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A New Step Forward to “Regions for Japan-Russia Cooperation” — results and...
Photo: Courtesy of Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Government of Japan Perhaps because hopes for negotiations between Japan and Russia were so high, there was great disappointment at the...
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Dialogue: Abe Commences Double Postwar Settlement at Russo-Japanese Summit...
Photo: Courtesy of Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Government of Japan Key Points of the Joint Press Conference held on December 16, 2016 The two leaders agreed to commence negotiations for a...
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Dialogue: Challenge by Tottori, the Least Populous Prefecture in JapanThere...
Mt. Daisen, Tottori Prefecture Motani Kosuke, Chief Senior Economist, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd. vs Hirai Shinji, Governor, Tottori Prefecture Tottori, a Unique Countryside Motani Kosuke: I...
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Future of the Automotive IndustryStrategies with a View to the Future of EVs...
Key Points The elimination of either FCV or EV by market competition is unavoidable Competition will intensify as obstacles to market participation are lowered by the widespread popularization of EV...
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Future of the Automotive Industry: Preparing for structural changes in the...
Hamaguchi Nobuaki, Professor of Kobe University; Faculty Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Although a gasoline-fueled car is usually said to contain approximately 30,000...
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Dialogue: Will the Day Come When China and India Coexist as Major Powers?
Horimoto Takenori, Visiting Professor, Gifu Women’s University of Japan Kawashima Shin, Professor, University of Tokyo Kawashima Shin: China is making a range of moves, both large and small, with the...
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ASEAN’s Problem of Declining Birthrates and Population Aging ― How to Cope...
“There is strong shadow where there is much light.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Photo: Bangkok, Thailand ASEAN countries are facing more rapidly declining birthrates and population aging than...
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Is the Bank of Japan Technically Insolvent?Dangers Involved in...
Muguruma Naomi, Senior Market Economist, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Increasing interest is focusing on the Bank of Japan’s exit strategy, or its strategy for ending its ongoing ultra-easy...
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Restoration, Revolution or Reform?― The Unexpected Fortune of Winners and...
Influential politicians in modern Japan such as Hara Takashi, Goto Shinpei and Hirata Tosuke rose to prominence as individuals from “rebel” parts of Japan that had opposed the new Meiji government...
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20th Anniversary: Countries Affected by the Asian Financial Crisis Are...
Key Points Criticism of East Asia’s unsuccessful development model misses the point. Economic growth requires robust initiatives in both the private and public sectors. Leapfrogging may be possible...
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Politicians Need to Present Hard-hitting Reforms―We have had enough of...
Sasaki Takeshi, Former President of the University of Tokyo At the beginning of the extraordinary session of the Diet at the end of September, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo decided on a dissolution of the...
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Declining Birthrate and Aging Population in Asia ― Educational Support to...
< Keypoints > Birthrates and average life expectancy in Asia now on a par with developed countries Estimates suggest that consumption tax needs to rise by 8% or more in Thailand Policies...
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The range of a free and open Indo-Pacific strategy
The Indo-Pacific strategy is a regional concept that emerged from the history of the long-term development of the global economy, and has never been a simple geopolitical concept for countering China....
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The Current Situation of International Health Diplomacy and the Role of...
Takemi Keizo, member of the House of Councilors Globalization is the rapid and massive cross-border transfer of people, things, money, information and technologies. It connects societies, economies and...
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The Economic Bloc for Animation Is in Turmoil Who is Making Profits after...
The fourth boom is currently sweeping across the animation industry. The market for animation is finally approaching 2 trillion yen. Money is flowing in from overseas. Meanwhile, people at production...
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Prevent Japan from bankruptcy due to the shortage of workersHold discussions...
Kinosaki hot-spring district, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture The effective opening-to-application ratio in March 2017 was 1.45, a high value for the first time in 26 years and 4 months since November...
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The North Korea Crisis Enters a New StageCan the International Community...
A string of missile test launches and a sixth nuclear test suggest North Korea is on the verge of becoming a true nuclear power. With differing views on how to deal with a nation insistent on...
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The Founder’s Dreams and EngineeringSpirit that Sent the HondaJet Soaring
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A Strategy for Accepting Foreign Workers for A Sustainable Society
It is important to take a long-term perspective instead of merely accepting foreigners to compensate for the shortage of human resources. How should foreigners be accepted to sustain the declining...
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Trends in Selective Globalism
EU-style economic unification with its simultaneous cross-border flows of goods, money and people is on trial. But rather than considering this a reversal of globalism, we should seize this opportunity...
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