In considering Japan's future policies in the global context, it is crucial to discuss various relevant issues by inviting and incorporating opinions from around the world. This corner introduces the views of some of the world's leading researchers - or their messages to Japan - regarding various issues including economic policy, security and environmental problems.
Back Issues
011: January 2012
The Rise of Developing Asia and the New World Order
Dale W. JORGENSON
(Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University)
010: December 2011
Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Keys to Revival After 3/11
John V. ROOS
(U.S. Ambassador to Japan)
009: October 2011
Japan's Other Deficit: A Deficit in political leadership
Daniel I. OKIMOTO
(Professor Emeritus, Stanford University)
008: October 2011
Internationalization of the Renminbi: What does history tell us about the precedents?
Jeffrey FRANKEL
(Harpel Professor, Harvard Kennedy School)
007: September 2011
Eurozone's Malaise: Is there a way out?
Salvatore ZECCHINI
(Professor of International Economic Policy at University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and Chair of the OECD WPSMEE and its Steering Group)
006: September 2011
Tommy KOH
(Co-Chairman, Japan-Singapore Symposium)
005: July 2011
Securing a Future Energy Supply in a Sustainable Manner
TANAKA Nobuo
(Executive Director, International Energy Agency)
004: July 2011
Pier Carlo PADOAN
(Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist, OECD)
003: June 2011
Scale Startups: Meeting the growth challenge in developed economies after the recession
Robert E. LITAN
(Vice President for Research and Policy at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation)
002: June 2010
When Other Countries Have the Money
Stephen S. COHEN
(Professor, Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley / Co-Director, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE))
001: June 2010
U.S.-Japan Alliance: Present and Future
Joseph S. NYE Jr.
(Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
