Research Institute Joint Research Project
Common Theme: Japan's Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities
This joint project aims to capture and reexamine the diverse challenges facing contemporary Japan. It is a brainstorming type of first step to reinforce the research on Japan at IUJ especially since the IUJ started the Japan-Global Development Program in 2018.
Japan has shown its distinctive unique path of political and economic development in international society, with trials and errors, since the Meiji Restoration.
Accordingly, Japan has served as the bridge between the East and the West and between the developed world and the developing world from Meiji Restoration to date.
This joint project covers Japan's challenges today from diverse perspectives. A multinational group of scholars is exploring such topics as political, economic, and social reform under competitive globalism; English education and multiculturalism; and gender equality and the empowerment of women.
The participating scholars hope to clarify and convey the achievements and lessons of Japan to the world for better mutual understanding and for more effective international cooperation for peace and prosperity.
| No. | Author | Title | Category |
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IRI-2020-07 (In Preparation) |
Alessandro Comai
Yingying Zhang Zhang |
Genbei beach sandals: internationalizing from Japan? | |
IRI-2020-06
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Alessandro Comai | Genbei: a Japanese company manufacturing beach sandals | Business Case |
IRI-2020-05
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Hiromi Nakazato
Seunghoo Lim |
Interplay between Social Support Tie Formations and Subjective Mental Health Conditions in a Community Currency System in Japanese Disaster-Affected Communities: The Ambivalent Effects of Social Capital | Journal |
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IRI-2020-04
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Juin-Jen Chang
Lei Ji Robert Kane |
Industrial policy, endogenous markups, and growth | Working Paper |
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IRI-2020-03
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Daniel Parsons
Russell Mayne Michael Mondejar Richard Smith |
An Exploratory Study in the Visualization of Corpus Data for the Design of an English Placement Test | Working Paper |
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IRI-2020-02
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Yingying Zhang Zhang
Naoko Kumagai |
Women in the workplace: Insights from Japan | Working Paper |
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IRI-2020-01
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Tomohito Shinoda | Japan's Foreign Policymaking Process and Power Shift | Working Paper |