INTELLECTUAL CABINET
The Intellectual Cabinet is a policy group that discusses issues from an independent perspective. While encouraging sound, constructive debates on policy, the group aims to contribute to the creation of pluralistic policy-making processes in Japan by providing new policy proposals from fresh perspectives.
Intellectual Cabinet Members (as of April 2000)
Leader
Yutaka Kosai (Chairman, Japan Center for Economic Research)
Subleaders
Haruo Shimada (Professor of Economics, Keio University)
Heizo Takenaka* (President, The Tokyo Foundation; Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)
Macroeconomics
Soichi Shinohara (Professor, Department of Economics, Doshisha University)
Kiyohiko Nishimura (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo)
Akira Kojima (Director and Chief Editorial Page Editor, Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
Fiscal Policy
Masaaki Honma (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
Kazuo Yoshida* (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University)
Finance
Kazuhito Ikeo (Professor, Department of Economics, Keio University)
Atsushi Yamada* (Journalist)
Industry and Management
Kiyonori Sakakibara (Visiting Professor, Keio University)
Ryuhei Wakasugi (Professor, Department of Economics, Yokohama National University)
Labor
Atsushi Seike (Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
Quality of Life/Urban Issues
Yasushi Asami (Associate Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo)
Hiroko Ota (Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
International Economics
Motoshige Ito* (Professor of Economics, University of Tokyo)
Shujiro Urata (Professor of Economics, School of Social Sciences, Waseda University)
Diplomacy/National Security
Shinichi Kitaoka* (Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo)
Akihiko Tanaka (Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, and Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo)
Yoichi Funabashi (Chief Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist, Asahi Shimbun)
Law
Jiro Tamura (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University)
*Core member
"POLICY VISION 21" SATELLITE BROADCASTS
The communications satellite (CS) broadcast of "Policy Vision 21" aims to stimulate sound policy debate by airing constructive policy proposals on television. Beginning October 1999 and centering on the activities of the Foundation, the broadcasts communicate analytical, frank and concrete discussion on policy issues. (Refer to the videotape list for information on the lineup; Heizo Takenaka is the host.)
Broadcast channels: Nikkei CNBC, SkyPerfecTV Ch. 251, DirecTV Ch. 504, Diet TV, SkyPerfecTV Ch. 379, DirecTV Ch. 507
