Tokyo Review
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16.3KEconomyAkiya Bank: A Solution To Japan’s ‘Abandoned’ Homes?
Rural depopulation has left eight million houses empty in Japan - but by putting homes before jobs, the Akiya Bank program is...
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Sino-Japanese Review
Will Japan “Decouple” from China?
Welcome to installment XVI (April 2020) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...
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5.4KSecurityThe Self Defense Forces and Japan’s COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 is the first time Japan's SDF has deployed for a health crisis - which may be an important step towards Japan...
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8.3KEconomyCOVID-19 Will Test Japan’s Economy to the Breaking Point
Japan's reliance on food imports and global trade means that the rising death toll from COVID19 is only the start of the...
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3.8KPoliticsDoes Japan’s Opposition Need A Foreign Policy Agenda?
Foreign policy is a low-priority issue for Japanese voters – and much of the foreign policy agenda of the country’s opposition parties...
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8.2KEconomyFurusato Nōzei: Paying Taxes for a Prize
A scheme allowing Japanese people to "donate" part of their taxes to a rural area in return for a gift is very...
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4.8KSino-Japanese ReviewThe Promises and Limits of Coronavirus Diplomacy
Welcome to installment XIV (March 2020) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...
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5.7KEconomyBook Review: Japan after the Fiscal Collapse
A timely book argues that Japan's huge public debt makes it vulnerable to financial collapse - and explores possible responses to that...
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24.3KSocietyThe Ainu and Japan’s Colonial Legacy
The Ainu Promotion Act aimed to end discrimination against Hokkaido's indigenous people - but Ainu activists argue that it merely perpetuates colonization.
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6.7KSocietyCOVID19 is a Chance to Change Japan’s Work Culture
A grueling work culture underlies Japan’s demographic crisis – but the measures being used to combat COVID19 could help the country move...
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5.0KSino-Japanese ReviewCan Japan Welcome the Most Powerful Man on Earth?
Among the many consequences of the coronavirus outbreak in China may be the deferment of Xi Jinping’s state visit to Japan, which...
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4.7KSecurityHow Coronavirus Is Fraying Asia’s Patchwork Governance
Since the first signs of the novel coronavirus, now called SARS-CoV-2, appeared in December 2019, a total of over 75,000 people have...