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NEWS
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My Vision
- Financing Smart Cities by Lance Kawaguchi , Hiroto Asakawa, Daniel Stander, Takeharu Kikuchi, Shojiro Nakamura, Hideo Yamamoto
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How can financial institutions work to ensure that attempts to realize smart cities are fostered ...
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Opinion Paper
- Characteristics and Issues of Japan's Response to COVID-19 -An International Comparison- by Yuri Okina
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In 2020, the world economy was struck by the unprecedented crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan...
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My Vision
- Can the News Media Create an Unfragmented Public Sphere? by Shoichi Oikawa, Shiro Nakamura, Susumu Shimoyama, Masaru Seo, Nikki Usher
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The expansion of the media has had a considerable influence on democracy in Japan. However, in th...
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My Vision
- The Road to Realization of a Carbon-Free Society by Takeo Kikkawa, Hisahide Okuda, Toshihiro Matsumura, Keisuke Sadamori, David Lowe
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On October 26, 2020, Prime Minister Suga declared that Japan would become carbon-neutral by 2050 ...
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My Vision
- Positioning Vocational Training and Recurrent Education as "Lifelong Learning" by Takashi Suganuma, Ulrika Wiklund, Michael Fung, Satoko Tatsumi, Takebumi Kirihara
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Vocational training and recurrent education have been regarded as important issues for the past s...
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Opinion Paper
- The Pandemic Policy Dilemma in Japan: Stopping COVID's Spread or Mitigating its Economic Impact by Toshihiro Okubo
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In January 2021, as COVID-19 infections surged in Japan and the country’s medical infrastructure ...
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My Vision
- Preparedness for Response to Unknown Infectious Diseases Among Regional and Local Government Leaders by Taizo Mikazuki, Yoshinobu Nisaka, Kazumi Inamura, Shiho Ishiyama, Shinji Hirai
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In 2020, the spread of COVID-19 forced regional and local governments to respond to an unknown in...
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Opinion Paper
- Towards the Era of a New Sense of Ownership -What is Ownership?- by Shigeki Uno, Yuki Uchida , Retz Fujisawa, Emi Yoneda
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Today, renewed attention is once again being focused on the concept of “ownership.” First among t...
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Research Reports
- How Japan Can Compete: Executing the Ambidexterity Strategy and Managing Change for the DX and the post-COVID-19 Era by Ulrike Schaede
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This report covers 4 areas: 1) Japan’s competitiveness in the new era of “digital manufacturing”,...
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My Vision
- Readjusting Organizations and Individuals by Thomas Y. Lee, Yuka Tanimoto , Ken Kusunoki, Makoto Gonokami, Kentaro Kawabe
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The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen a greater number of workers beginning to use new wor...
PAPERS
- OPINION PAPER
- NIRA Opinion Papers present timely short essays in which leading researchers approach the most important issues facing Japan with the unfettered thinking demanded by a time of profound change.
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- Characteristics and Issues of Japan's Response to COVID-19 -An International Comparison-
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No.57, May 2021
by Yuri Okina
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- The Pandemic Policy Dilemma in Japan: Stopping COVID's Spread or Mitigating its Economic Impact
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No.56, January 2021
by Toshihiro Okubo
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- Towards the Era of a New Sense of Ownership -What is Ownership?-
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No.55, November 2020
by Shigeki Uno, Yuki Uchida , Retz Fujisawa, Emi Yoneda
- GLOBAL MY VISION
- In this publication, experts and business leaders from throughout the world discuss shared international concerns.
- COMING SOON
- MY VISION
- This publication presents interviews with five experts concerning a specific topic, enabling us to provide a concise overview of a diverse range of opinions concerning problems directly facing Japan.
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- Financing Smart Cities
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No.55, August 2021
by Lance Kawaguchi , Hiroto Asakawa, Daniel Stander, Takeharu Kikuchi, Shojiro Nakamura, Hideo Yamamoto
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- Can the News Media Create an Unfragmented Public Sphere?
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No.54, May 2021
by Shoichi Oikawa, Shiro Nakamura, Susumu Shimoyama, Masaru Seo, Nikki Usher
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- The Road to Realization of a Carbon-Free Society
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No.53, April 2021
by Takeo Kikkawa, Hisahide Okuda, Toshihiro Matsumura, Keisuke Sadamori, David Lowe
- RESEARCH REPORTS
- Selecting the most important themes for study, NIRA convenes research teams made up of members representing a variety of specialized fields to engage in interdisciplinary analyses. Research Reports present the outcomes of this research process.
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- How Japan Can Compete: Executing the Ambidexterity Strategy and Managing Change for the DX and the post-COVID-19 Era
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November 2020
by Ulrike Schaede
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- Towards the Realization of Compact Industrial Agglomerations Supported by Flexible Networks
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November 2016
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- Status of Recovery and Current Problems in Three Disaster-Hit Prefectures
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August 2013
- MONOGRAPH SERIES
- The product of advanced research and analysis in relation to the problems facing Japan, NIRA's Monograph Series presents data that will be of value to future discussions.
- OTHERS
- Policy Review（Offers diverse perspectives on specific themes garnered through discussions with leading experts.）, Dialogue Series (Elucidates aspects of Japan’s future in dialogue with individuals at the forefront of a range of fields.)
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- Revitalizing Medical Care: Searching for Directions
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No.61 (Policy Review), August 2013
by Motoshige Itoh, Koichi Kawabuchi, Ichiro Innami, Masahiro Kami, Tomohiko Murakami, Shinya Matsuda
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- Looking at Policies Aimed at Ending Deflation
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No.60 (Policy Review), May 2013
by Motoshige Itoh, Kunio Okina, Takeo Hoshi, Takashi Mitachi, Izuru Kato, Hajime Takata
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- Public Pensions and Intergenerational Equity
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No.59 (Policy Review), March 2013
by Motoshige Itoh, Takashi Oshio, Makoto Usami, Izuru Makihara, Taro Miyamoto, Sawako Shirahase
RESEARCH FELLOWS
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- Daisuke FURUTA
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, NIRAFounder, media-collab, Inc
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- Asei ITO
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, NIRAAssociate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
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- Jiro MIZUSHIMA
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, NIRAProfessor, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University
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- Masayuki NAKAGAWA
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, NIRAProfessor, College of Economics, Nihon University
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- Yuri OKINA
- Executive Vice President, NIRAChairperson of Institute, The Japan Research Institute, Limited
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- Toshihiro OKUBO
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, NIRAProfessor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
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- Masaki TANIGUCHI
- President, NIRAProfessor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
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- Takuya TSUJI
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, NIRAProfessor, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University
- Takuya TSUJI
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- Shigeki UNO
- Executive Vice President, NIRAProfessor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
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- Noriyuki YANAGAWA
- Executive Vice President, NIRAProfessor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo
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