Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jun 14, 2017 (Wed)

【#444】U.S Alert to China’s Space Program and Maritime Militia

June 12, 2017 　　　　　On June 6, the U.S. Defense Department published an annual report on “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2017.” Many foreign media took ...

Jun 07, 2017 (Wed)

【#443】Mattis’s Uncompromising Attitude towards China

June 5, 2017 　　　　　A speech by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Asia Security Summit (the Shangri-La Dialogue) in Singapore on June 3 was significant in that it declared the Trump adminis...

Jun 01, 2017 (Thu)

【#442】Rescue Japanese Citizens Detained in China

May 29, 2017 　　　　　Six Japanese men, including employees of a geological survey company in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo who visited China in March for spa prospecting and other geological surveys, h...

May 24, 2017 (Wed)

【#441】Media Reports Biased toward Trump Impeachment

May 22, 2017 　　　　　Major Japanese media including the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and Japan Broadcasting Corp. known as NHK have been spinning a story that U.S. President Donald Trump is losing voters’...

May 18, 2017 (Thu)

【#440(Special)】Trump Administration Is Lenient toward China

May 15, 2017 　　　　　The Trump administration is remarkably lenient toward China in its Asian diplomacy, giving top priority to securing China’s cooperation in dealing with the North Korean nuclear i...

May 18, 2017 (Thu)

【#439】Abe’s Grave Political Decision for Constitutional Amendment

May 15, 2017 　　　　　On May 3, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave a boost to stagnant debates on constitutional amendment in Japan. Abe said he would like to (1) put an amended constitution into force by...

May 15, 2017 (Mon)

【#438(Special)】S. Korea’s Failure to Unite Conservatives and Centrists

May 10, 2017 　　　　　On May 9, Moon Jae In from the leftist Democratic Party of Korea won an overwhelming victory in the South Korean presidential election, garnering 41.1% of the votes against 24% f...

May 09, 2017 (Tue)

【#437】Democratic Party’s Unreasonable Opposition to Anti-Terror Bill

May 8, 2017 　　　　　When the House of Representatives Judicial Affairs Committee launched deliberation on a bill to create the charge of terror preparations, the Democratic Party boycotted the delibe...

May 08, 2017 (Mon)

【#436】Don’t Leave China or Russia to Back up North Korea

May 1, 2017 　　　　　North Korea has long used the so-called brinkmanship policy as its special measure for playing a diplomatic game with the United States, threatening to resort to war. In the curre...

Apr 27, 2017 (Thu)

【#435】S. Korean Election May Be Choice between Worst and Second Worst

April 24, 2017 　　　　　South Korea will hold a presidential election on May 9. In response to a decision to ouster President Park Geun Hye, the election that had been planned for December will take p...