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March/April 2026 Issue

March/April 2026 Issue

Good Global Governance in Japan’s Pursuit of Enhanced Partnership with the Global South

Publisher's Note
Can cooperation between the Global South and Japan contribute to the world?
By Masakazu Toyoda
Exclusive Interview
Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Hiroyuki Ishige
EXPO 2025 OSAKA, KANSAI, JAPAN: Assessment & Legacy
By Naoyuki Haraoka
Cover Lead
Good Global Governance in Japan’s Pursuit of Enhanced Partnership with the Global South
By Naoyuki Haraoka
Cover Story 1
Policy Proposal: To Achieve Japan’s Sustainable Growth Through Co-Creation with the Global South (Nov. 27, 2025)
By Global South Research Group
Cover Story 2
Roundtable on “What Can Japan Achieve Through Co-Creation with the Global South?” (Jan. 21, 2026)
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story 3
Designing the Digital Economy: India’s DPI-Led Development Model & Its Global Relevance
By Sachin Kumar Sharma, Pankaj Vashisht, Paavni Mathur
Cover Story 4
Interview with Ghanaian Ambassador to Japan, H.E. Mrs. Genevieve Edna Apaloo
Japan is a Trusted Partner of Ghana – a Win-Win Relationship in Investment & Rules-Based Economy
By Mukesh Williams and Naoyuki Haraoka
Special Interview
Interview with Prof. Choong Yong Ahn, author of South Korea and Foreign Direct Investment: Policy Dynamics and the Aftercare Ombudsman (Routledge, 2024)
Aftercare, FDI & Supply-Chain Resilience in an Era of Geo-Economic Fragmentation
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Special Article
Can East Asian Philosophy Help the World to Avoid Disruption? (Part 1) – Lessons from Deng Xiaoping’s “Socialist Market Economy”
By Guo Sizhi
Book Review
Kolkata Crimes
by Krishnan Srinivasan (Har-Anand Publications, 2025)
By Aftab Seth
Recent JEF Activity
Review of JEF Forums in 2025 – Resisting Power-Based International Governance
By Naoyuki Haraoka
Economic Indicators for Japan
What Lies Ahead for Japan’s Primary Fiscal Balance?
By Nobuo Iizuka

【Next Issue】 Our next issue in May/June 2026 will focus on the theme “Entertainment Business in Asia – Building Close Links Among the Asian Nations”. Shared fun and pleasure could create close links between people, so could Asian pop culture be an important soft power linking Asian nations? Colorful authors and interviewees respond to the question. The next issue will be published on our website on May 10, 2026.

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