Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Mar 06, 2013 (Wed)

【#183】 Japan’s Farm Lobbies Sticking to Vested Interests

March 4, 2013 　　　　　　　Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems to have decided Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. Since before last D...

Feb 28, 2013 (Thu)

【#182】Abe Should Use Momentum to Take Courageous Actions

February 25, 2013 　　　　　 I highly appreciate Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as having made careful preparations and prompt decisions to win U.S. President Barack Obama's satisfactory ...

Feb 19, 2013 (Tue)

【#181】Abe Would Do Better to Specify Japan’s Nuke Option

February 18, 2013 　　　　　　U.S. President Barack Obama's remarks on North Korea's third nuclear bomb test on February 12 have suggested no strong will to resolutely block North Korea from becoming nucle...

Feb 15, 2013 (Fri)

【#180(Special)】Don’t Allow N. Korea to Be Nuclear-Armed

February 13, 2013　　　　　　On February 12, North Korea forced a nuclear explosion test. The action clearly violates United Nations Security Council resolutions and represents an intolerable provocation ...

Feb 10, 2013 (Sun)

【#179】 Japan Should Demonstrate Resolve to Defend Territories

　February 12, 2013　　　　　　　　China's aggressiveness near Japan's Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea is escalating. Chinese government ships have repeatedly intruded into Japan's territorial waters s...

Feb 05, 2013 (Tue)

Japan Must Be Prepared to Share Burdens （Tadae Takubo, Vice President, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals）

Speaking Out #178 February 4, 2013 　　　　　　"Japan-China relations amount to Japan-U.S. relations," said Shigeharu Matsumoto, who made a global scoop on the 1936 X...

Jan 30, 2013 (Wed)

Build Japan Refusing to Succumb to Terrorism （Yoshiko Sakurai, Journalist and President of JINF）

Speaking Out #177 　　　　　　The Algerian hostage incident, which broke out on January 16, essentially indicated terrorist groups, including the al-Qaeda network that attacked the United States in 2001,...

Jan 23, 2013 (Wed)

Abe’s Crisis Management Was Appropriate （Atsuyuki Sassa served as the first chief of the Cabinet Secretariat’s National Security Office created in 1986）

Speaking Out #176 　　　　　　The year 2013 is the year of the snake under the 12-year Chinese lunar calendar where each year is named after the 12 Chinese zodiac animals in turn. According to the late n...

Jan 16, 2013 (Wed)

Gov’t Should Now Decide to Enter TPP Talks （Yujiro Oiwa, Planning Committee Member of JINF and Professor at Tokyo International University）

Speaking Out #175 The Japanese government has remained vague about Japan's participation in negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement for the reason that the ruling Liberal...

Jan 10, 2013 (Thu)

Abe Should Send Correct Messages on Historical Issues （Yoshiko Sakurai, Journalist and President of JINF）

Speaking Out #174 　　　　　　　Challenges for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe include historical perceptions, national security and economic stagnation that are all not easy to deal with. Particularly, he wi...