Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Apr 09, 2015 (Thu)

【#293】Desired Japanese Engagement in South China Sea

April 6, 2015 　　　　　I was invited to make a presentation at a South China Sea international conference in Manila in late March. At the end of the gathering, conference sponsors adopted a declarat...

Apr 01, 2015 (Wed)

【#292】Middle East to See Upheaval Depending on U.S.

March 30, 2015 　　　　　Even though few people in Japan may agree, it was very big news that Saudi Arabia attacked Yemen at the mouth of the strategically important Red Sea with support from 11 othe...

Mar 26, 2015 (Thu)

【#291】AIIB Helps Chinese Regional Hegemony

March 23, 2015 　　　　　The Japanese government is reportedly exploring the possibility of participating in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank that China has taken the initiative in creating wi...

Mar 19, 2015 (Thu)

【#290】Weird Behaviors of Former PM Hatoyama

March 16, 2015 　　　　　Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama visited Crimea with a visa issued by the Russian government March 11-12. Given that the Japanese government has not recognized Ru...

Mar 12, 2015 (Thu)

【#289】U.S. Official’s Remark and Chinese and Korean Responses

March 9, 2015 　　　　　"It’s not hard for a political leader anywhere to earn cheap applause by vilifying a former enemy. But such provocations produce paralysis, not progress," said Wendy R. Sherman...

Mar 05, 2015 (Thu)

【#288】How to Fight History War?

March 2, 2015 　　　　　On March 1, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, in her annual address to commemorate an independence movement against Japanese rule, reiterated (for the several hundredth tim...

Feb 26, 2015 (Thu)

【#287】Outrageous Yonaguni Referendum

February 23, 2015 　　　　　On February 22, a referendum took place on the planned deployment of a Ground Self-Defense Force unit on Okinawa Prefecture's Yonaguni Island, the westernmost Japanese isle...

Feb 19, 2015 (Thu)

【#286】Criticizing Refusal to Correct U.S. History Textbook

February 16, 2015 　　　　　On February 5, a total of 19 U.S. historians issued a statement opposing a Japanese government request for U.S. publisher McGraw Hill Education to correct a world history t...

Feb 12, 2015 (Thu)

【#285】Constitutional Debate Linked to History War

February 9, 2015 　　　　　When a delegation of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals visited India in September 2011 along with a bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers including Shinzo Abe, ...

Feb 05, 2015 (Thu)

【#284】Japan Should Create Intelligence Agency

February 2, 2015 　　　　　Since the beginning of this year, radical Muslim militants have made terror attacks in Europe and caused a hostage crisis involving Japanese citizens. Through these inciden...