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Japan as a Society Dependent on Convenience Stores What Attracts Me to...
Thinking about American Culture from an Outside Perspective Gavin H. Whitelaw, Sr. Associate Professor, International Christian University I am a cultural anthropologist and my research focuses on...
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The Unification of the Written Word in Modern-era Japan
Dr. Miura Atsushi Dr. MIURA Atsushi: Today, I will be speaking with Dr. Campbell, who emphasizes the importance of documents and materials written in scripts such as kuzushiji (cursive-style Japanese...
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Makeup Brushes, Kendama, and Sakata Seed… Products Made-in-Japan and...
There are products made in Japan that win in the field of global competition, are recognized as international brands, and are praised by consumers around the world. How are hit products from Japan...
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Mr. Governor, when will we finally be free from deflation? An 80-minute...
Mr. Kuroda, it was 20 March 2013 when you were appointed as the 31st Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Almost three whole years have passed since then. Today I’d like to have you reflect back over...
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Shogi and Artificial Intelligence
Advisor: SATO Yasumitsu, professional shogi player KAMIYA Matake, Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan The waves of the third artificial intelligence (AI) boom are now sweeping across Japan in...
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Mao Zedong, Founding Father of the People’s Republic of China, Conspired with...
ENDO Homare, Director, Center of International Relations, Tokyo University of Social Welfare, Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba On 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong declared the creation of the...
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The Good and the Bad of a Negative Interest Rate Policy:Zero Interest Rate on...
<Key points> The real economy’s limited response to monetary policy Views also exist that quantitative easing has limited room for further expansion Agony deepens among central banks as unstable...
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Japan Is Set for A New Dimension of International Cooperation― A perspective...
Future course for Japan to take Yamazaki MasakazuPHOTO: AIZAWA TADASHI Yamazaki Masakazu: On the domestic front today, things surrounding our society seem to be remaining stable at a level that has...
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Issues Presented in the Paris Agreement
— The parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted a new international framework for measures against global warming called the Paris Agreement at their 21st meeting...
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Primatology (ape studies) and DNA research unlock the answers…Where Do Human...
Racial discrimination, sex, the aging population… Watching gorillas gives us insight into the future of human society Yamagiwa Juichi, President of Kyoto University Fukuoka Shin-Ichi, Biologist...
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Shock of a “Nation of 50 Million People”
The Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) hosted a symposium in October examining the impact of a declining population on society and businesses. In 2014, the Japan Policy Council, a private think...
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Interview: Intermediary Functions of Banks Have Declined ― Limits of Monetary...
— The Bank of Japan (BOJ), which had maintained that it would “do anything possible” to achieve the target year-on-year consumer price index increase rate of 2%, decided to adopt a negative interest...
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Interest in “death in the first person” Shimada Hiromi: In January this year, I published Zero-so: Assari shinu (Zero funeral: How to die a simple death). It advocates “zero funerals,” whereby the...
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A Sardine-Shaped Cloud
The prize-giving ceremony for the 17th Haiku International Association Haiku Contest was held at the Arcadia Ichigaya Hotel in Tokyo on 5 December 2015. The prizewinning works and judges’ summations...
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Abenomics is Womenomics
“Creating a society in which all women shine” is one of the defining policies of Abenomics. Thanks to the measures introduced under the policy since the Abe administration’s establishment in December...
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The Bank of Japan Can Continue Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing...
< Key Points > * Deflation and long-term stagnation continued in Japan for almost two decades. * QQE will reach its quantitative limit in the middle of 2017 at the earliest. * A structure based...
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Investing in Japan
Incentivized by the economic policies of the Abe administration, the weaker yen and a sharp increase in the number of inbound tourists, investment in the Japanese real estate market is on the rise. A...
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Will Japan’s Labor Shortage Worsen?Overstaffing May Resurface If Problems Are...
An examination of the causes of Japan’s current labor shortage reveals that it is too early to conclude that a society with a shrinking population directly causes the problem to worsen. YAMADA...
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The Making of an Intellectual Property-based Nation
Japan’s latest Intellectual Property Promotion Plan spells out the government’s determination to promote the utilization of regional intellectual property to support SMEs and to reduce and more...
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Interview: Preventing Deflationary Pressure from Flaring Up Again ― Investors...
— The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has decided to lower the interest rate imposed on a portion of the money private banks deposit in current accounts at the BOJ to negative 0.1%. What is your take on this...
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