“Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice,” a book by Dr. Barak Kushner, co-editor of the RJIF book, “Examining Japan’s Lost Decades,” and Associate Professor of History at the University of Cambridge, won the John K. Fairbank Prize for East Asian History from American Historical Association’s 2016 Prize. * Click …
Dr. Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, will participate in a discussion, “The United States and Japan: The Cornerstones of the Pacific,” held by the Center for American Progress (CAP) in Washington, D.C. on October 5, 2016. Other leading U.S.-Japan experts including Dr. Kurt M. Campbell, RJIF Distinguished Guest Scholar and Former …
RJIF Research Director Kay Kitazawa delivered a speech at Japan Update 2016, an annual international symposium providing Australian audiences with a comprehensive overview of Japan’s current economic, social and political landscape. This year Japan Update was held at Australian National University (ANU) on September 21, 2016, and was attended by 300 policymakers, academics, and other …
RJIF Fellow Miyuki Otomo’s article was published on September 27, 2016 in the morning edition of the Nikkei Shimbun. The piece, “Professional elderly care: the valuation should be increased,” emphasizes the importance of creating more options for elderly care services, as well as the necessity of clear understanding and improvement in the value of the …
RJIF Fellow Miyuki Otomo’s article in the Nikkei Shimbun Read More »
RJIF Senior Research Fellow Yoichi Kato commented on the Straits Times on September 19, 2016. Please click here to read the article
RJIF Fellow Miyuki Otomo’s received an interview from the NewsPicks. (Published on September 17, 2016) Please click here to read the article (Japanese) For English, please click here
The article of Dr Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, ”The forces behind Beijing’s South China Sea claims,” was published in the Japan Times on September 9, 2016. *The article is an English translation of the Chairman’s monthly column for the September issue of the Bungeishunju. (No. 61) Please click here to …
RJIF Senior Research Fellow Yoichi Kato commented on the Straits Times on August 23, 2016. Please click here to read the full article
Dr Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, collaborated with Dr Chung Min Lee, Professor at Yonsei University and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, on an op-ed for the Washington Post. The piece, “Despite Trump’s wishes, America can’t turn its back on Japan and South Korea,“ argues that …
Dr Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, will appear on the NHK BS Premium show, “Showa no sentaku: Nuclear-free world and the challenge to authority – Reconsidering Tanzan Ishibashi”, as a guest panelist on August 25, 2016 at 20:00. Program (Japanese): Showa no sentaku: Nuclear-free world and the challenge to authority – …
On July 27, 2016, Admiral Harry Harris, the Commander of United States Pacific Command, gave a keynote speech at the Japan-U.S. Military Statesmen Forum (MSF) held in Tokyo. The forum brings together retired senior military leaders and active-duty officers from both countries, and it aims to facilitate a bilateral strategic dialogue and deeper discussions about …
Admiral Harry Harris Delivered a Speech in Tokyo Read More »
On September 8th, RJIF is publishing the English edition of its third report “The Democratic Party of Japan in Power” from Routledge. The report examines the policies and events during the time of DPJ administrations (September 2009 to December 2012). It drew lesson from the analysis results, based on the testimonies from the interviews with …
RJIF is publishing “The Democratic Party of Japan in Power” Read More »
Mr. David Plott, a distinguished business and finance journalist, recently reviewed Examining Japan’s Lost Decades (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series, 2015) in the Strategic Review, an Indonesian journal of leadership, policy and world affairs. View article here
Photo: Rod Searcey On May 6 2016, Dr Yoichi Funabashi, former Editor-in-Chief of the Asahi Shimbun and RJIF Chairman delivered an acceptance speech for the 2015 Shorenstein Journalism Award Ceremony hosted by the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) at Stanford University. Full text of the Shorenstein Award 2015 Acceptance Speech The ceremony was preceded by …
RJIF Chairman’s acceptance speech for the Shorenstein Award 2015 at Stanford University Read More »
The Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) is pleased to announce that Mr. Hiroyuki Nakashima has been appointed as a Fellow. Mr. Nakashima is Senior Representative at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation’s Representative Office in Washington D.C. and from 1 May 2016, he will join RJIF to oversee projects related to geopolitics and geoeconomics. Profile …
Mr. Hiroyuki Nakashima appointed as a Fellow at RJIF Read More »
