E-Journal

November/December 2008 Issue

November/December 2008 Issue

Plus-sum game in innovative Asia

Publisher's Note
Changing Behavior of Young Legal Elites in Japan
By Noboru Hatakeyama
READERS' COLUMN
Climate Change Policies & Programs in Australia
By Ross W. Stockall
TOPICS
Japan Tourism Agency Launched Tata Motors Seen Entering Japan Market Shortage of Physicians Vexing Japan
By Hiroshi OKABE
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia
Role of South Korea-Japan FTA in Deepening Asian Economic Cooperation
By Dukgeun AHN
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia 2
"Reconfiguration of Knowledge" Set to Boost Japan's Competitiveness
BY Keita NISHIYAMA
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia 3
Concept of Asian Economic & Environmental Community
By Noriyuki MITA
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia 4
CEPEA: Japan's New Regional Cooperation Initiative in East Asia
By Shujiro URATA
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia 5
Why Is ERIA Policy Research Needed?
By Fukunari KIMURA
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia 6
Prospect of an Asia-wide FTA: Is CEPEA an Answer?
By Ichiro ARAKI
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia 7
Japan's Initiatives for Asian Economic Integration
By Brent LAYTON
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia 8
A New Horizon for Japan-S. Korea Relations: Toward a New Paradigm of East Asian Cooperation
By Yoshihide SOEYA
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia 9
Asian Economic Integration & The Role of Japan
By Harald MALMGREN
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia 10
Asian Integration: An Economic Alliance A Plus-Sum Game
By Aftab SETH
Cover Story : Plus-sum game in innovative Asia 11
China's Post-Olympics Economic Outlook Rethinking Investment Strategy for Japanese Firms
By Ke LONG
SPECIAL ARTICLES 1
A "Once-in-a-Century" Financial Crisis- Mortgaging the Future How We Got in This Mess & Why It Could Happen Again
By Robert MADSEN
SPECIAL ARTICLES 2
Africa: Beyond TICAD IV & G-8 Summit
By Nobutake ODANO
BUSINESS PROFILE
Interview with Nobuo Toda, President, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. Jetliner Project Gaining Momentum MRJ, Japan's 1st Homemade Jet, to Debut in 2013
Interviewer: Hiroshi OKABE
Culture
Japanese Films in Venice
By Masakazu HOSODA
Viewpoint
Mixing the Best of Britain, Japan New Int'l School Eyes Unique Study Program
By Paul ROGERS
CHALLENGING REGION
OBUSE: A Town of "Chestnuts" & "Hokusai" How a Town Attracts Tourists
By Yuka KOIKE
JAPANESE CRAFT & ART
Urushi in Japanese Culture (1) Japanese People & Urushi Story
By Kazumi MUROSE
PROMENADE
Farmer Philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka Humans Must Strive to Know the Unknown (2): What Does Natural Farming Mean?
By Natsuko TOYODA
FINANCE
Headwinds Lashing Japan's Moneylenders
By Katsuhiko SAKAI
ECONOMIC FOCUS
Structural Changes in Japanese Economy As Seen from Balance of Payments Data
By Naoyuki HARAOKA
ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR JAPAN
Charts November/December 2008
JEF
KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES
What Is behind Revival of Corporate Dormitories for Bachelors?
By Isao ADACHI
SPOTLIGHT
We Need to Act Now to Save Earth
By Etsuo KOZAWA

Japan SPOTLIGHT