Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Oct 05, 2017 (Thu)

【#471】Party of Hope Looks Liberal-oriented

October 2, 2017 　　　　　“I would not be surprised to see anything happen over the North Korean issue if U.S. military get prepared after U.S. President Donald Trump ends his Asian tour in mid-Novembe...

Sep 28, 2017 (Thu)

【#470】Reject Elected Elites Having No Willingness to Protect People

September 25, 2017 　　　　　Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has chosen to dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap election amid the North Korean nuclear crisis. Opposition parties have immediately ...

Sep 21, 2017 (Thu)

【#469(Special)】Talks with Senior U.S. Officials on North Korean Problems

September 20, 2017 　　　　　For about a week from September 11, I visited Washington and New York as a member of a joint delegation of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnaped by North Kore...

Sep 21, 2017 (Thu)

【#468】UNESCO’s Raison D’etre Called into Question over Comfort Women Issue

September 19, 2017 　　　　　The UNESCO International Advisory Committee might have been recommended by the Register Subcommittee to accept the inscription of a set of documents titled “Voices of the ‘...

Sep 14, 2017 (Thu)

【#467(Special)】U.N. Sanctions to Deprive Kim of Foreign Currencies

September 12, 2017 　　　　　On September 11, the United Nations Security Council adopted a new resolution on sanctions on North Korea only a week after Pyongyang conducted its sixth nuclear explosion ...

Sep 12, 2017 (Tue)

【#466】News Media Distorting School Textbook Issue

September 11, 2017 　　　　　On September 6, Japan’s public broadcasting corporation NHK took up the school textbook issue in its television program named “Closeup Gendai+.” The program reported that a...

Sep 07, 2017 (Thu)

【#465(Special)】N. Korean Nuclear Crisis Reaching Crucial Stage

September 4, 2017 　　　　　On September 3, North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear explosion test. On the previous day, I met with an informant with connections to the inside of North Korea in Seoul w...

Sep 06, 2017 (Wed)

【#464】Budget Request Indicates Low Defense Consciousness

September 4, 2017 　　　　　Japan’s defense budget request for fiscal 2018 hit a record 5.25 trillion yen. However, the past trend in a Ministry of Defense budget request line graph shows that the requ...

Aug 30, 2017 (Wed)

【#463(Special)】Glendale Mayor Briefed on Truth about Comfort Women

August 29, 2017 　　　　　On August 25, I got a meeting with Vartan Gharpetian, mayor of Glendale in California. In the city close to Los Angeles, a statue of a comfort woman for the wartime Imperial J...

Aug 29, 2017 (Tue)

【#462】China-N. Korea Fishing Deal Is A Loophole in UN Sanctions

August 28, 2017 　　　　　On August 5, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted new sanctions on North Korea for its firing of intercontinental ballistic missiles. The new sanctions incl...