Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Aug 02, 2017 (Wed)

【#456】“SDF That Cannot Combat” Weakens Deterrence

July 31, 2017 　　　　　Responsible politicians should tackle a national security crisis Japan faces instead of playing with empty theories about the Self-Defense Forces’ “cover-up tendency.” In a mann...

Aug 01, 2017 (Tue)

【제446회】영화『군함도』의 한/독에 의한 악선전을 간과해서는 안 된다

2017년 6월 26일 　6월 15일,한국의 영화감독 류승완씨가 서울에서기자회견을 열어,영화 “군함도(軍艦島）” 완성을 보고했다. 7월 하순에 개봉되는 이 작품은, ‘군함도에 강제징용된 조선인들이 목숨을 걸고 탈출을 시도하는 과정’을 그렸다고 한다. 　류씨는 ‘강제징용의 고통’을 ‘현재 한국영화에서 할 수 있는 최대치에 도전’하여 ‘영화적인 상상력...

Jul 27, 2017 (Thu)

【#455】Stop TV Fascism

July 24, 2017 　　　　　Television stations are getting out of control. 　　　　　For six months, media have continued to report on “scandals” involving school entities Moritomo Gakuen and the Kake Educati...

Jul 20, 2017 (Thu)

【#454】Japanese and U.S. Lawmakers’ Different Responses to Liu’s Death

July 18, 2017 　　　　　Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump made similar responses to the July 13 death of Chinese democratic activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xi...

Jul 13, 2017 (Thu)

【#453(Special)】Relying on China over N. Korea Reaching a Limit

July 10, 2017 　　　　　The U.S. and Chinese presidents met in Hamburg, Germany, on July 8. While U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized the need to respond to North Korea’s growing threat of nuclear a...

Jul 12, 2017 (Wed)

【#452】Japan Should Contribute to FONOP — A Year after Arbitral Ruling

July 10, 2017 　　　　　July 12 marks the first anniversary of an arbitral ruling on China’s construction of artificial islands and other activities in the South China Sea. The ruling on the petition f...

Jul 06, 2017 (Thu)

【#451(Special)】Is Japan Prepared to Promote 2nd INF Treaty?

July 3, 2017 　　　　　On June 20, the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee in its markup for FY 2018 national defense authorization act identified Russia’s deployme...

Jul 06, 2017 (Thu)

【#450】Perception Gap behind Superficial U.S.-South Korea Friendship

July 3, 2017 　　　　　South Korean President Moon Jae In visited Washington for two days of talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. In mid-June, a U.S. military source told me: 　　　　　“President Trump ...

Jul 03, 2017 (Mon)

【#449(Special)】Japan Study Award Winners Confronting Biased Historical View

June 28, 2017 　　　　　On July 5, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals will hold a ceremony to honor University of Miami Professor June Dreyer with the Japan Study Award and former New York T...

Jun 29, 2017 (Thu)

【#448(Special)】Double Standard of UNESCO’s Memory of World Register

June 27, 2017 　　　　　The Asahi Shimbun newspaper carried a major story headlined “UNESCO to Exclude Some ‘Political Nominations’ for Inscription on ‘Memory of World’ Register” on June 24, reporting ...