Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

May 22, 2015 (Fri)

【#301(Special)】 Prostitution Isn’t Synonymous with Human Trafficking

May 19, 2015 　　　　　As for so-called comfort women who served Japanese troops during World War II, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an interview with The Washington Post, published on March 26, “...

May 20, 2015 (Wed)

【#300】Environment Groups Remain Silent over China’s Reclamation

May 18, 2015 　　　　　The U.S. Department of Defense has recently announced that China has expanded its land reclamation in the South China Sea to about 8 square kilometers (equivalent to the size o...

May 13, 2015 (Wed)

【#299】U.S. Scholars’ Statement Represents Milestone for Correcting Misunderstanding on Comfort Women

May 11, 2015 　　　　　On May 5, 187 scholars of Japanese studies, most of whom are American, issued a new statement criticizing the Japanese government’s attitude over the comfort women issue. This ...

May 11, 2015 (Mon)

【#298】Japanese and U.S. Historians Should Hold Open Debate

May 7, 2015 　　　　　Alexis Dudden, professor of history at the University of Connecticut, has contributed to the Japanese weekly magazine Shukan Kinyobi (April 10 issue) an article titled “Protesti...

Apr 30, 2015 (Thu)

【#297】Four Books to be Read during Holiday Week

April 27, 2015 　　　　　When I visited large book store Maruzen in front of Tokyo Station recently, I threw up my eyes. Among new and topical books lined up on the first floor was a just-published b...

Apr 28, 2015 (Tue)

【#296(Special)】 Can SDF Fight History War?

April 24, 2015 　　　　　I was surprised to read an article on the latest issue (April 15, Vol. 732) of “Taiyu,” a journal published by a support group for the Self-Defense Forces. That is a serial c...

Apr 23, 2015 (Thu)

【#295】China Fears Asian Unity

April 20, 2015 　　　　　China's responses to other South China Sea littoral countries' arrest and indictment of Chinese fishermen operating in their exclusive economic zones have become more restrai...

Apr 15, 2015 (Wed)

【#294】Why Did Palau Welcome Japan’s Imperial Couple?

April 13, 2015 　　　　　When Japanese Emperor Akihito realized his long-cherished wish to console the souls of the war dead in Palau on April 8 and 9, the island country's enthusiastic welcome of th...

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...