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March 30, 2009

Vol. 15: Dried Bonito

Dried bonito is a major source of the traditional soup stock that is essential to so many Japanese dishes. The ...

February 23, 2009

Vol. 13:Funa Zushi

Funa zushi, or fermented sushi made with fish of the carp family known in Japan as funa , ...

January 27, 2009

Vol. 12: Sea Salt

Salt has been manufactured from seawater across Japan since prehistoric times. But with a 90-year monopoly on salt and the ...

January 29, 2009

Vol. 10: Koji, an Aspergillus

Miso soup for breakfast and dinner, soy sauce that always makes it on the dining table, the evening cup of ...

September 30, 2008

Xenophobia Must Not Overtake Japan: A Recipe for New Economic Growth

The killing spree that took place in June 2008 in the Akihabara district of Tokyo brings into relief the problems ...

September 30, 2008

Vol. 4: Agar

Kanten, or agar, is a gelatinous substance that is essential in Japanese confectionery. Unlike animal gelatin, kanten is a healthy, ...

August 30

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

Kato, Hideki

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)

Abiru, Taisuke

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)

Abiru, Taisuke

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)

Tanaka, Hideaki

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

Iwai, Katsuhito

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