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Combatting Japan’s agricultural worker shortage

24 February 2022

Japan must support young farmers and improve conditions for foreign agricultural workers to save the industry.

Trade Minister Welcomes AJRC Report Findings

22 February 2022

On 16 February 2022, The Hon Dan Tehan, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, welcomed the findings of a major Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC...

Solving Japan’s wage stagnation

31 January 2022

The issue of wages has been on Japan’s political agenda since former prime minister Shinzo Abe urged companies to raise wages to fight inflation. Prime...

Japan’s opaque economic security policy agenda

21 December 2021

Economic security is becoming crucial to Japan’s national security portfolio. The government is discussing a new ‘economic security law’ to submit to the...

Can Japan's economy recover under Kishida?

22 November 2021

In short, despite being the LDP leader, Kishida’s economic policy stance resembles that of the leftist opposition parties. He is claiming that he will...

Reimagining the Japan Relationship

22 November 2021

The report suggests a new way for Australia to think about Japan, and what is needed to build the institutional support and infrastructure that is...

Consensus-builder Kishida’s challenge to maintain stability in Japan

17 October 2021

Japan has a new prime minister. On 29 September, Fumio Kishida won the race for the leadership of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), but what...

Collapse of the CDM Scheme under the Kyoto Protocol and Its Spillover: Consequences of "Carbon Panic"

13 October 2021

Collapse of the CDM Scheme under the Kyoto Protocol and Its Spillover

The Rise of Robots in China: Implications for Japan

13 October 2021

The Rise of Robots in China: Implications for Japan

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