Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Sep 28, 2018 (Fri)

【#545】Challenges for Abe Elected LDP Head for 3rd Term

September 25, 2018 　　　　　Once reelected, a U.S. president tends to become a lame duck. After a midterm congressional election in the middle of the second four-year presidential term, the tendency a...

Sep 19, 2018 (Wed)

【#544】Is Putin Really a Bachelor of Law?

September 18, 2018 　　　　　Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to sign a peace treaty with Japan within this year without any preconditions at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok where Ja...

Sep 18, 2018 (Tue)

【#543(Special)】Putin’s Imperial Diplomacy

September 13, 2018 　　　　　An imperial diplomacy typically features the cunning of sweetening foreign countries with smiles while rattling sabers. Exactly, Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed J...

Sep 12, 2018 (Wed)

【#542】Global Warming Has Stopped

September 10, 2018 　　　　　Many people may wonder if summer heat waves this year, floods accompanying typhoons and other abnormal climatic or environmental changes might have resulted from global war...

Sep 06, 2018 (Thu)

【#541(Special)】Problems with Public Hearing on Tritium-contaminated Water Disposal

September 4, 2018 　　　　　On August 30-31, public hearings on the disposal of water containing radioactive tritium stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Co. to...

Sep 05, 2018 (Wed)

【#540(Special)】Trump’s Erroneously Reported “Pearl Harbor” Remark

September 3, 2018 　　　　　U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Pearl Harbor” remark at his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in June has been erroneously reported. I would like to introduce a...

Sep 05, 2018 (Wed)

【#539】Is Japan-U.S. Alliance Unshakable?

September 3, 2018 　　　　　At a cabinet meeting on August 28, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera reported the defense white paper for 2018. I appreciate the latest annual report as putting a digest wit...

Aug 29, 2018 (Wed)

【#538】Protect Japanese Companies from Korean Damage Suits

August 27, 2018 　　　　　The Supreme Court of South Korea began hearings on August 23 on a damages suit against Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. filed by former Korean workers requisitioned by Japa...

Aug 23, 2018 (Thu)

【#537(Special)】Chinese Marines Eying Invasion into Taiwan, Senkakus

August 20, 2018 　　　　　On July 16, the U.S. Department of Defense released an annual report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China. The report had been publis...

Aug 22, 2018 (Wed)

【#536】Hoping Emperor May Visit Yasukuni Shrine Next Spring

August 20, 2018 　　　　　On August 15, the last war-end anniversary in the Heisei Era, 50 lawmakers belonging to a “Diet Members’ Group for Visiting the Yasukuni Shrine” visited Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrin...