Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Sep 01, 2016 (Thu)

【#395】Apparent Use of Solid Fuel by North Korea

August 29, 2016 　　　　　When I watched the video footage of ballistic missile launch by North Korea from a submarine on August 24, I found white powdery smoke emitted from the missile and suspected t...

Aug 24, 2016 (Wed)

【#394】Biden’s Remark and Japanese Constitution

August 22, 2016 　　　　　U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s remark on the Japanese constitution on August 15 has become controversial in Japan. When criticizing Republican presidential nominee Donald Tru...

Aug 17, 2016 (Wed)

【#393】Japan’s Constitutional Reform to Propel Asian Stability

August 15, 2016 　　　　　Peace in Asia demands a proactive Japan. The issue Japan faces today is not whether it should remain pacifist but whether it can afford to stay passive in regional and interna...

Aug 15, 2016 (Mon)

【#392】Unsatisfactory Defense White Paper

August 8, 2016 　　　　　As the writer of Part I (World Military Situation) of Japan’s defense white paper for 1987, I would like to comment on this year’s version. The latest defense white paper fails...

Aug 15, 2016 (Mon)

【#391(Special)】Questionable “Comfort Women” Records Presented for UNESCO Inscription

August 5, 2016 　　　　　Excerpts of a joint application for the inscription of documents on comfort women for the wartime Japanese Imperial Army on the UNESCO Memory of the World list were released on...

Aug 05, 2016 (Fri)

【#390】80% of Former Comfort Women Support Accord

August 1, 2016 　　　　　Based on a Tokyo-Seoul agreement late last year, the South Korean government launched the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation on July 28 to support former comfort women. At a...

Jul 27, 2016 (Wed)

【#389】Where Has Leader of Free World Gone?

July 25, 2016 　　　　　Ronald Reagan became the first U.S. presidential candidate to adopt the slogan “Make America Great Again” in 1980. Although liberals had criticized Reagan as short-sighted and d...

Jul 22, 2016 (Fri)

【#388】International Framework Required for Surveillance on South China Sea

July 19, 2016 　　　　　In the wake of a ruling by an international arbitral tribunal that denied China’s claim to sovereignty on the South China Sea, the Chair’s Statement at the 11th Asia-Europe Meet...

Jul 15, 2016 (Fri)

【#387(Special)】I Saw South China Sea Tribunal Fair and Neutral

July 13, 2016 　　　　　An arbitral ruling has come out on a Philippine-China dispute over the South China Sea. The ruling on July 12 denied China’s claim to historic rights in the sea within the so-ca...

Jul 13, 2016 (Wed)

【#386】Attitude on Constitution Serves As Litmus Test for Statesmen

July 11, 2016 　　　　　Through the July 10 House of Councilors election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, plus their allies who favor constitutional amendment, won a two-thirds majorit...