Policy Proposal

Policy Proposals

June 22, 2026

This page highlights selected policy Proposals recently published by The Tokyo Foundation.

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Policy Proposals

	Title
April 2026	Designing the Refundable Tax Credit System for Japan
March 2026	Turning Waste into Wealth: Japan’s ¥13 Trillion Opportunity
March 2025	Emergency Response Plan for a Fiscal Crisis: 2025 (Japanese Only)
March 2025	Policy Recommendations on Workforce Development for Implementing Community-Based Healthcare Digital Transformation (Japanese Only)
March 2025	Reflections on Changes in Chinese Society, Economy, and Politics Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic (Japanese Only)
March 2025	Approaches to Addressing Declining Birthrates: With a Focus on Fiscal Resources (Japanese Only)
March 2024	Prospects and Recommendations on the Advancing International Tax Reform (Japanese Only)
March 2024	Policy Proposals for Sustainable and Politically Acceptable Fiscal Consolidation and Social Security Reform: Perspectives from Behavioral Economics and Political Science (Japanese Only)
February 2024	Policies Needed to Promote Community-Led Renewable Energy: Lessons from Germany's Stadtwerke Model (Japanese Only)
June 2023	Implications of the Internationalization and Digitalization of the Chinese Yuan (Renminbi) (Japanese Only)
April 2023	Proposals for Building a Social Security System for All Generations (Japanese Only)
January 2023	Expanding Renewable Energy Through Regional Initiatives Toward Carbon Neutrality and the Role of Business (Japanese Only)
March 2021	How Should Japan Reform Its Bicameral System?: Moving Beyond the "Carbon Copy" vs "Overpowered" Debate (Japanese Only)
June 2020	Mineral Resource Risks from Energy Transition and the Circular Economy (Japanese Only)
September 2019	Tax and Social Security Policies for Work-Style Reform
November 2017	Leveraging ICT for Tax and Social Security Reform (Japanese Only)
June 2016	Toward a Grand Design for Tax and Social Security (Japanese Only)
May 2016	Key Perspectives for Shaping Japan's Energy Mix in a Time of Transition: Responding to Power Market Liberalization, COP21, Low Oil Prices, and Domestic and International Change (Japanese Only)
September 2014	Rebuilding Japan's Energy Policy: Achieving Energy Diversification through an Integrated Energy System (Energy Integration) (Japanese Only)
May 2014	What Should Japan's Tax System Look Like After the Integrated Social Security and Tax Reform? (Japanese Only)
July 2013	Government Response Plan for a Fiscal Crisis (Japanese Only)
May 2012	Priority Issues in Rebuilding Japan's Resource and Energy Policy: An Energy Vision Derived from Constraints and Recommendations for Key Medium- to Long-Term Challenges (Japanese Only)
March 2012	The Integrated Social Security and Tax Reform: Toward a Social Security System Scaled to Japan's Means (Japanese Only)
August 2010	A Concrete Proposal for a Refundable Tax Credit System: Toward a Robust Social Safety Net Beyond Indiscriminate Cash Transfers (Japanese Only)
April 2010	Priority Issues in Japan's Resource and Energy Diplomacy II: Two Recommendations for an East Asia Strategy Leveraging Environmental and Energy Technology (Japanese Only)
June 2009	A Taxpayer Perspective on Introducing a Taxpayer Identification Number System (Japanese Only)
January 2009	Priority Issues in Japan's Resource and Energy Diplomacy: U.S.-Russia Nuclear Energy Cooperation and China's Rare Earth Strategy (Japanese Only)

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