Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (国家基本問題研究所, Kokka Kihon Mondai Kenkyūjo) is a public and foreign policy think tank in Tokyo, Japan, privately funded and founded in December 2007.

AbbreviationJINF
MottoRevitalizing Japan by pursuing grand national strategy with respect for Japanese traditions and contributing to the international community
Formation2007
Typethink tank (public policy and foreign policy)
HeadquartersClaire Hirakawa-cho #801, 2-16-5 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0093, Japan
Location
President
Yoshiko Sakurai
Websiteen.jinf.jp

Organization

References.[1][2]

President

Vice presidents
  • Tadao TAKUBO (Professor Emeritus, Kyorin University)
  • Katsuhiko TAKAIKE (Lawyer)
  • Yoshito OGURA (Company Executive)

Directors

Auditor
  • Yukio GOTO (Lawyer, Former Prosecutor at Kyoto Public Prosecutors Office)

Publication

JINF publishes weekly short commentaries written by various professionals on current issues. The institute also publishes a newsletter reporting activities every other month for its members.

Awards

Since 2014, the JINF has administered two annual prizes, a Kokkiken Japan Study Award and Japan Study Encouragement Award. Through these awards, the Foundation "encourages and honors outstanding works in the field of Japanese studies at home and abroad that contribute to the furthering of understanding of Japan in the areas of politics, national security, diplomacy, history, education and culture, among others."[3]

Funding

The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals is a fully private-funded think tank. There are three types of membership of the institute, Individual, Supporter and Corporate membership, all of which are completely open.

Suspicion

Yoshiko Sakurai, serving as the President, and Tadae Takubo (Professor Emeritus of Kyorin University and the chairman of Nippon Kaigi), serving as the VP, are considered by some left-wing pundits to be revisionists of history.

References
  1. "Japan Institute for National Fundamentals". Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  2. "公益財団法人 国家基本問題研究所". 公益財団法人 国家基本問題研究所 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  3. The 1st(2014) Terada Mari Japan Study Award, accessed 6/18/2017
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