RESEARCH FELLOW
Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
SENIOR FELLOW
Professor, International University of Japan; Senior Fellow, the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry; Visiting Professor, Yokohama National University
May 1
Trade Expert: TPP Key for US-Japan Growth
Japan and the United States face some similar challenges, such as heavily indebted governments that have failed to stimulate growth ...
April 23
Haiku and Noh: Journeys to the Spirit World
Haiku poet Madoka Mayuzumi spent a year in Paris from April 2010 to March 2011 as a cultural envoy under ...
April 10
Several key developments will determine whether the political situation stabilizes over the near to mid-future or will deteriorate further in ...
April 9
North Korea’s announcement of a satellite launch—which many see as a missile test—planned around the 100th anniversary of Kim Il-sung’s ...
March 23
Osaka as a Laboratory for Reform
“Institutional reform” has become the standard panacea for Japan’s chronic political and economic ills. But systemic overhauls are costly, and ...
