Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals or Kokkiken is a public and foreign policy think tank in Tokyo, Japan, privately funded and founded in December 2007 by Yoshiko Sakurai.

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Overview

It regularly gives policy proposals to the Japanese government and holds monthly "study" meetings and international symposiums.

Membership

JINF has close ties to the ultranationalist organization Nippon Kaigi and many of its members also come from various ultranationalist textbook reform organizations/movements like Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform, Japan Education Rebirth Institute, and Society to Improve Textbooks.
From Nippon Kaigi, some prominent members include chairman Tadae Takubo, secretary general Yuzo Kabashima, former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, and policy committee member Akira Momochi.

Organization

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President

Yoshiko Sakurai

Vice presidents

Tadao TAKUBO
Katsuhiko TAKAIKE
Yoshito OGURA

Directors

Hironobu ISHIKAWA
Takashi ITO
Yasuo OHARA
Minoru KITAMURA
Tadashi SAITO
Shiro TAKAHASHI
Ryutaro TSUCHIDA
Taikin TEI
Tadashi NARABAYASHI
Osamu NISHI
Koichiro BANSHO
Yoshifumi HIBAKO
Sukehiro HIRAKAWA
Koichi FURUSHO
Hiroshi FURUTA
Tamao HOSOKAWA
Akira MOMOCHI
Yoshihiko YAMADA
Taro YAYAMA
Hiroshi YUASA
Toshio WATANABE

Auditor

Yukio GOTO

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."

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.