Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jul 05, 2018 (Thu)

【#526(Special)】Award Winning Book Befits 150th Anniversary of Meiji Restoration

July 4, 2018 　　　　　On July 4, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals honored Chuo University Professor Robert Morton with the fifth Japan Study Award and University of East Asia Professor Ch...

Jul 04, 2018 (Wed)

【#525】Joint Survey on Abduction Would Do More Harm than Good

July 2, 2018 　　　　　The North Korean dictator has launched a diplomatic offensive because he has felt threats to his own life as the result of “maximum pressure” strategy led by Japan and the United...

Jun 28, 2018 (Thu)

【#524(Special)】Korea Becoming Tributary to China even in Best Scenario

June 25, 2018 　　　　　I take a positive view of the results of the first-ever U.S.-North Korea summit on June 12. This is because the joint statement by U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean l...

Jun 28, 2018 (Thu)

【#523】Get rid of Positioning U.S. as Pike and Japan as Shield

June 25, 2018 　　　　　At a press conference after his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, U.S. President Donald Trump offered to suspend U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises as they ar...

Jun 20, 2018 (Wed)

【#522】Trump’s “Money First” Is Problematic

June 18, 2018 　　　　　The agreement at the first ever summit between the United States and North Korea in Singapore on June 12 is too vague to lead us to become confident that North Korea will really...

Jun 20, 2018 (Wed)

【#521(Special)】Try Secret Negotiations with N. Korea Using Intelligence Pros

June 15, 2018 　　　　　The recent U.S.-North Korea summit has made great progress toward rescuing Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea. U.S. President Donald Trump told a press conference that he...

Jun 19, 2018 (Tue)

【#520(Special)】Precarious U.S.-North Korea Political Show

June 14, 2018 　　　　　Surely, June 12 when a U.S.-North Korea summit took place has become a historic day. This is because the two countries’ theatrical political leaders broadly reached an agreement...

Jun 13, 2018 (Wed)

【#519】Remember Significance of G7 Summit

June 11, 2018 　　　　　German Chancellor Angela Merkel described U.S. President Donald Trump’s talks with six other leaders at a Group of Seven summit in Italy’s Taormina last year as not very unsatis...

Jun 07, 2018 (Thu)

【#518(Special)】Belt and Road Initiative Starts Backspin

June 4, 2018 　　　　　China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a modern silk road economic zone ambition, has started a backspin at last. In Malaysia that had attempted to join the BRI, a new administr...

Jun 06, 2018 (Wed)

【#517】China Creating Its Own International Standards

June 4, 2018 　　　　　Shangri-La Dialogue 2018, an Asian security summit attended by defense ministers and senior military officers, took place in Singapore last weekend. Until two years ago, China ha...