Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Sep 18, 2014 (Thu)

【#264】What I Felt in Washington

September 16, 2014 　　　　　As a member of a delegation of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals, I met with U.S. scholars and congressional officials during a week-long visit to Washington ...

Sep 10, 2014 (Wed)

【#263】Battle against Islamic State Could Become Turning Point for Obama Foreign Policy?

September 8, 2014 　　　　　Signs of changes in the U.S. inward-looking mood are seen now that two American journalists have been killed by the radical Islamic State militant group that has taken con...

Sep 03, 2014 (Wed)

【#262】Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Distorted Explanations on Sex Slaves

September 1, 2014 　　　　　When studying the changing concept of slaves under international law in the Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law (Oxford University Press), I found an opini...

Aug 28, 2014 (Thu)

【#261】Xi Jinping Joins Hands with Hu Jintao in Power Struggle

August 25, 2014 　　　　　　The Xi Jingping administration's anti-corruption campaign has become similar to the past Cultural Revolution where betrayals were rampant. Xi is taking advantage of the campaig...

Aug 20, 2014 (Wed)

【#260】Asahi Shimbun in Summer 1945

August 18, 2014 　　　　　“We are Japanese. We are all Japanese… Some in the crowd began to sing a song. The military song was ‘Umi Yukaba’ (If I go away to the sea)… It’s the voice of the nation. It’s...

Aug 11, 2014 (Mon)

【#259】Power Struggle Alone Cannot Explain China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign

August 11, 2014 　　　　　On July 26, China announced the indictment of Zhou Yongkang (whose original name is Zhou Yuangen) who had served as member of the Communist Party of China Politburo Standing C...

Aug 08, 2014 (Fri)

【#258】Cuisine and Manga Cannot Counter Anti-Japan Propaganda

August 4, 2014 　　　　　I have criticized the Japanese Foreign Ministry's apology diplomacy for more than 20 years so that I would hardly be surprised to hear about whatever the ministry does. But I g...

Jul 31, 2014 (Thu)

【#257】Shameless Media Flourishing in East and West

July 28, 2014 　　　　The Asahi Shimbun and The New York Times are similar. Both are eager to defame Japan even by distorting facts and play dumb about their erroneous reports as pointed out by reader...

Jul 24, 2014 (Thu)

【#256】Don’t Tolerate China’s Control on International Finance

July 22, 2014 　　　　　Five major emerging countries have launched an initiative to counter the Bretton Woods system representing the postwar international financial order. Driving the initiative ha...

Jul 17, 2014 (Thu)

【#255】Analyzing Asian International Order

July 14, 2014 　　　　　It is difficult to analyze the international situation in which political, military, economic and other factors are intertwined with short-, medium- and long-term time element...