Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jun 09, 2016 (Thu)

【#380】Tax Hike Delay and Fiscal Stimulus to Revive Abenomics

June 6, 2016 　　　　　Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has postponed consumption tax hike until October 2019, while only a little more than two years are left for his Abenomics economic policy. If h...

Jun 06, 2016 (Mon)

【#379(Special)】Scallops and Seaweeds Are Weeping

June 2, 2016 　　　　　On May 21, I had an opportunity to attend the fifth sea memorial service that took place in Kesennuma Bay of Miyagi Prefecture for victims in the Great East Japan Earthquake, ha...

Jun 02, 2016 (Thu)

【#378】Prepare for Global Nationalism Rise

May 30, 2016 　　　　　As economic power and military power are indispensable for an independent nation, ideals and realistic appreciation are necessary for politics. 　　　　　For U.S. President Barack O...

Jun 01, 2016 (Wed)

【#377(Special)】Abe Should Be Free of Colonial Performance

May 23, 2016 　　　　　It may be unconceivable that a U.S. president would call major cabinet members to the White House, request lectures from Japanese prime minister’s brains on tax and other econom...

May 25, 2016 (Wed)

【#376】Tsai gently sidesteps 1992 Consensus

May 23, 2016 　　　　　On May 20, Democratic Progressive Party leader Tsai Ingwen became Taiwan’s 14th president. I had been interested in what policy direction the first woman Taiwanese president wou...

May 19, 2016 (Thu)

【#375(Special)】U.S. Guards against Three Developments Involving Chinese Military

May 16, 2016 　　　　　On May 13, the U.S. Department of Defense released an annual report on Chinese military power. It indicated a high alertness to Chinese military trends, citing three new develop...

May 17, 2016 (Tue)

【#374】Selfish People Could Ruin Japan

May 16, 2016 　　　　　How selfish these Japanese are! 　　　　　I got the feeling when reading the results of an interview poll of 700 people in 11 prefectures as carried by the May 16 issue of the weekl...

May 16, 2016 (Mon)

【#373(Special)】WPK Congress Breaks No New Ground

May 12, 2016 　　　　　　　In Pyongyang from May 6 through 9, the Workers’ Party of Korea held its first congress in 36 years. The WPK forcibly mobilized the people for a campaign called “70-day struggl...

May 11, 2016 (Wed)

【#372】Trump’s “Great” America

May 9, 2016 　　　　　　　“Make America great again,” says the presidential election campaign slogan of Donald Trump set to win the Republican presidential nomination. The phrase tells us the mindset of ...

May 06, 2016 (Fri)

【#371】Constitution Alone Left Unchanged

May 2, 2016 　　　　　On May 3, the Constitution of Japan enters its 70th year. Japan is the only country that has never amended its constitution as long as 69 years. I cannot but to say it is extraord...