Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jul 27, 2016 (Wed)

【#389】Where Has Leader of Free World Gone?

July 25, 2016 　　　　　Ronald Reagan became the first U.S. presidential candidate to adopt the slogan “Make America Great Again” in 1980. Although liberals had criticized Reagan as short-sighted and d...

Jul 22, 2016 (Fri)

【#388】International Framework Required for Surveillance on South China Sea

July 19, 2016 　　　　　In the wake of a ruling by an international arbitral tribunal that denied China’s claim to sovereignty on the South China Sea, the Chair’s Statement at the 11th Asia-Europe Meet...

Jul 15, 2016 (Fri)

【#387(Special)】I Saw South China Sea Tribunal Fair and Neutral

July 13, 2016 　　　　　An arbitral ruling has come out on a Philippine-China dispute over the South China Sea. The ruling on July 12 denied China’s claim to historic rights in the sea within the so-ca...

Jul 13, 2016 (Wed)

【#386】Attitude on Constitution Serves As Litmus Test for Statesmen

July 11, 2016 　　　　　Through the July 10 House of Councilors election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, plus their allies who favor constitutional amendment, won a two-thirds majorit...

Jul 06, 2016 (Wed)

【#385】Western Concerns Bringing International Order to New Phase

July 4, 2016 　　　　　Any objective analyzers of international situation should not carelessly judge whether Britain’s leave from the European Union was advisable or not. Are 52% of British voters who...

Jun 29, 2016 (Wed)

【#384】Unshared European Integration Philosophy

June 27, 2016 　　　　　Ahead of the British national referendum, all other EU member countries had hoped to see Britain remaining in the European Union. It is not exaggeration to say that Britain’s vo...

Jun 29, 2016 (Wed)

【#383】What We Should Learn from Brexit

June 27, 2016 　　　　　Voters supporting Britain’s leave from the European Union won in a national referendum on June 23. The result came as a great shock to the world, triggering a global stock marke...

Jun 22, 2016 (Wed)

【#382】Chinese War Ship’s Intrusion as Seen from International Law

June 20, 2016 　　　　　On June 15, a Chinese war ship passed through Japanese territorial waters around Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The Chinese Navy’s Dongdiao-class electronic reconn...

Jun 16, 2016 (Thu)

【#381】Don’t Allow Chinese War Ships’ Intrusion into Senkakus

June 13, 2016 　　　　　A frigate of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy intruded into the contiguous zone (up to 12 nautical miles beyond territorial waters) around the Senkaku Islands in ...

Jun 09, 2016 (Thu)

【#380】Tax Hike Delay and Fiscal Stimulus to Revive Abenomics

June 6, 2016 　　　　　Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has postponed consumption tax hike until October 2019, while only a little more than two years are left for his Abenomics economic policy. If h...