RJIF Senior Research Fellow Yoichi Kato’s article, “Japan’s ‘Coping’ Diplomacy, Challenged by Changing World Order” was published in an essay volume by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy’s (NCAFP). The article, which is in the format of an interview, was originally published by the Asahi Shimbun’s Asia & Japan Watch in December, 2015. The …
RJIF Senior Research Fellow Yoichi Kato’s article in the NCAFP Read More »
The Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) is pleased to announce that Mr. Tatsuhito Tokuchi has been appointed as a Senior Fellow. Most recently, Mr. Tokuchi was the Managing Director & Chairman of the Investment Banking Committee at CITIC Securities Co., Ltd., and from 1 April 2016 he will join RJIF to oversee the projects related …
Mr. Tatsuhito Tokuchi appointed as Senior Fellow at RJIF Read More »
On 28 March 2016, it was announced that Dr Yoichi Funabashi, RJIF Chairman, was named the recipient of the 12th Accomplishment Award by the Social and Environmental Subcommittee, Atomic Energy Society of Japan. The scope of the Accomplishment Award is to honour individuals that made remarkable accomplishments in the areas of the social dimensions of …
A commentary by RJIF’s Kay Kitazawa marking five years since March 11th, 2011, was recently published Entitled “The Mistrust Remains,” her piece examines how the response of the nuclear industry and its regulators to 3/11 failed to build public trust, and argues that this still presents a major hurdle for nuclear policy debates where Japan …
On March 2, 2016, an article written by researcher Sophie Knight about the growth in sharehouses in Japan was published on Nippon.com, a site covering Japanese society and culture. Titled “A Greater Share for the Japanese Sharehouse”, the article introduces several sharehouses that either unite people in a common interest or hobby, or else respond …
RJIF publishes article on Nippon.com about sharehouses in Japan Read More »
Kay Kitazawa, RJIF Research Director’s article “Five years on, Japan’s crisis response infrastructure still lacking” was published in the East Asia Forum on March 5, 2016. The essay explores the vulnerability of Japan’s crisis management system by studying the responses of four hospitals located within a 20 to 30 kilometre radius of the Fukushima Daiichi …
RJIF Research Director’s article in the East Asia Forum Read More »
On February 19, 2016, ten members from the Center for American Progress, a leading U.S. think-tank, joined working group members from RJIF’s Independent Investigation Commission on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident to exchange views on the Japanese government’s crisis response to the Fukushima Nuclear Accident in 2011. Both sides were particularly interested in the challenge of …
“In many ways, he was the heart and soul of what made the Asahi the great paper it is.” Orville Schell, Director, Asia Society On 17 February 2016 it was announced that Dr Yoichi Funabashi, former Editor-in-Chief of the Asahi Shimbun and RJIF Chairman, was named the 2015 recipient of the Shorenstein Journalism Award. Laureates …
RJIF Chairman named the 2015 recipient of the Shorenstein Journalism Award. Read More »
Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman of RJIF, was a moderator at the January 2016 World Economic Forum at Davos. He spoke with Masao Uchibori, Governor of Fukushima on the theme of rebuilding Fukushima and the lessons for the world. Governor Uchibori highlighted several key challenges such as, displaced people unable to return to their homes, the damaged …
RJIF Chairman spoke at the World Economic Forum 2016 Read More »
“Japan’s Population Implosion: The 50 Million Shock – Survey Report by Private Ad Hoc Commission on the Population Issue” (English title is tentative), was reviewed in the November 2nd issue of the weekly magazine Nikkei Business. Prof. Kazumasa Oguro, Hosei University, writes that the report is a timely contribution to the discussion on Japan’s demographic …
Japan’s Population Implosion: The 50 Million Shock introduced in Nikkei Business Read More »
Dr. Yoichi Funabashi’s essay “Population Implosion – How will Japan respond to the crisis?” was published in the February 2016 edition of Ushio. The essay explores the Abe administration’s new policy to promote “the Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens” with its specific target of raising the total fertility rate to 1.8. http://www.usio.co.jp/html/usio/index.php (link in Japanese)
From January 7-9, 2016, Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) was honored to host a visit by Admiral Michael “Mike” Mullen, the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. From 2007 to 2011, he served as the principal military advisor to both President Bush and President Obama, overseeing an end to the combat mission in …
Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, Dr. Yoichi Funabashi wrote an essay, “Japan’s Silver Pacifism”, that explores the geopolitical implications of Japan’s demographic trends. The essay was published in the Jan/Feb 2016 edition of The National Interest.
