ACTIVITIES DURING FISCAL YEAR 2000-01

　

As a private, independent, and not-for-profit think tank, the Research Division conducts positive and normative research, and presents prescriptions on policy issues confronting contemporary society. The Division's goal is to contribute to diversifying the policy-making process, which has been dominated by the bureaucracy in Japan. At the same time, the Division is engaged in the building up of a worldwide intellectual network by facilitating the exchange of researchers and promoting joint research projects.

　In the year under review, the Division carried out 16 research projects. Some of these results were presented as policy proposals to the Japanese Prime Minister and other policy makers, while others were disseminated via press conferences, briefings, and publications. In addition, various international seminars and conferences were convened to discuss urgent issues, and a series of television programs under the title "Policy Vision 21" was produced and broadcast via satellite with a view to stimulating policy debate.

(Phase I: Mar 1999-Mar 2000; Phase II: Apr 2000-Mar 2001; Phase III: Apr 2001-Mar 2002)

This project aims to elucidate the Japanese fiscal system, which is in critical condition, and offer proposals for fiscal-system reform on the basis of simulation analysis using an econometric model. In the year under review, data for account-settlement and investment in human resources were collected and the econometric model was improved. In Phase III, based on the macroeconomic information gained in Phases I and II, educational finance and local finance are being examined.

　

Researchers:

Ryokichi Chida, Chief Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation; Professor, Meiji University Taisuke Katayama, Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation

(Jan 2000-June 2001 )

This project examined the question of the kind of employment policy that would be suited to an aging society. Gathering of data, interviews with specialists, and overseas research were conducted in order to compile policy proposals. Proposals are to be presented at the Third Plenary of the Commission on Global Aging, to be held in Tokyo in August 2001, as part of the Global Aging Initiative, a project of the U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

　

Project Leader:	Atsushi Seike, Professor, Keio University
Project Members:	Masako Kurosawa, Associate Professor, Meiji Gakuin University
	Masako Maeda. Senior Research Associate, Life Design Institute
	Hideyuki Morito, Associate Professor, Seikei University
	Yoshio Okunishi, Professor, Hosei University
Research Assistant:	Hisae Takahashi

(Phase l: Dec 1999-Oct 2000; Phase II: Nov 2000-Mar 2002)

Taking the view that the key cause of the severe slump in the Japanese economy of the 1990s was a crisis of policy, the goal of this project is to draw up proposals for economic recovery. In Phase I, the crisis was analyzed from the viewpoint of policy science, and the report has been published in the Policy Studies Series. In Phase II, building on the findings of Phase I, international comparative research is being conducted on various countries' economic difficulties and the policies adopted to deal with them.

　

PHASE I
Project Leaders:	Kazuo Ogawa, Professor, Osaka University
	Heist Takeaway, President, The Tokyo Foundation
Project Members:	Haruo Horioka, Editor, Horioka Editorial Office
	Ryutaro Kono, Senior Economist, Economic Research Department, Dai-ichi Life Research Institute
	Hideya Kubo, Chief Economist, Treasury and Corporate Market Department, Nippon Life Insurance Company
	Atsushi Kusano, Professor, Keio University
	Atsushi Miyawaki, Professor, Hokkaido University
	Hiroko Ota, Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Research Assistant:	Hisae Takahashi
PHASE II
Project Leader:	Kazuo Ogawa, Professor, Osaka University
Project Members:	Tomohiko Adachi, Professor, Musashi University
	Yukiko Fukagawa, Associate Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
	Yutaka Harada, Vice-President, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance
	Kaoru Hosono, Associate Professor, Nagoya City University
	Naomi Maruo, Deputy Director, Life Design Institute
Research Assistant:	Hisae Takahashi

(Phase I: June 1998-Mar 2000; Phase II: Apr 2000-Mar 2002)

In Phase II, building on the comparative analysis of the judicial systems of Japan and other major countries conducted in Phase I, the project team is drawing up proposals for strengthening international competition in legal services by nurturing jurists with the specialized knowledge and ability to cope with the demands of the new age, and for more firmly establishing governance based on law, not just in the judiciary but in all three branches of government, In order to make Japan truly a nation ruled by law.

　

Project Leader:	Jiro Tamura, Professor, Keio University
Subleaders:	Naoyuki Agawa, Professor, Keio University
	Tsukasa Miyajima, Professor, Keio University

(Dec 1999-Apr 2000)

This project compared the situation with regard to major industries in Japan and China and addressed the issue of Chinese technology policy in the twenty-first century.

　

Researcher:

Ma Yanhe, Visiting Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation; Director. Division of Materials Industry, Ministry of Science (China)

(Mar 2000-Mar 2002)

With a view to developing a society whose citizens participate actively in public affairs, policy proposals are being formulated to encourage citizen activities. In 2000, the issues relating to the social tools necessary to empower citizens were identified through overseas research and exchanges of views with possible partners for citizens in the context of citizen empowerment.

　

Researcher:　 Motoko Mekata, Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation

(Mar-July 2000)

This project considered the steps that should be taken by Japan's government, businesses, and individuals to tap into the positive aspects of the IT revolution and overcome its negative aspects, as well as the international contribution Japan should make through the IT revolution. The findings were reflected in the policy proposals presented at the international conference "Opportunities and Challenges for the Internet Century."

　

Project Leader:　 Jun Murray, Professor, Keio University

(Mar 2000-Mar 2001 )

This project aims to enhance Diet members' ability to formulate policy and encourage policy debate in the National Diet, by producing a briefing book on priority policy issues for distribution to Diet members. The 2001 edition, Policy Proposals 2001: Policy Briefing Book (in Japanese), a compilation of interviews with intellectuals, was published in March 2001.

　

Project Leader:　 Shinya Okamoto, journalist

(Sep 2000-Mar 2003)

In response to high hopes for government management reform based on administrative evaluation, strategies for government management and policy renewal by means of a new public management method are being proposed. In 2000, firsthand analysis of leading-edge cases of policy innovation in the United States through partnerships of government, corporations, and NPOs was undertaken.

　

Researcher:

Shinichi Ueyama, