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Prime Minister Abe Shinzo Heads into Third Consecutive Term as President of...
Key Points There are noticeable differences in the administration’s “two faces” in handling domestic and foreign affairs The administration has lost its unity/cohesion since the second half of his...
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China’s Forty years of Reform and Opening: Japan should discuss China’s...
Key Points The argument that China is a country of a completely different nature is rising in the United States, and the US has changed its policy toward China Coexisting with dispersive private...
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Prime Minister Abe Shinzo Heads into Third Consecutive Term as President of...
Key Points Koizumi’s priority was to escape from factionalism, while Abe’s is intraparty appeasement Even in implementing reforms, there is awareness of avoiding impact to the existing LDP...
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China’s Forty Years of Reform and Opening: Governance Model Lacking Consistency
Key Points The search for specific reform methods after Deng Xiaoping A top-down approach cannot sustain one-party rule Issues in the East China Sea reflect China’s views of the public order Prof....
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Focal points of the discussion on the expansion of the acceptance of foreign...
Key points There is concern that efforts to improve productivity will be put on the back burner due to increased acceptance An increase in the number of foreign residents has little negative impact on...
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China’s Forty years of Reform and Opening: Industrial Advancement will be...
Key points China is standing at the crossroads of the middle-income trap The reform of state-owned companies will proceed with difficulty because there are multiple vested interests New startups are...
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The End of the Heisei Period: Striving to Become a Country that Takes Pride...
Key points Rate of women leaving the workforce after birth of first child continuing at a high level Importance of male participation and social support in the raising of children Despite progress in...
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The True Home of Japan Studies Is Not Japan: Academic rivals are skilled at...
Who really “owns” Japan studies? Prof. Matsuda Koichiro In the list of academic fields eligible for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, no such field...
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Thirty years of clambering up and slipping back down— A comprehensive look...
Kitaoka Shinichi, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Inoki Takenori, Professor Emeritus, Osaka University What kind of period was Heisei (1989–2019)? Kitaoka Shinichi: My image...
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Can Japanese Diplomacy Talk about Universality?—Rebuilding public diplomacy...
Amidst the flux of the liberal international order, Japan’s public diplomacy, which relies solely on its cultural uniqueness, is inadequate. The author proposes new principles for an age where the...
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