Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Mar 24, 2016 (Thu)

【#364】Government Should Take Accountability for Fiscal Risks

March 22, 2016 　　　　　The Japanese government in mid-March started a series of “international financial and economic analysis meetings” where Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and economic ministers exchang...

Mar 15, 2016 (Tue)

【#363】Two Otsu Incidents

March 14, 2016 　　　　　On March 9, Otsu District Court Presiding Judge Yoshihiko Yamamoto ordered the suspension of the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama Nuclear Power Sta...

Mar 09, 2016 (Wed)

【#362】Japan as Cornerstone for Indo-Pacific Security

March 7, 2016 　　　　　Following my U.S. visit in late January, I participated in an international conference in Britain late February. Through these visits, I felt the tidal shift of international co...

Mar 02, 2016 (Wed)

【#361】Japanese Diet Indifferent to Chinese Military Movement

February 29, 2016 　　　　　U.S. or Chinese military movements in the South and East China Seas have been reported almost every day on newspapers and magazines in or out of Japan, and on the Internet. ...

Feb 26, 2016 (Fri)

【#360(Special)】Breaking the “1 Millisievert” Curse

February 25, 2016 　　　　　During a speech on February 7 in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Minister of the Environment Tamayo Marukawa, referring to the decontamination targets following the accident a...

Feb 25, 2016 (Thu)

【#359】Implications of China’s Militarization in South China Sea

February 22, 2016 　　　　　The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed the HQ-9 sophisticated surface-to-air missiles (SAM) on Woody Island of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. W...

Feb 17, 2016 (Wed)

【#358】S. Korea Radically Revises Policies on North and China

February 15, 2016 　　　　　As soon as North Korea launched a long-range rocket, a de facto intercontinental ballistic missile, on February 7, the South Korean government announced that it would immedi...

Feb 12, 2016 (Fri)

【#357】Japan Must Not Fall Behind in the International Information Warfare

February 8, 2016 　　　　　During late January, I went on a lecture tour of the United States giving talks on “China’s Maritime Expansion.” While in America, I became keenly aware of the fact that the J...

Feb 12, 2016 (Fri)

【#356】Next FONOP Should Be Held near Mischief Reef

February 8, 2016 　　　　　On January 30, the United States carried out a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in which a U.S. naval ship passed through waters within 12 nautical miles from a China-c...

Feb 10, 2016 (Wed)

【#355】Don’t Misunderstand N. Korea’s Nuclear Missile Strategy

February 8, 2016 　　　　　On February 7, North Korea test-launched a ballistic missile. The test represented the Kim Jong-un regime’s demonstrative provocation that came before Japan and the United Na...