Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jul 30, 2015 (Thu)

【#317】Chinese Offshore Platforms in East China Sea

July 27, 2015 　　　　　On July 22, the Japanese government unveiled photos of Chinese offshore platforms under construction in the East China Sea. As the international energy market now sees oversup...

Jul 23, 2015 (Thu)

【#316】National Security Bills as Seen from Strategic Viewpoint

July 21, 2015 　　　　　Japan's national security bills have passed the House of Representatives and are well expected to be enacted by the Diet during its current session. Parliamentary discussions ...

Jul 15, 2015 (Wed)

【#315】Publicize Facts about Wartime Mobilization of Koreans

July 13, 2015 　　　　　The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recently inscribed the sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution on the World Cultural Heritage list. W...

Jul 10, 2015 (Fri)

【#314(Special)】U.S. Military Strategy Deeming China Potential Enemy

July 6, 2015 　　　　　On July 1, the U.S. Joint Chief of Staff released the latest National Military Strategy that most clearly shows among published U.S. official documents that the U.S. military d...

Jul 09, 2015 (Thu)

【#313】2nd Japan Study Awards for Encouraging Steady Efforts

July 6, 2015 　　　　　The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals has selected the second recipient of the Terada Mari Japan Study Award launched last year. 　　　　　Edward Marx, associate professor ...

Jun 24, 2015 (Wed)

【#309】Perceptions of China Changing in Western Hemisphere

June 22, 2015 　　　　　At a U.S. National Defense University (NDU) Alumni Seminar in Colombia from 9 to 12 June, I was asked to deliver a speech on China's influences on the Western Hemisphere. Fore...

Jun 16, 2015 (Tue)

【#308】Wake up Democratic Party of Japan

June 15, 2015 　　　　　In 2000, I dared to join the Democratic Party of Japan, then the largest opposition party in Japan, in a bid to develop a political group that could take government from the r...

Jun 11, 2015 (Thu)

【#307(Special)】 Does Consensus Call for Waiting for Being Killed?

June 8, 2015 　　　　　Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attitude of paving the way for Japan to exercise the right of collective self-defense is surely right. But some of his remarks can be taken as denyi...

Jun 09, 2015 (Tue)

【#306】Funada Should Resign from LDP Post

June 8, 2015 　　　　　Surprisingly, a witness recommended by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party described Japan's exercise of rights to collective self-defense and the pending national security bil...

Jun 05, 2015 (Fri)

【#305】Underwhelming Speech by Japanese Defense Minister

June 1, 2015 　　　　　At national defense leaders’ Shangri-La Dialogue conference on Asian security in Singapore on May 29-31, the United States and China confronted over China’s land reclamation at...