Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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 ...

Jun 28, 2017 (Wed)

【#447(Special)】U.S.-China Truce on Brink of Collapse

June 26, 2017 　　　　　China that sticks to big-power egoism rejects issuing a communique or boycotts a press conference when bilateral talks fail to make progress in its favor, as indicated by the re...

Jun 28, 2017 (Wed)

【#446】S. Korean and German Propaganda Involving “Battleship Island”

June 26, 2017 　　　　　On June 15, South Korean film director Ryoo Seung Wan announced the completion of a film titled “The Battleship Island” at a press conference in Seoul. The film, which is to be ...

Jun 20, 2017 (Tue)

【#445】A Challenge against Distorted Media in Okinawa

June 19, 2017 　　　　　For a long time, Okinawa’s journalism has been distorted by two leading local dailies -- The Ryukyu Shimpo and The Okinawa Times. On April 1, the Yaeyama Nippo expanded into mai...

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...