The newspaper article “Japan urged to embrace U.S.-style think tanks” of Japan Times (January 11th) points out the strong needs for the independent think tanks in Japan that offer alternative policies to those of the ruling party and bureaucrats. RJIF is introduced as “one of the few emerging independent policy think tanks in Japan that can offer drastic recommendations put together by both Japanese and non-Japanese scholars free of outside influences, at a time when the country needs more innovative policies to challenge and compete with those of the government”.

Japan Times