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Japan’s Central Bank Digital Currency should go big, not go home

22 September 2024

In Japan, cash remains popular despite the rise of cashless payments due to the ageing population and economic factors. The Bank of Japan is exploring the...

Japan Update 2024

13 September 2024

The Japan Update assembled a distinguished group of experts from Australia and Japan to explore key issues shaping Japan's future. Speakers analysed...

What Japan can teach the world about disaster risk reduction

14 August 2024

Japan, despite having high exposure to various risks, has developed highly effective disaster reduction practices. These policy-driven strategies focus on...

AJRC Director, Shiro Armstrong, delivers Professorial Lecture

31 July 2024

On Wednesday July 24, Professor Shiro Armstrong gave a professorial lecture on weaponised economics and restoring the global economic order as a part of...

Japan’s paradoxical migration policy

26 July 2024

Japan's latest migration reforms open new pathways to permanent residency for foreign trainees while making it easier for authorities to revoke permanent...

Japan and China’s economies are adapting, not decoupling

1 July 2024

Japan is adjusting its economic relationship with China to reduce dependency, driven by rising labour costs, geopolitical concerns and changes in supply...

Speech by Professor Ross Garnaut

Reimagining the Australia-Japan Trade Relationship: Building a prosperous future in our times

2 May 2024

Professor Ross Garnaut gave a speech at the Australia-Japan Research Centre Public Forum in Tokyo on 25 April 2024

Bilateral and global cooperation is crucial to kickstarting productivity growth in Australia and Japan

2 May 2024

On 25 April 2024, the Australia-Japan Research Centre hosted a Public Forum on productivity growth in Australia and Japan

Japan sorely needs separate surnames

24 April 2024

On 8 March 2024, 12 individuals filed a lawsuit in Tokyo and Sapporo District Courts claiming that the requirement for married couples to share a surname...

The Japan-Australia Investment Report 2023

24 April 2024

Herbert Smith Freehills and the Australia-Japan Research Centre, The Australian National University are pleased to present the seventh annual report on...

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