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May 10, 2010

Electoral Setback Looms for Hatoyama's DPJ

Less than a year after its historic rise to power, the Democratic Party of Japan is facing a fierce backlash ...

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March 17, 2010

Beware Resignation in Washington Toward the Japan-US Alliance

The 16th Annual Japan-US Security Seminar opened on January 15 in Washington, DC, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the ...

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February 05, 2010

Is Futenma Really the Litmus Test for Commitment to the Alliance?

Last year’s change of government has lowered the hurdle for shifting the directions of Japan's foreign policy for the first ...

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December 14, 2009

A New Direction for Japan’s Security Policy?

The Hlifx Interntionl Security Forum, held in Hlifx, Cnd, on November 20-22, 2009, brought together leders from round the world ...

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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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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. ...