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January 20, 2009

Message from the Chairman:
The Tokyo Foundation's Work in 2009

Two years ago, the Tokyo Foundation undertook a sweeping overhaul of the structure and content of its programs. We conducted ...

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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 ...

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December 03, 2008

Vol. 9: Japanese Radish

Daikon, or Japanese radish, is one of the most representative vegetables of Japan. Originally from the Mediterranean and Black Sea ...

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December 04, 2008

Vol. 8: Rapeseed Oil

For ages, rapeseed oil was an important oil in Japanese cooking. But while oil consumption has increased with the Westernization ...

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January 29, 2009

The Soseki Connection: Edwin McClellan, Friedrich Hayek, and Jun Eto

Renowned Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume, who witnessed Japan's rapid modernization starting in the late nineteenth century, depicted the lives of ...

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January 29, 2009

Vol. 7: Yukina

Yukina is a rare vegetable with a distinct flavor and texture made by transplanting turnip stalks at the end of ...

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February 26, 2009

A Small Seed That Yielded Fruitful Results: A Successful JIP Project in Indonesia

The large amount of waste thrown into rivers in Jakarta and West Java caught SYLFF fellows' attention and led them ...

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September 30, 2008

The Overseas Chinese in Tonga

Tonga will hail a new king in August 2008. A SYLFF fellow from New Zealand, who conducted field research in ...

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September 30, 2008

Daily Life in Tanzania Improved by JIP Promotion

Millions of low-income families in developing countries do not have adequate access to energy, such as electricity, and they must ...

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September 30, 2008

Vol. 2: Dried Kaki (2)

Dried kakis, which are traditional sweets made of one of the few fruits native to Japan, now face a crisis ...

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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. ...