Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Dec 12, 2018 (Wed)

【#561】We Support Japan Times’ Wise Decision

December 10, 2018 　　　　　The Japan Times, a daily English newspaper in Japan, made an unusual announcement on November 30 to revise the descriptions of wartime “forced laborers” and “comfort women.”...

Dec 06, 2018 (Thu)

【#560(Special)】S. Korea Should Not Nullify Forerunners’ Efforts to Build Ties with Japan

December 3, 2018 　　　　　South Korea’s Supreme Court has given another final ruling that ordered Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay damages to former South Korean workers and members of ...

Dec 06, 2018 (Thu)

【#559】Is Japan Playing Roles as a U.S. Ally?

December 3, 2018 　　　　　In October when U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech clarifying Washington’s attitude of confrontation with Beijing, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited China ...

Nov 28, 2018 (Wed)

【#558】U.S.-China Confrontation Likely to Last Long

November 26, 2018 　　　　　The United States, China, Russia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran and other countries are rapidly moving. It is difficult to read the world situation. At a symposium...

Nov 22, 2018 (Thu)

【#557】Japan Has No Choice but to Assert Ground for Seeking Return of 4 Russian-held Islands

November 19, 2018 　　　　　Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin at their talks on November 14 agreed to accelerate their countries’ negotiations on a peace treaty ba...

Nov 14, 2018 (Wed)

【#556(Special)】Japan Should Rethink Overall Foreign Resident Policy

November 12, 2018 　　　　　The Japanese government is about to change policy to expand the acceptance of foreign workers to meet serious labor shortages. It has submitted to the parliament a bill to r...

Nov 14, 2018 (Wed)

【#555】Consider National Defense in Accepting Foreign Workers

November 12, 2018 　　　　　One of the most controversial issues at the current session of Japan’s parliament is how to expand the acceptance of foreign workers. Parliamentary discussions focus on the ...

Nov 07, 2018 (Wed)

【#554(Special)】Twilight of Merkel

November 5, 2018 　　　　　Germany plunged into a political turmoil when the combined share of the votes for the grand coalition parties --- the Christian Democratic/Social Union (CDU/CSU) and German S...

Nov 07, 2018 (Wed)

【#553】South Korean High Court Ignores Wartime Facts

November 5, 2018 　　　　　At the House of Representatives Budget Committee on November 1 just after the South Korean Supreme Court ruled that Japan’s Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp. should compe...

Oct 31, 2018 (Wed)

【#552】Abe’s China Diplomacy Could Be Misunderstood

October 29, 2018 　　　　　China is now plagued with a trade war orchestrated by the U.S. Trump administration, while Chinese President Xi Jinping’s prestigious Belt and Road Initiative to expand China...