The December issue of the Ministry of Finance’s monthly journal Finance has published an article on Japan’s Population Implosion. The article discusses the founding of the Private Ad Hoc Commission on Population Issue, and explains the Commission’s multifaceted survey and study of the population issue and its policy proposals. The book is described as an …
On November 14, an article written by researcher Sophie Knight on healthy Japanese homes that use little to no active heating was published in the Financial Times. Titled “Japan’s house for all seasons”, the article was the fifth in a series RJIF is publishing as a result of its research project into Japan’s contemporary living …
RJIF publishes article in Financial Times on passive houses in Japan Read More »
A NewsPicks column (five instalments in total) was published on the seminar that was held at Academyhills on 5 October 2015 as part of the Private Ad Hoc Commission on Population Issue project, entitled, “Discussion by Shinjiro Koizumi and Lawson’s Genichi Tamatsuka: The 50 Million Shock: The Population Decline’s Impacts on Society and Business.” The …
Both sides exchanged views on how to better understand and evaluate the diverse, complex and chaotic reports that emerge when a major disaster occurs such as in the case of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident. In particular, they discussed the current public sentiment towards the restarting of nuclear power plants, and the failure of the System …
Danish journalists visit RJIF to discuss “Disaster Journalism” Read More »
On the 29th October 2015, RJIF held a symposium “The Future of U.S.-Japan Relations” in collaboration with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Japan Studies program. This was the concluding event of the global publicity tour to promote RJIF’s recently published report, “Examining Japan’s Lost Decades.” Over 80 experts from diverse fields and sectors including …
RJIF and CFR co-host an event on the Future of U.S.-Japan Relations Read More »
On October 21, RJIF hosted a delegation on the Foreign Policy Initiative SEED (Sasakawa Emerging Experts Delegation) Trip from the U.S. for a roundtable discussion with members of the Japanese Diet, led by State Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Kihara. Views on a range of security issues were exchanged, pertaining to the future of the …
RJIF hosts delegates on Foreign Policy Initiative SEED Trip from the U.S. Read More »
On October 6, 2015, Dr Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF), appeared in Asia Society’s ChinaFile Conversation. He answered the question of “What Will the TPP Mean for China?”. He discusses the geopolitical significance of the trade pact agreement, and the implications for the future Asia-Pacific regional order. The Asia Society …
On 5 October 2015, a seminar entitled “The 50 Million Shock: The Population Decline’s Impacts on Society and Business” was held at Academyhills in Roppongi in Tokyo. The seminar considered the implications of the “population implosion” on business and daily life, and discussed what should be done by the government, companies, and, above all, we …
On September 14, an article written by RJIF researcher Sophie Knight on interior firm Muji’s renovation of old housing complexes in Japan was published in online business magazine Quartz. Titled “Muji is collaborating with Japan’s housing agency to makeover old apartments”, the article was the fourth in a series RJIF is publishing as a result …
RJIF publishes article in Quartz on Muji renovating old public housing complexes Read More »
Dr Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, contributed to the 30th Anniversary Special Edition of The National Interest (Sept/Oct 2015). Dr Funabashi appears alongside an all-star cast to answer the question of “What is America’s Purpose?” He argues that the future of American power must be a long-term game of strategic rebalancing …
RJIF Chairman in the 30th Anniversary Special Edition of The National Interest Read More »
Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, Dr. Yoichi Funabashi’s commentary on “Japan’s Gray-Haired Pacifism” appeared in the International New York Times on 12 August 2015. Dr. Funabashi explores the implications of Japan’s demographic trends, and in particular a super-aging society, and its impact on Japan’s defense policy.
The Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) is pleased to announce that Mr. Martin Fackler has been appointed as a Research Fellow and Journalist-in-Residence. Most recently, Mr. Fackler was the Tokyo bureau chief of the New York Times, and from 1 September 2015 he will join RJIF to oversee research projects and communications. (* Mr. Martin …
Martin Fackler appointed as Journalist-in-Residence at RJIF Read More »
On July 9th, an article written by RJIF researcher Sophie Knight on a new kind of disaster housing developed by Japanese prefabricated house maker Daiwa Lease and architect Shigeru Ban was published in online business magazine Quartz. Titled “Japanese prefab tiny homes could change the way we think about disaster housing”, the article was the third in …
RJIF publishes article in Quartz on new kind of disaster housing Read More »
On July 4th, an article written by RJIF researcher Sophie Knight on architects in Japan designing innovative wooden high-rises in Japan in spite of tough fire regulations was published in The Financial Times. Titled “Tokyo designers push the boundaries of wooden skyscrapers”, the article was the second in a series RJIF is publishing as a …
At the press conference of 2 July, Dr Yoichi Funabashi (Chairman, Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation) described the background and significance of the launch of the Private Ad Hoc Commission on Population Issue project. Prof. Takashi Onishi, Chairman of the Private Ad Hoc Commission on Population Issue (President, Toyohashi University of Technology / Chairman, Science Council …
Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (Chairman: Yoichi Funabashi) is pleased to announce the publication of Japan’s Population Implosion: The 50 Million Shock (English title is tentative), a book based on the discussions at the Private Ad Hoc Commission on Population Issue. Should the current birth rate remain unchanged, Japan’s population, which stood at nearly 50 million …
On June 27th, Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio National interviewed RJIF Chairman Yoichi Funabashi, in “Rebuilding Japan: the promise beyond Japan’s lost decades” in its Saturday Extra program. “Former newspaper editor and respected foreign policy writer, Yoichi Funabashi, is the co-editor of a new book that includes analysis from internationally renowned experts on lessons from Japan’s …
JAPAN-U.S. MILITARY STATESMEN FORUM 7 June – 9 June 2015, Washington, D.C. The second conference of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation’s Japan-U.S. Military Statesmen Forum (MSF) was held in Washington, D.C., from June 7th-9th, 2015. This year, the forum met to discuss the theme of “Revival of Geopolitics and the U.S.-Japan Alliance”, bringing together nearly twenty …
On June 6th, an article written by RJIF researcher Sophie Knight on the growing movement in Japan of communities generating their own energy and aiming to become independent of major utilities was published in The Japan Times. Titled “Harnessing the power of community to drive an energy revolution”, the article was the first in a …
Edited by Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman, RJIF The Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) published its sixth book, Examining Japan’s Lost Decades (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series), on May 29th, 2015. Order on Amazon Book Summary What specifically did Japan lose during the so-called “lost decades,” which began with the bursting of the bubble in 1989? Why and how …
On May 1st, RJIF co-sponsored a one day international symposium focusing on three themes from the recently published book, Examining Japan’s Lost Decades (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series). The symposium was co-sponsored with the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Japan …
RJIF co-sponsors an international conference with Harvard University Read More »
It is with great pleasure that RJIF announces three new appointments as of May 1. Yasuchika Hasegawa, the Chairman of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, has become a counselor. Teruhide Sato, founder of BEENOS Inc, has become a trustee, while William Saito, President and CEO of InTecur KK, hitherto a counselor, has also become a trustee. …
On April 30th, an editorial piece by RJIF Chairman Yoichi Funabashi, “The west can look for answers in Japan’s lost decades” was published in the Financial Times. “Advanced economies are contending with the same challenges that have beset Japan — rising public debt, low inflation expectations, slow growth, an ageing population and China’s challenge to …
“Examining Japan’s Lost Decades” editorial by Yoichi Funabashi in the Financial Times Read More »
Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) Releases New Book Examining Japan’s Lost Decades (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series) Edited by Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman, RJIF and Barak Kushner, University of Cambridge, Reader, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Order on Amazon Book Summary What specifically did Japan lose during the so-called “lost decades,” which began with …
On March 18, RJIF hosted a seminar for the Japan Trek group from Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The visiting graduate students have been delegated from government ministries and corporations in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa and have joined the trek to learn about China-Japan relations from an objective standpoint. In …
On February 26th, Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation hosted a seminar for visiting graduate students from the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. As part of a 5th annual Japan study trip, the LKY students had the opportunity to take part in a series of opinion exchanges with Japanese government leaders, journalists, …
To ensure our further development, RJIF is building relationships with prominent think tanks and not-for-profit organizations overseas. As part of this, we held a working lunch on the 25th of February between the Council on Foreign Relations, one of the United States’ most prominent think tanks, and Japan’s business community. Richard Haass, who has served …
From the 7th-10th January, Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation welcomed Yale University’s Jake Sullivan as part of our U.S.-Japan Strategic Vision Program. Jake Sullivan has previously worked as the Director of Policy Planning of State Department, Deputy Chief of Staff of Secretary Hilary Clinton and National Security Adviser to the Vice President of the United States, …
Dr. Barak Kushner, editor of RJIF’s Lost Decades Project, published his latest work on Japanese war criminals in the post World War 2 period. “Men to Devils, Devils to Men – Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice” Harvard University Press Barak Kushner Available from November 17th, 2014 For further details Quick glance for TOC The …
New Book by Dr Barak Kushner, editor of the Lost Decades Project Read More »
A Real Alternative to Japan’s National Security Strategy Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) has published its latest report titled “Quiet Deterrence – Building Japan’s New National Security Strategy- “ which is based upon the discussions from RJIF’s U.S.- Japan Strategic Vision Program. Dr. Kurt Campbell and Dr. Michael Green, RJIF’s distinguished guest scholars represent the …
Dialogue “What right of collective self-defense changes (tentative translation)” by Takashi Saito and Richard Myers, core members of “Japan-U.S. Military Statesmen Forum” with listener, Hiroyuki Akita (Senior and Editorial Staff Writer), was introduced in Nikkei Shimbun on August 31th. (article link unavailable)
APIニュースレター 登録
