Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Mar 21, 2017 (Tue)

【#427(Special)】Japan Should Urgently Build Missile Defense against N. Korea

March 13, 2017 　　　　　On the morning of March 6, North Korea fired four apparent SCUD Extended Range (ER) ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. I would like to analyze the military meaning of th...

Mar 15, 2017 (Wed)

【#426】S. Korean Conservatives Isolated through Park’s Impeachment

March 13, 2017 　　　　　On March 10, South Korea’s Constitutional Court decided to uphold the National Assembly’s impeachment charge against President Park Geun Hye. The eight judges of the court unan...

Mar 08, 2017 (Wed)

【#425】Positive Ratings for Trump Address Unlikely to Last Long

March 6, 2017 　　　　　On February 28, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his first policy address to Congress at a joint session of the House and Senate, calling for enhancing anti-terrorism measu...

Mar 06, 2017 (Mon)

【#424(Special)】Conservative Rally Outdoes Leftists in South Korea

March 3, 2017 　　　　　On the afternoon of March 1, the center of Seoul was filled with people attending a national flag rally. Any accurate number of participants in the rally is unknown as police ha...

Feb 28, 2017 (Tue)

【#423】Hopes on Japan-Russia 2+2 Meeting

February 27, 2017 　　　　　A Japan-Russia 2+2 meeting will take place in Tokyo on March 20. What is the 2+2 meeting? It means a regular consultative framework to discuss bilateral cooperation and comm...

Feb 23, 2017 (Thu)

【#422】Concerns and Hopes Mixed at Japan-U.S.-India Talks

February 20, 2017 　　　　　I and three other delegates of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals visited New Delhi on February 16 and 17 for bilateral dialogue with the Indian think tank Viveka...

Feb 14, 2017 (Tue)

【#421】Abe Approaches Key U.S. Officials to Persuade Trump

February 13, 2017 　　　　　The first official meetings between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump on February 10 and 11 made the greatest achievements that can be expec...

Feb 09, 2017 (Thu)

【#420】Predicting U.S. Strategy Based on Advisers to Defense Secretary

February 6, 2017 　　　　　The U.S. Trump administration’s Defense Secretary James Mattis made his first visit to Japan, holding talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Defense Minister Tomomi Inada. ...

Feb 02, 2017 (Thu)

【#419】Japan Should Accept Responsibility Sharing with U.S.

January 30, 2017 　　　　　How will the Japan-U.S. alliance survive under the unpredictable Trump administration? New U.S. President Donald Trump in his inaugural address said, “We will reinforce old a...

Jan 26, 2017 (Thu)

【#418】New World Order Featuring Declining U.S. Leadership

January 23, 2017 　　　　　Japanese or Western media may not be able to give any clear conclusion on the new U.S. administration. It may be because not a few Trump cabinet members are willing to contin...