Special Features
Dynamism of International Division of Labor of the 21st Century Brought About by Regionalism
The significance of and the area requiring trade liberalization, which has supported development of the global economy since the 20th century, have been further expanded in the 21st century along with changes in the industrial structure.
FTAs, EPAs and similar vehicles of regionalism are currently the most effective political measures for promoting liberalization. Japan has no time to waste in proactively dealing with the situation.
Diplomacy | Politics
Behind the scenes of Operation Tomodachi
At the Bilateral Crisis Action Team (BCAT), where intentions of the U.S. military and the Japan Self-Defense Forces crossed
Diplomacy | Politics
Politicians, Would You Please Stop Betraying Our National Interests?
Without opening its doors, Japan will never achieve stability in its people’s lives!
Diplomacy | Politics
The Nature of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Future of Japanese Politics
Science | Technology
Space Exploration: Making Space Accessible to All
Developed by ambitious university laboratories with no previous experience or expertise, nanosatellites are set to open the doors and make space accessible to everyone.
Society | Culture
Reassessing post-3/11 Japan from an aesthetic perspective
Diplomacy | Politics
U.S.-Japan Relations in Contemporary World History
Diplomacy | Politics
How Has Japan Treated Nuclear Power?
The accident in Fukushima demands that we consider how Japanese society should coexist with nuclear power. Dialog is needed with society, beyond the realm of energy issues, regardless of whether Japan will deviate from nuclear power or continue to utilize it.
Diplomacy | Politics
Alliance, Bases and Okinawa — Why Does Japan Stop Thinking?
Economy
The Nation Needs to Conduct Fiscal Policy Reforms that Correct the Unfairness Between the Generations
In Japan, where society is aging and childbirth is declining, citizens of future generations may see their interests compromised. Current reforms of fiscal and social security policies need to see things from the standpoint of generational inequities
Science | Technology
Beyond the Age of Energy Myths – Conditions for “Graduating” from the Nuclear Age
Science | Technology
Greenery changes cities… and changes how we live
Society | Culture
Thoughts on Yamamoto Sakubei’s Coalmine Paintings Modernization that disappeared and UNESCO Memory of the World
Society | Culture
Music Documentation at the National Diet Library
Timeline
November 2011
Timeline
October 2011
I took part in a symposium held in Sendai on October 31, 2011. Sponsored by the Japan Center for Economic Research, it was called “Envisaging Specific Visions for the Reconstruction of the Tohoku Region.” Murai Yoshihiro, governor of Miyagi Prefecture, delivered a keynote speech in the symposium, discussing his view on the reconstruction. The symposium got me thinking about reconstruction from the devastation left in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
