International

Can Brexit be a step toward the UK’s new successful history?

On June 23 of this year (2016), with 52% of votes in the referendum, the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU), which b ...

What We Can Learn from NAFTA, a Suggestion for TPP

In 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada, and Mexico was enacted. There is something peculiar about M ...

The situations of inbound and outbound tourists have reversed in Japan. What should Japan do now to become a Tourism Nation?

According to an announcement by the Japan Tourism Agency, the number of foreign tourists who visited Japan (inbound tourists) in 2015 was 19 ...

What Japan can learn from the U.S. presidential election

2016 is a presidential election year for the United States of America. The United States has great power of influence worldwide, and the que ...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Thinking about Our Next Actions

When we think about supporting developing countries, we tend to conjure up images of visiting the countries firsthand and implementing local ...

A perspective for a multi-ethnic Japan

From its geographical and religious distributions characteristics, Southeast Asia can be broadly divided into the continental(mainland) part ...

Sustainable Living in a Time of Global Warming -Learning from Herders in Mongolia-

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which carries out scientific assessment of global warming, has published its Fifth Ass ...

Reviewing the Midterm Elections in the U.S. -Changes in President Obama’s Leadership and the Importance of House-to-House Canvassing-

I believe that behind this defeat of the Democratic Party in the midterm elections is the fact that President Obama’s leadership can no long ...

Light and Shadow in a Brazil that kindhearted Hosts the World Cup A call for intercultural exchange

I first became involved with Brazil in 2009, when I was working at an American university studying my area of specialization of insurance an ...