2025年5月15日

[JS #261] Japan SPOTLIGHT May/June 2025 issue is published

Japan SPOTLIGHT May/June 2025 issue is published
COVER STORY: Aging in East Asia & Southeast Asia- Opportunities & Challenges

【Next Issue】
Our next issue in July/August 2025 will feature the theme of "Global Supply Chain Resilience - Trade Rules & Trade Roles". We will highlight the problem of supply chains faced with the risk of disruption from the superpowers' struggle for hegemony, and look at the WTO as a potential savior by strengthening the resilience of global supply chains. Our next issue will be published on our website on July 10, 2025.

2025年3月14日

[JS #260] Japan SPOTLIGHT March/April 2025 issue is published

Japan SPOTLIGHT March/April 2025 issue is published
COVER STORY: The Service Sector is the Key to Revitalizing the Japanese Economy

【Next Issue】
We will be highlighting the theme of "Aging in Asia" in the May/June 2025 issue. The "Amazing Asia" of economic growth is at the same time a "Graying Asia". What are the consequences of this and how can we turn challenges into opportunities? A variety of experts discuss this hot issue. Our next issue will be published on our website on May 10, 2025.

2025年2月21日

Japan-US Forum 2024

Japan-US Forum 2023
Japan-US Forum 2024 was co-hosted by Japan Economic Foundation (JEF) and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on 21st October 2024.

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Date: Monday, October 21, 2024
Venue: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington D.C.
Theme: Redefining Japan-US economic relationship in the era of fragmentation and disorder at the time of US Presidential Election and beyond

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Japan-US Forum 2024 (Washington D.C.)

[more]Past Forum

Theme Redefining Japan-US economic relationship in the era of fragmentation and disorder at the time of US Presidential Election and beyond
Date October 21, 2024
Venue Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington DC
Co-host Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Japan Economic Foundation（JEF）


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ProgramProgram

ParticipantsParticipants List

BiographiesBiographies

SummarySummary

Presentation Session 1 Hirotaka Ishii
Session 1 Christopher Elsner
Session 1 Jennifer Sklarew
Session 2 Kenta Hirami

QuestionnaireQuestionnaire


2025年1月31日

International Trading System

International Trading System
On January 31, 2025, we Japan Economic Foundation (JEF) have published on our website in English "Recommendations for Restoration of a Rules-Based International Trading System" by the Research Group on the International Trading System led by the Japan Economic Foundation (JEF), from the distinguished trade policy experts worldwide.

2025年1月23日

International Trading System

We showcase "Recommendations for Restoration of a Rules-Based International Trading System" in English by the Research Group on the International Trading System led by the Japan Economic Foundation, from the distinguished trade policy experts worldwide. We hope this would contribute to "Revival of the WTO".

Recommendations for Restoration of a Rules-Based International Trading System
by Research Group on the International Trading System led by the Japan Economic Foundation

January 31, 2025
Japan Economic Foundation

Contents

Introductory Remarks
Introductory Remarks by Shujiro Urata

Chapter 1　Restoration & Enhancement of WTO Functions
(1 Special Remarks) Global Trade Governance by Alan Wm. Wolff

Section 1　Restoration of the WTO Dispute Settlement Function
(1-1.1) Overview of the Issues that WTO Dispute Settlement Faces by the JEF Secretariat

Section 2　Enhancement of Legislative Function Through Expansion of Plurilateral Agreements
(1-2.1) Reimagining Plurilateral Trade Agreements in the Indo-Pacific by Han-koo Yeo
(1-2.2) International Rulemaking Concerning the Cross-Border Free Flow of Data by Kojiro Fujii & Shunya Muromachi

Section 3　Use of MPIA, an Alternative Dispute Settlement System to the WTO's Dispute Settlement Function
(1-3.1) The MPIA as a Sub-Optimal Solution to Restore WTO Dispute Settlement by Joost Pauwelyn
(1-3.2) Would the US Join an MPIA? by Simon Lester
(1-3.3) Beyond the MPIA: A Rules-Based Solution to the Appellate Body Crisis by Henry Gao
(1-3.4) The MPIA & the Rule of Law under Geopolitical Tensions - from the Perspective of Japan as a Middle by Tsuyoshi Kawase (added on May 23, 2025)

Chapter 2　Expansion of Regional Agreements
Section 1　Current Status & Issues of the CPTPP
(2-1.1) The CPTPP: Past, Present, & Future by Jeffrey J. Schott
(2-1.2) Requirements for China to Join the CPTPP by the JEF Secretariat
(2-1.3) India's Role in Reshaping the Global Trade Order by Rajat Kathuria (added on March 13, 2025)

Section 2　Current Status and Issues of the RCEP
(2-2) Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Issues & Challenges by Jayasiri Jayasena

Chapter 3　Economic Security Aimed For by the IPEF
Section 1
(3-1) Economic Security, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework & a New American Consensus on Trade by Inu Manak
Section 2
(3-2) Friend-Shoring Reconsidered by Satoshi Inomata

Chapter 4　Significance of the Linkage Between the CPTPP & the EU in Complementing the Legislative Function of the WTO
(4) The CPTPP & the EU Working Together to Revive the International Trade Order - by Creating an International Trade Law ("CPTPP 2.0") that Squarely Incorporates the Economic Security Perspective & by Encouraging the US to Join it by Akihiko Tamura

Chapter 5　Dealing with the Negative Aspects of Free Trade
Section 1
(5-1) Helping Those Left Behind by Trade by Edward Alden
Section 2
(5-2) Economic Impact of the Expansion of the CPTPP by Kenichi Kawasaki
Section 3
(5-3) Obstacles to Trade Liberalization by Kazuhito Yamashita

Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks by Masakazu Toyoda


2025年1月16日

[JS #259] Japan SPOTLIGHT January/February 2025 issue is published

Japan SPOTLIGHT January/February 2025 issue is published
COVER STORY: Policy Recommendations for a Rules-Based International Trading System

【Next Issue】
We will be highlighting the theme "Full Utilization of the Potential of the Service Sector in Japan: a Key to Revitalizing the Japanese Economy" in the March/April 2025 issue. Tourism, software, entertainment, and medical services in Japan have great potential for growth. They will help the Japanese economy avoid the risk of further decline and contribute to global well-being. Our next issue will be published on our website on March 10, 2025.

2025年1月10日

Asia-Pacific Forum 2024

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Asia-Pacific Forum 2024
Asia-Pacific Forum was hosted by Japan Economic Foundation (JEF) and Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) on 28th of November 2024.
The public session can be viewed on the JEF Channel below.


Asia-Pacific Forum 2024 (Philippines)

[more]Past Forum

Theme Navigating the Changing Geoeconomic Landscape in the Indo-Pacific Region: The Role of ASEAN
Date Thursday,28 November, 2024
Venue Makati Diamond Residences, Manila, Philippine
Co-host Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)
Japan Economic Foundation (JEF)

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ParticipantsParticipants

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SummarySummary in English

Presentation


Session1 Man-Jung Mignonne Chan
Session1 Ahn ChoongYong
 Session1 Somkiat Tangkitvanich
Session1 Gary Hawke
Session 2 Murray McLean
Session2 Shujiro Urata
Session 2 Yose Risal Dumari
Session3 Josef T. Yap
Session3 Josef T. Yap (PPT)
Session 3 Hideichi Okada
Session 3 Hideichi Okada (PPT)
Session3 Manu Bhaskaran
Session3 Khine Khine Nwe

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