November 15
The Tenuous Myth of Japan’s Fiscal Infallibility
As Japan’s debt-to-GDP ratio approaches 250%, policymakers must carefully examine the potential fallout of fiscal insolvency and prepare a contingency ...
November 12
Rethinking the Value of Land in Twenty-First Century Japan
As the government’s policymakers set to work on reforms to address the unclaimed-land crisis, the author calls for more sweeping ...
November 6
Forum Report
Land Rights and Responsibilities in the Twenty-First Century
With the Japanese government gearing up for major reforms to address the structural causes of the country’s unclaimed-land crisis, the ...
October 16
Tackling the “Missing Landowner” Crisis
Stopgaps and Structural Reforms
As the government of Shinzo Abe moves to address Japan’s abandoned-land crisis, Shoko Yoshihara urges a wider debate on institutional ...
October 11
Japan Since the Meiji Restoration (7)
Drawing a 150-Year Story Line
Is the history of Japan since the Meiji Restoration one story or two? Political scientist Tetsuya Murai offers a quasi-continuous ...