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“Startup Capitalism: New Approaches to Innovation Strategies in East Asia” – With Dr. Robyn Klingler-Vidra and Professor Ramon Pacheco Pardo –

EVENT / 2025/04/25

On April 21, 2025, the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) held a closed-door roundtable featuring Dr. Robyn Klingler-Vidra, a specialist in innovation policy, and Professor Ramon Pacheco Pardo, an expert in international relations, both from King’s College London. The session centered on their recent publication, Startup Capitalism: New Approaches to Innovation Strategies in East Asia, and …

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Remaining Challenges for Operationalizing Japan’s Information Security Legislation

Uncategorized / 2024/03/27

Foresight (March 22, 2024) Remaining Challenges for Operationalizing Japan’s Information Security Legislation Hirohito Ogi Senior Research Fellow Japanese government submitted a bill on establishing the new security clearance legislation for protecting sensitive information related to economic security in February 2024. This was in response to the “Final Report” of the discussions at the expert panel …

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The Opportunity and Duty for Japan’s Defense Exports Amid the Demand-Pulled International Defense Economy (Hirohito Ogi)

Uncategorized / 2024/03/11

Commentary on the Survey of 100 Japanese Companies on Economic Security (March 11, 2024) The Opportunity and Duty for Japan’s Defense Exports Amid the Demand-Pulled International Defense Economy Hirohito Ogi Senior Research Fellow The Economic Security Promotion Act enacted in 2022 stipulates as its objective “the promotion of national security through integrated economic measures.” In …

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The Tyranny of Geography: Okinawa in the era of great power competition (Marina Fujita Dickson)

Uncategorized / 2024/02/09

Limes n.9 / 2023 “La Cina resta un giallo” (October 5, 2023) The Tyranny of Geography: Okinawa in the era of great power competition Marina Fujita Dickson Research Associate PDF Since Okinawa’s handover back to Japan in 1972, the prefecture has played an indispensable role in Japan’s national security. The reason for this points to …

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[Commentary] How Can We Make the Argument on Tax Increase for Strengthening Defense Capabilities Persuasive? by OGI Hirohito

Article, Article, Article, Article, Article, Article / 2022/12/26

OGI Hirohito Senior Research Fellow On December 16, 2022, when the Japanese government released the three strategic documents, the Defense Buildup Program, one of these documents, stipulates that the level of expenditures necessary to implement the Defense Buildup Program for the five years from FY2023 to FY2027 will be around 43 trillion yen and that …

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IHJ’s GC Chairman Funabashi’s new article on China published in the Japan Times

News / 2022/10/07

The article of Dr. Yoichi Funabashi, IHJ’s GC Chairman, “To counter China’s ‘reactive assertiveness,’ ‘quiet deterrence’ is called for” was published in the Japan Times on October 3, 2022. *The article is an English translation of the Chairman’s monthly column for the October issue of the Bungeishunju. Please click here to read the full article