Japan’s defeat by the U.S. in World War I...

Jun 26, 2019 (Wed)

【#603】Clash of Values Coming after G20 Summit?

June 24, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　Now that the Group of 20 summit for multilateral cooperation after the 2008 financial crisis has weakened its coordinating function, the flow of the whole conference will...

Jun 19, 2019 (Wed)

【#602(Special)】Japan Should Unequivocally Support Hong Kong Protestors

June 17, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　Massive protest demonstrations came in Hong Kong against a measure to put the autonomous region under the Chinese Communist Party’s suppressive regime. As the extradition...

Jun 19, 2019 (Wed)

【#601】Don’t Allow Anyone to Benefit from U.S.-Iran Confrontation

June 17, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　Who attacked two oil tankers including a Japanese ship near the Strait of Hormuz? The United States has held Iran responsible, while Iran has denied its involvement. The ...