The reinforcement of the Non-governmental organisations’ role in Japan’s ODA program is a challenging task. However, if … the government could help enhancing the transparency of Japan’s foreign aid policy. Under the current system, bureaucrats … dominate the policymaking process so that it is difficult for outsiders to access the information on Japan’s ODA program. …

refrained from taking strict measures against countries that maintain strong economic and diplomatic relations with Japan … convenient pretext could be found. All this indicates that policymakers in Japanese government still give priority to Japan …

Japan has various advantages over many other countries in terms of the capacity to further develop the capital … reforms implemented since 1997 under the slogan of Japanese version of “Financial Big Bang”, Japan has not been able to foster … Kingdom have expanded further over the past decade. This paper gives a detailed analysis over the present state of Japan …

In March 2005, riots erupted in South Korea against Japan for claiming sovereignty over some rocky uninhabited islets …

Using a strategy of export-led growth and an activist industrial policy, Japan, the Asian Tigers and more recently … of Japan, the Tiger states and China with their respective strategies of industrial policy and export-led growth. Is …

There are few publications on various impacts of Fukushima nuclear disaster on agri-food sector in Japan in English … Fukushima region, neighboring regions, and other parts of Japan are estimated. …

In this article recession magnitudes in Europe, the USA and Japan during the Great Recession are compared. The … strongest recessions (of severe category) occurred in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, while recessions in Japan and the USA were …

have gained popularity in Western countries as well as in Japan. This paper attempts to ascertain the determinants of … watching anime in Japan based on individual-level data from Japan. Despite the growth in the number of adult anime fans … surrounding people play a critical role in enlarging the market of modern cultural goods representing “Cool Japan”. …