Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Jun 09, 2015 (Tue)

【#306】Funada Should Resign from LDP Post

June 8, 2015 　　　　　Surprisingly, a witness recommended by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party described Japan's exercise of rights to collective self-defense and the pending national security bil...

Jun 05, 2015 (Fri)

【#305】Underwhelming Speech by Japanese Defense Minister

June 1, 2015 　　　　　At national defense leaders’ Shangri-La Dialogue conference on Asian security in Singapore on May 29-31, the United States and China confronted over China’s land reclamation at...

Jun 04, 2015 (Thu)

【#304(Special)】 Five Lies in China’s Defense White Paper

June 1, 2015 　　　　　China released a new national defense white paper on May 26. It is titled "China's Military Strategy" compared with "China's National Defense" for the previous one published in...

Jun 03, 2015 (Wed)

【#303(Special)】 Criticizing Recent Book by Ambassador Muto

May 29, 2015 　　　　　Masatoshi Muto, Japan's former ambassador to South Korea, has authored a book titled "Truth of Japan-South Korea Confrontation." It has attracted attention by denouncing South ...

May 28, 2015 (Thu)

【#302】China Demonstrates Capability of Bombing Guam

May 25, 2015 　　　　　On May 21, Chinese air force planes flew over the Miyako Strait between Okinawa and Miyako Islands in southwestern Japan for a one-day drill in the Western Pacific for the firs...

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...