http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en These are the search results for the query, showing results. http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/series/eurasia-information-network/china-sizes-up-the-new-administration How have the Chinese greeted Japan's new DPJ government? With open arms, if we can take the official rhetoric at face value. But closer examination reveals a telling gap between Bejing's rosy assessment and the attitudes of ordinary citizens. No publisher admin 2010-03-04T04:00:00Z Article http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/articles/2009/japan2019s-easy-us-marriage-becomes-a-menage-a-trois The Tokyo Foundation organized a dialogue with the US German Marshall Fund titled “What Does Japan Think?” in Tokyo in December 2009 with the aim of promoting mutual understanding among Japan, the United States, and Europe. Western journalists and others were invited to Japan to exchange views with Japanese opinion leaders and to deepen their understanding of the shifts taking place in Japan following last year’s change of government. Financial Times associate editor Philip Stephens wrote the following article after returning from his visit. No publisher admin 2010-03-04T02:00:00Z Article http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/series/2nd-end-of-laissez-faire/2.-capitalism-a-system-based-on-speculation What is speculation? In general terms, it means to conjecture without firm evidence, and in particular refers to the act of buying things, not for any return or utility arising from their use, but for the prospective gains to be had by selling them on to other people in the future. No publisher admin 2010-03-01T06:00:00Z Article http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/series/eurasia-information-network/the-need-for-japan-us-cooperation-in-dealing-with-russia The Eurasia Information Network project invited a group of Russia experts from the United States to come to Japan from November 10 through 13, 2009, for discussions with Japanese experts about Russia and the international environment pertaining to Russia. No publisher admin 2010-02-27T04:00:00Z Article http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/articles/2009/regulatory-reform-for-japans-watershed-forests-protecting-a-public-good Who is buying up Japan's forests? Foreign-owned businesses hoping to exploit their water resources, according to one theory. Whatever the forces behind this disturbing trend, the government currently lacks the tools to identify them, let alone control them. To help remedy the situation, the Tokyo Foundation has drawn up recommendations for systemic and regulatory reform to allow for sensible monitoring and management of Japan's precious watershed forests. No publisher admin 2010-02-19T01:00:00Z Article http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/articles/2009/the-japan-u.s.-alliance-at-fifty-the-challenges-facing-the-new-dpj-government The Tokyo Foundation hosted a public seminar entitled “The Challenges Facing the New DPJ Government” in Washington, DC, in mid-January in conjunction with the 16th Annual Japan-US Security Seminar, held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Japan-US alliance. The event attracted great interest, being attended by over 170 government officials, other experts, and media personnel. No publisher admin 2010-02-05T05:00:00Z Article http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/articles/2009/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 time in half a century. But this should not be seen as a crisis for the Japan-US alliance but rather as an opportunity to reaffirm support for it. Futenma is not a critical concern, since the two countries share the perception that sustaining the alliance requires alleviating Okinawa’s heavy burden. No publisher admin 2010-02-05T00:00:00Z Article http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/articles/2009/economic-policy-priorities-in-2010 Exports to Western markets have significantly declined following the global economic crisis of 2008, preventing the Japanese economy from staging a recovery fueled by external demand, especially in the light of an appreciating yen. This has created a need to stimulate economic activity with fiscal outlays. Over the long term, the government should map out a vision for a shift in the industrial structure to one centered on environment-related industries to create new wealth. No publisher admin 2010-02-03T04:00:00Z Article http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/articles/2009/community-revitalization-in-cities-cases-from-japan-and-the-united-states The thirty-first Tokyo Foundation Forum took up the issue of community revitalization in cities, focusing in particular on cases from Japan and the United States. The speakers were Rosanne Haggerty, founder of the nonprofit organization Common Ground, and Tomohiko Okabe, CEO of Kotolab, LLC. Common Ground provides housing to homeless people, while Okabe works on revitalizing Yokohama’s Kotobukicho district, where the majority of residents live on welfare. No publisher admin 2010-02-03T00:00:00Z Article http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/series/japanese-traditional-foods/vol.-26-yakihata-turnips Swidden agriculture, known in Japanese as yakihata ("burned field") farming, has been conducted in Japan for several centuries. In contrast to the destructive slash-and-burn farming seen in some parts of the world, it is a sustainable practice in harmony with the forest ecosystem. Moreover, turnips grown in swiddens are highly nutritious, brightly colored, and, above all, delicious. No publisher admin 2010-01-08T07:00:00Z Article