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CSR White Paper

Since 2013, the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research has been conducting surveys of Japanese companies to learn of their CSR initiatives. The responses are analyzed by CSR experts and members of the Foundation’s CSR research project to identify issues in and prospects for CSR in Japan. Essays based on the survey results are compiled into a CSR White Paper, first published in Japanese in July 2014. The articles here are English translations of the White Paper.

An Assessment of Collaboration between the Business and Social Sectors

An Assessment of Collaboration between the Business and Social Sectors

Goto, Toshihiko

View from the Social Sector: Engaging with Businesses for Sustainability

View from the Social Sector: Engaging with Businesses for Sustainability

Kuroda, Kaori

How the SDGs Can Benefit Japanese Businesses: Tips on Collaborating with the Social Sector

How the SDGs Can Benefit Japanese Businesses: Tips on Collaborating with the Social Sector

Kaneda, Koichi

Dialogue and Collaboration for Sustainable Management: Analysis of the Tokyo Foundation’s Fourth CSR Survey

Dialogue and Collaboration for Sustainable Management: Analysis of the Tokyo Foundation’s Fourth CSR Survey

Kuramochi, Hajime

Teaming with the Social Sector to Address Society’s Challenges

Teaming with the Social Sector to Address Society’s Challenges

Suzuki, Takashi

Tools for Jump-Starting CSR: Analysis of the Tokyo Foundation’s Third CSR Survey

Tools for Jump-Starting CSR: Analysis of the Tokyo Foundation’s Third CSR Survey

Kamei, Zentaro ( –2017.3) Kuramochi, Hajime

Pursuing the Dream of Full Financial Inclusion

Pursuing the Dream of Full Financial Inclusion

Shin, Taejun

The Evolution of ESG Investing: From Ethical Concern to Corporate Value

The Evolution of ESG Investing: From Ethical Concern to Corporate Value

Kawaguchi, Mariko

Partnering with Business to End Poverty: Lessons from NGO Gawad Kalinga

Partnering with Business to End Poverty: Lessons from NGO Gawad Kalinga

Fujiwara, Mikiko ( –2017.4)

CSR Challenges and Strategies for Small Businesses

CSR Challenges and Strategies for Small Businesses

Kageyama, Makoya

A Small but Socially Responsive Company: Soken

A Small but Socially Responsive Company: Soken

Kamei, Zentaro ( –2017.3)

Making a Renewed Commitment to Integration

Making a Renewed Commitment to Integration

Kamei, Zentaro ( –2017.3)

How Japanese Businesses Practice Social Sustainability: A Profile

Kamei, Zentaro ( –2017.3)

Japan’s Role in Sustainable Development

Japan’s Role in Sustainable Development

Sachs, Jeffrey D.

Japan’s Civil-Society Revolution: Nonprofit Activity and Social Enterprise since the Kobe Earthquake

Japan’s Civil-Society Revolution: Nonprofit Activity and Social Enterprise since the Kobe Earthquake

Fukao, Masataka

Social Responsibility in the B2B Sector: Denso

Social Responsibility in the B2B Sector: Denso

Kamei, Zentaro ( –2017.3)

Social Sabbatical Program Combines CSR and Leadership Development: SAP

Social Sabbatical Program Combines CSR and Leadership Development: SAP

Fujiwara, Mikiko ( –2017.4)

Making CSR Synonymous with Corporate Management: Fuji Xerox

Making CSR Synonymous with Corporate Management: Fuji Xerox

Kamei, Zentaro ( –2017.3)

Rebuilding CSR around Human Resources: Fancl Corp.

Rebuilding CSR around Human Resources: Fancl Corp.

