Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Aug 08, 2013 (Thu)

【#205(Special)】 Our Stance on Aso Remark

August 5, 2013 　　　　　　A recent remark on Nazi Germany by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso has come under fire in media. Aso, who doubles as finance minister, made the remark as a panelist at a m...

Aug 05, 2013 (Mon)

【#206】Abenomics is a Flawed Industrial Strategy

August 5, 2013 　　　　　　History shows that countries with significant security and defense related investments are stronger and more economically prosperous. Today, the best example of this is Is...

Aug 01, 2013 (Thu)

【#204】Reading Interim Report on Japan’s Defense Capabilities

July 29, 2013 　　　　　　　On July 26, the Ministry of Defense released an interim report on Japan's desirable defense capabilities in a run-up to its revision of the defense program outline. Based ...

Jul 25, 2013 (Thu)

【#203】Constitutional Amendments Required for a Strong Japan

July 22, 2013 　　　　　　Seven months after its inauguration, the Shinzo Abe administration of the Liberal Democratic Party achieved the ruling party's landslide victory in a House of Councillors ...

Jul 18, 2013 (Thu)

【#202】Japan’s Weak Control over Straits

July 16, 2013 　　　　　　On July 14, the Defense Ministry said five Chinese naval ships sailed through the Soya Strait off Hokkaido. Russian military ships have ...

Jul 10, 2013 (Wed)

【#201】Education Revitalization Council Lacks Sense of Crisis

July 8, 2013 　　　　　　　　　　　　The Japanese government’s Education Revitalization Council has submitted proposals on bullying and corporal punishment, the educat...

Jul 02, 2013 (Tue)

【#200】Pay Attention to Syria

　　　　　　　 July1, 2013 　　　　　　The New York Times, known as a liberal newspaper that has persistently supported President Barack Obama, unusually carried a story that criticized his diplomacy as bei...

Jun 26, 2013 (Wed)

【#199】Implications of Landslide Ruling Party Victory in Tokyo

　　　　　 June 24, 2013 　　　　　　In the June 23 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the New Komeito Party, won a landslide victory,...

Jun 19, 2013 (Wed)

【#198】Abenomics Should Be Constructively Discussed and Implemented

　　 June 17, 2013 　　　　　Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Abenomics economic policy has been criticized noisily. Critics are preoccupied with short-term stock and currency market fluctuations and ma...

Jun 13, 2013 (Thu)

【#197】Has Japan Any Means to Overcome U.S.-China Bipolarity?

　 June 10, 2013 　　　　　　The June 7-8 summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Sunnylands retreat in California r...