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May 31, 2010

Eurasian Nations and the Establishment of the Hatoyama Administration

OVERVIEW REPORT The Democratic Party of Japan has taken over the reins of government from the Liberal Democratic Party, and changes ...

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November 13, 2009

A Shaky Start for Hatoyama'sYuai Diplomacy

A little over a month after popular disgust with the status quo swept the Democratic Party of Japan to power ...

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September 03, 2009

A Marriage of Convenience: Filipina Domestic Workers and the Singaporean State

Last month I flew to South Korea to participate as a paper presenter and panel chair in the World Civic ...

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June 11, 2009

Connecting Japan and the Transatlantic Community

Fresh from two months in Brussels as the first recipient of the GMF-Tokyo Foundation Fellowship, the author discusses “the rise ...

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April 27, 2009

Journey of the Soul to Nurture Future Leaders

Future leaders of Asia gathered in Orissa, India, to share experiences and ideas on problems facing Asia. Muhammad Ilham from ...

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September 30, 2008

Looking Beyond Cold War History in Asia

In order to gain mid- and long-term insights into Japan and Asia in the twenty-first century, it is essential that ...

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August 30

Introduction: Craft, Community, and the Cost of Global Capitalism

In a global economy awash in mass-produced goods, handicraft industries are apt to be treated as relics of the past ...

August 26

Japan, Russia, and the Future of Nuclear Energy (2)

In the second half of this two-part series, the author explores the complex interrelationship between nuclear energy cooperation and nuclear ...

August 20

Japan, Russia, and the Future of Nuclear Energy (1)

With energy demand soaring and global temperatures rising, nuclear power is poised to make a dramatic worldwide comeback. Japanese industry ...

August 10

Postal Reform and the Fiscal Investment and Loan Program: Toward Democratic Control of Government Finances (3)

Because Japan's postal savings system plays a major role in financing government programs, proposed changes to the privatization plan adopted ...

August 5

7. The Wicksellian Theory of Disequilibrium Cumulative Process

Wicksell's starting point was an attempt to reformulate the quantity theory of money from the neoclassical perspective. ...