Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Nov 09, 2016 (Wed)

【#405】Dark Clouds Loom over World after U.S. Election

November 7, 2016 　　　　　Although it may be too early to predict, I envisage that the world after the November 8 U.S. presidential election will enter into the most turbulent period since the end of ...

Nov 04, 2016 (Fri)

【#404】Can Japan Survive International Turbulence without Amending Constitution?

October 31, 2016 　　　　　After reading a Sankei Shimbun column of October 27 written by its editorial writer Rui Abiru, who is said to have inside knowledge of LDP, titled “Reasons Why Discussion Won...

Oct 27, 2016 (Thu)

【#403】Japan’s Role to Prevent Philippine from Tilting toward China

October 24, 2016 　　　　　Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was to visit Japan from October 25 after being cordially welcomed by Chinese leaders and even declaring a “separation” from the United St...

Oct 18, 2016 (Tue)

【#402】Japan’s Role in Supplementing Weakening U.S. Leadership

October 17, 2016 　　　　　While the two major U.S. presidential candidates wage a dirty fight where they criticize each other’s personality toward the voting day coming in three weeks, U.S. leadership...

Oct 13, 2016 (Thu)

【#401】South Korean Scholar Says Comfort Women Were Not Sex Slaves

October 11, 2016 　　　　　A professor at South Korea’s Seoul National University in his Internet lecture has rightly claimed: “As comfort women were public prostitutes, the sex slave theory is wrong. ...

Oct 06, 2016 (Thu)

【#400】Problematic Remark by UNESCO Official on Comfort Women

October 3, 2016 　　　　　On September 9, a meeting took place at the Korean YMCA in Japan in Tokyo’s Chiyoda ward aiming at the inscription of documents on comfort women for the wartime Japanese Imper...

Sep 29, 2016 (Thu)

【#399】Abe’s Approach on Russia May End Up with Return of 2 Islands Alone

September 26, 2016 　　　　　Japan-Russia relations may mark a watershed on December 15. This is because Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may announce a joint statement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, ...

Sep 21, 2016 (Wed)

【#398】Monju Decommissioning Means Fall of Japan

September 20, 2016 　　　　　The Japanese government is trying to use mass media to decommission the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor. As the Monju generates electricity and stands at the core of t...

Sep 15, 2016 (Thu)

【#397】15th Anniversary of 9/11 and Japan

September 12, 2016 　　　　　On September 11, the United States marked the 15th anniversary of terrorist attacks in 2001. Given that 24 Japanese citizens were among the victims of the attacks by the al...

Sep 07, 2016 (Wed)

【#396】Great Power Politics and Abe Diplomacy

September 5, 2016 　　　　　As only a little more than four months are left before the end of the Barack Obama administration, the United States is failing to exercise its international leadership in m...