Japan Should Move Quickly to Participate in the TPP Negotiations
No. 9 December–January 2011/2012
No. 9 December–January 2011/2012
No. 9 December–January 2011/2012
The pressing issue is establishing a virtuous circle in which profits made overseas flow back to Japan to increase domestic employment and income and boost consumption.
No. 9 December–January 2011/2012
No. 9 December–January 2011/2012
“He has fundamentally changed our society’s systems.”
The key player in development work for i-mode probes into the significance of the revolution sparked by Apple Inc., the fusion of cell phones and the Internet. What is in store for the IT society now that Steve Jobs has passed away?
No. 9 December–January 2011/2012
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
No. 8 October–November 2011
No. 7 August–September 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.