Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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...

Sep 01, 2016 (Thu)

【#395】Apparent Use of Solid Fuel by North Korea

August 29, 2016 　　　　　When I watched the video footage of ballistic missile launch by North Korea from a submarine on August 24, I found white powdery smoke emitted from the missile and suspected t...

Aug 24, 2016 (Wed)

【#394】Biden’s Remark and Japanese Constitution

August 22, 2016 　　　　　U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s remark on the Japanese constitution on August 15 has become controversial in Japan. When criticizing Republican presidential nominee Donald Tru...

Aug 17, 2016 (Wed)

【#393】Japan’s Constitutional Reform to Propel Asian Stability

August 15, 2016 　　　　　Peace in Asia demands a proactive Japan. The issue Japan faces today is not whether it should remain pacifist but whether it can afford to stay passive in regional and interna...