Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

May 16, 2018 (Wed)

【#513】No Rush to Improve Relations with China

May 14, 2018 　　　　　Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accompanied Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on his trip to Hokkaido after a Japan-China-South Korea summit in Tokyo last week and sent him off at a local air...

May 08, 2018 (Tue)

【#512】Don’t Ease Pressure on N. Korea until Return of Abductees

May 7, 2018 　　　　　From April 30 through May 5, I visited the United States as a member of a joint delegation of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea and two supportin...

May 02, 2018 (Wed)

【#511】Panmunjom Declaration Represents Deception and Betrayal

May 1, 2018 　　　　　“The two leaders solemnly declared before the 80 million Korean people and the whole world that there will be no more war on the Korean Peninsula and thus a new era of peace has b...

Apr 26, 2018 (Thu)

【#510(Special)】Expectations on Japan Seen in Congressional Testimony

April 23, 2018 　　　　　While Japanese opposition parties and media were focusing on the vice finance minister’s reported sexual harassment and a Self-Defense Forces officer’s insulting remark to an o...

Apr 25, 2018 (Wed)

【#509】Specter of Yoshida Doctrine is Haunting

April 23, 2018 　　　　　The specter of the so-called Yoshida doctrine is haunting in the Japanese political center of Nagata-cho. The doctrine, which called for a lightly armed, economically powerful ...

Apr 19, 2018 (Thu)

【#508】Free World Facing Dangerous World

April 16, 2018 　　　　　The latest military strike by the United States, Britain and France on Syria may have indicated that the United States, though having been tired of engagement in world affairs,...

Apr 11, 2018 (Wed)

【#507】Japan Should Take Leadership in Revitalizing WTO

April 9, 2018 　　　　　The United States and China have escalated their trade dispute, filing complaints against each other with the World Trade Organization and increasing the risk of world economy d...

Apr 03, 2018 (Tue)

【#506】Reviving Confrontation: Japan-U.S.-S. Korea vs. China-N. Korea

April 2, 2018 　　　　　From April to May, summit talks are expected to take place between Japan and the United States, between North and South Korea, and between the United States and North Korea. Ami...

Mar 29, 2018 (Thu)

【#505(Special)】Japan Should Accomplish Historical Mission to Amend Constitution

March 26, 2018 　　　　　A question arising from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s convention on March 25 was if Japanese politicians, political parties or media have any spirit to protect Japan an...

Mar 29, 2018 (Thu)

【#504】Bolton’s Nomination and Japan

March 26, 2018 　　　　　John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will become President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on April 9. I met with him six to seven times. He is...