Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Apr 24, 2014 (Thu)

【#243】Obama Should Act as Strong Superpower Leader

April 21, 2014 　　　　　I would like U.S. President Barack Obama to behave responsibly as dominant superpower leader during his state visit to Japan this week. 　　　　　His imminent Asian tour represents ...

Apr 17, 2014 (Thu)

【#242】Japan’s Basic Energy Plan Lacks Basics

April 14, 2014 　　　　　　On April 11, the Japanese government decided on a basic energy plan as a medium to long-term energy policy guideline at last. The decision had been scheduled for last autumn b...

Apr 09, 2014 (Wed)

【#241】 Let’s Learn History to Win History War

April 7, 2014 　　　　　　Chinese President Xi Jingping seems serious. After South Korean President Park Geun-hye initiated a South Korea-China joint history war against Japan by encouraging China to ...

Apr 02, 2014 (Wed)

【#240】Japan Should Not Abandon Nuclear Option

March 31, 2014 　　　　　　China that pursues ocean hegemony in the western Pacific has grown more likely to make the South China Sea its sanctuary under its nuclear strategy against the United States. ...

Mar 26, 2014 (Wed)

【#239】Will Senkakus Become Asian-Version Crimea?

March 24, 2014 　　　　　　The objective of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down," said Hastings L. Ismay, the first NATO secretary...

Mar 19, 2014 (Wed)

【#238】Former Minister Maehara’s Speech Lacks Strategic Thinking

March 17, 2014 　　　　　　In Washington on March 12, Seiji Maehara, a former foreign minister and a member of the House of Representatives from the Democratic Party of Japan, delivered a speech titled ...

Mar 12, 2014 (Wed)

【#237】U.S. Defense Review Fails to Point Chinese Threat

March 10, 2014 　　　　　　The United States will withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan within this year, ending its war footing that has continued for 13 years since the terrorist attacks on Septe...

Mar 06, 2014 (Thu)

【#236】New Major Power Relations Conflicting with Alliance

March 3, 2014 　　　　　　Michael Auslin, resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, represented U.S. allies' concern over the Obama administration's Asian policy on The Wall St...

Feb 26, 2014 (Wed)

【#235】Japan Should Issue New Statement on Comfort Women

　　　　February 24, 2014 　　　　　　　　At the House of Representatives Budget Committee on February 20, former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobuo Ishihara admitted that then Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei...

Feb 19, 2014 (Wed)

【#234】Obama’s Appeasement Putting U.S. Alliances in Danger?

February 17, 2014 　　　　　　U.S. President Barack Obama strongly hopes to refrain from being involved in wars related to U.S. allies or friends. This may be the reason the Obama administration chose to ...