Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Mar 13, 2019 (Wed)

【#577】Approaching Last Chance to Rescue Japanese Abductees

March 11, 2019 　　　　　After the breakdown of the U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi in late February, some in Japan observed that a breakthrough might come on the issue of the North’s abduction of Jap...

Mar 06, 2019 (Wed)

【#576(Special)】Needing Specialists and Parent Education to Prevent Child Abuse

March 4, 2019 　　　　　The fatal abuse of a fourth grader girl by her parents in Chiba Prefecture has prompted the government and ruling parties to ban corporal punishment in a bill to be submitted to...

Mar 06, 2019 (Wed)

【#575】President Moon’s Dangerous Anti-Japan Address

March 4, 2019 　　　　　On March 1, South Korean President Moon Jae In delivered an address to mark the centennial anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement that took place in 1919 for Korea's i...

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...