Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Feb 28, 2019 (Thu)

【#574】Enhance Cooperation with European Democracies

February 25, 2019 　　　　　A symposium on the quadrilateral cooperation between Japan, the United States, Australia and India was held recently in Berlin, in which I participated as a panelist. In lat...

Feb 20, 2019 (Wed)

【#573】South Korean Constitution’s Preamble Impedes Friendship with Japan

February 18, 2019 　　　　　The Planning Committee of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals has asked me to make a comment on the South Korean National Assembly speaker’s call for the Japanese ...

Feb 14, 2019 (Thu)

【#572】Step up Japan-India Strategic Cooperation

February 12, 2019 　　　　　In early February, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and India’s Vivekananda International Foundation held a workshop titled “India-Japan Partnership in an Uncer...

Feb 08, 2019 (Fri)

【#571(Special)】Trump’s State of Union Address and Japan – Importance of Leadership

February 7, 2019 　　　　　When seeing U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address from Japan, I felt anew that American leadership is important. 　　　　　On foreign policy, Trump first empha...

Feb 04, 2019 (Mon)

【#570】Don’t Leave President Trump to Ease Sanctions on North Korea

February 4, 2019 　　　　　U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly plans to meet with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in late February. While joking in his Twitter message that he had “fall...

Jan 29, 2019 (Tue)

【#569】Japan-Russia Rapprochement Is Not Kids Game

January 28, 2019 　　　　　Japan-Russia peace treaty negotiations promoted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are reportedly based on an unprecedented strategic vision. In a recent speech at a think tank in ...

Jan 23, 2019 (Wed)

【#568(Special)】Japan Should Enhance Nuclear Plant Export and Energy Policies as Part of Growth Strategy

January 21, 2019 　　　　　On January 18, Hitachi Ltd. announced its board’s decision to freeze a project to build a two-reactor nuclear power station on Britain’s Anglesey Island. The decision came as...

Jan 23, 2019 (Wed)

【#567】Trump Deviates from U.S. Strategy Documents

January 21, 2019 　　　　　In mid-January, the U.S. Department of Defense published three documents - “China Military Power,” “Assessment on U.S. Defense Implications of China’s Expanding Global Access...

Jan 16, 2019 (Wed)

【#566】Rebuttal against President Moon

January 15, 2019 　　　　　South Korean President Moon Jae In in his New Year press conference on January 10 made a remark that cannot be shrugged off about wartime Korean workers in Japan. I take this...

Jan 10, 2019 (Thu)

【#565】Fill This Year with Good Chances for Japan

January 7, 2019 　　　　　Japan could fill this year with good chances depending on its own preparedness. Instead of being plagued with urgent problems that put Japan’s fundamentals into question, we c...