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February 19, 2009

Turning the Crisis into a Once-in-a-Century Opportunity

The current "once-in-a-century" economic crisis has provided us with the opportunity to reflect on the consequences of our rapidly moving ...

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November 27, 2008

Sylff Fellows Volunteer to Help China Earthquake Victims

Two teams of Chinese Sylff fellows traveled to areas most seriously affected by the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan, visiting ...

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September 24, 2008

Supporting Victims of the Great Sichuan Earthquake

In view of the gravity of the situation, the Tokyo Foundation called out to our scholarship recipients (called SYLFF fellows) ...

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May 23, 2008

Does Cash Dependence Bring Happiness?

Money has caused us to abandon or delegate many tasks that we used to perform ourselves. What happened to the ...

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May 24

Abe’s Choice: Nationalism or Pragmatism

Speculation continues on whether Prime Minister Abe will allow nationalist ideology to take precedence over practical considerations in his foreign ...

May 20

Qualitative Research as a Collaborative Enterprise

How I Learned from Other People’s Experience and Developed as an Interviewer

Paulina Berrios, a doctoral candidate at the State University of New York, Albany, and a Sylff fellowship recipient at the ...

May 16

Moment of Truth for Japanese Diplomacy

Tokyo’s decision to join the TPP talks has triggered a flurry of activity in international trade negotiations—evidence that Japan still ...

May 13

What Next in Syria?

Recent statements by American, British, and Israeli officials asserting that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons have led many ...

April 24

Tackling Japan’s Energy Crisis

The nuclear disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami spurred the DPJ government to undertake a wholesale review ...