Japan’s regions were once blessed with an abundance of its own traditional foods. The rapid acceleration of globalization and the development of food distribution systems, however, have resulted in a standardization of the food landscape, with small producers having trouble carrying on their businesses. This series highlights the hidden riches among food products that are in danger of discontinuation.
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
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. ...
