Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jun 29, 2016 (Wed)

【#384】Unshared European Integration Philosophy

June 27, 2016 　　　　　Ahead of the British national referendum, all other EU member countries had hoped to see Britain remaining in the European Union. It is not exaggeration to say that Britain’s vo...

Jun 29, 2016 (Wed)

【#383】What We Should Learn from Brexit

June 27, 2016 　　　　　Voters supporting Britain’s leave from the European Union won in a national referendum on June 23. The result came as a great shock to the world, triggering a global stock marke...

Jun 22, 2016 (Wed)

【#382】Chinese War Ship’s Intrusion as Seen from International Law

June 20, 2016 　　　　　On June 15, a Chinese war ship passed through Japanese territorial waters around Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The Chinese Navy’s Dongdiao-class electronic reconn...

Jun 16, 2016 (Thu)

【#381】Don’t Allow Chinese War Ships’ Intrusion into Senkakus

June 13, 2016 　　　　　A frigate of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy intruded into the contiguous zone (up to 12 nautical miles beyond territorial waters) around the Senkaku Islands in ...

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...