Recommendations to Citizens concerning TPP Negotiations -Deciphering the Course of TPP Negotiations: The Judgment Required of Individual Citizens-

I worked in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for 25 years, and was engaged in negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partner ...

The Japan Growth Strategy and revitalizing SMEs: Helping SMEs grow and advance -SME growth is essential to the nation’s growth-

In research on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based on my area of specialization of business administration, the link between gro ...

Toward a Smart-Grid Society Using Renewable Energy: A society using zero fossil fuels and free from CO2 -Achieving a power network that uses renewable energy-

Already the issue of global warming is recognized widely as a global issue. The effects of warming, such as rising sea levels, abnormal weat ...

Focusing on Abenomics -Will the “Three Arrows” hit the mark? Will Japan’s economy revive?-

The so-called Abenomics worked out by the second cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to stop deflation and achieve higher economic gro ...

A Proposal for a Globalized World: Globalized Constitutions -A Multi-layered System for Protecting Human Rights-

The world is in constant motion. In countries that experience dramatic changes, a debate usually arises after change has occurred (and somet ...

Opinions on English Language Study: Clear Goals Are the Key to English Acquisition – The Current State of “Japanese English” –

As a graduate student in the United States, I majored in Modern Japanese Literature, and in 1980 I came to Japan as a research student in th ...

A Proposal on the Hosting of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics -The Hosting of the Tokyo Olympics Will Act as a Detonator for a Recovery in the Strength of Japan as a Nation-

Tokyo has been chosen to host the 2020 Olympics. This feels like the first positive news that Japan has had in a long time. Like the previou ...

A Proposal on the Problems of Exclusion and Inequality -Considering the Problems of Exclusion and Inequality from the Perspective of Human Defensiveness-

Social psychology, my specialist field, is an academic field that researches every aspect of human behavior in society. The targets of socia ...

A Proposal on the Relationship between Society and the Self

The concept of “me” could be described as the defining characteristic of modern art. In the past, music, fine art and literature belonged to ...