Kamei, Zentaro ( –2017.3)

Enhancing Dialogue, Engaging with Society: Shiseido

Enhancing Dialogue, Engaging with Society: Shiseido

Kamei, Zentaro ( –2017.3)

Lessons from Shiseido’s Roundtable on Abolishing Animal Testing

Lessons from Shiseido’s Roundtable on Abolishing Animal Testing

Kawakita, Hideto DeDe

Building Responsive Companies: The Tokyo Foundation’s CSR White Paper 2015

Building Responsive Companies: The Tokyo Foundation’s CSR White Paper 2015

Kamei, Zentaro ( –2017.3)

Encouraging Sustainable and Responsible Investment

Encouraging Sustainable and Responsible Investment

Arai, Masaru

From Dialogue to Partnership: Marks & Spencer

From Dialogue to Partnership: Marks & Spencer

Fujiwara, Mikiko ( –2017.4)

CSR: The Evolution of a Business Tool to Address Social Issues

CSR: The Evolution of a Business Tool to Address Social Issues

Shoji, Takayuki

Putting CSR at the Center of Corporate Operations

Putting CSR at the Center of Corporate Operations

Takubo, Yoshihiko

Sustainability Reporting: Challenges for Japan

Sustainability Reporting: Challenges for Japan

Terasaki, Naomichi

Japanese Corporate Management and CSR

Japanese Corporate Management and CSR

Ushijima, Keiichi

Japanese CSR in the Age of Responsible Global Investing

Japanese CSR in the Age of Responsible Global Investing

Komori, Hiroshi

A Branding Strategy for Creating Shared Value: Kirin Group

A Branding Strategy for Creating Shared Value: Kirin Group

The Tokyo Foundation

Incorporating Diversity as a Core Business Value: Dentsu Inc.

Incorporating Diversity as a Core Business Value: Dentsu Inc.

The Tokyo Foundation

ESG Investing as an Antidote to Myopic Management

ESG Investing as an Antidote to Myopic Management

Kawaguchi, Mariko

Creating and Sustaining Corporate Value through Global Dialogue: Takeda Pharmaceutical

Creating and Sustaining Corporate Value through Global Dialogue: Takeda Pharmaceutical

The Tokyo Foundation

A Bottom-Up Approach to CSR: Itochu Corporation

A Bottom-Up Approach to CSR: Itochu Corporation

The Tokyo Foundation

The Evolution of CSR Communication in Japan: From Reporting to Dialogue and Engagement

The Evolution of CSR Communication in Japan: From Reporting to Dialogue and Engagement

Kawakita, Hideto DeDe

Identifying Materiality through Stakeholder Engagement: Sompo Japan Nipponkoa

Identifying Materiality through Stakeholder Engagement: Sompo Japan Nipponkoa

The Tokyo Foundation

Development Assistance for Inclusive Growth: A Field for Japan-U.S. Cooperation?

Development Assistance for Inclusive Growth: A Field for Japan-U.S. Cooperation?

Imai, Akiko (2007–16)

Integrating CSR into Strategic Management: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Integrating CSR into Strategic Management: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Kaneda, Koichi

Demanding Social Responsibility from All Organizations

Demanding Social Responsibility from All Organizations

Seki, Masao

Issues and Prospects for CSR in Japan: Analysis of Japan’s CSR Corporate Survey

Issues and Prospects for CSR in Japan: Analysis of Japan’s CSR Corporate Survey

Kamei, Zentaro ( –2017.3) Hirano, Taku

The State of Global Corporate Sustainability

The State of Global Corporate Sustainability

Kell, Georg

Overview of CSR in Japan: Ideals, Intentions and Realities at Advanced Companies

Overview of CSR in Japan: Ideals, Intentions and Realities at Advanced Companies

The Tokyo Foundation

Turning Social Challenges into the Company’s Strengths: Akebono Brake Industry

Turning Social Challenges into the Company’s Strengths: Akebono Brake Industry

The Tokyo Foundation

Toward a New Era of Global CSR by Japanese Companies

Toward a New Era of Global CSR by Japanese Companies

Naito, Toru

Corporate Social Responsibility: Potential and Challenges

Corporate Social Responsibility: Potential and Challenges

Vogel, David J.

November 15

The Tenuous Myth of Japan’s Fiscal Infallibility

Kobayashi, Keiichiro

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

Goto, Naohisa

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

Yamanome, Akio Masuda, Hiroya Katayama, Ken’ya Yoshihara, Shoko

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

Yoshihara, Shoko

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

Murai, Tetsuya

Is the history of Japan since the Meiji Restoration one story or two? Political scientist Tetsuya Murai offers a quasi-continuous ...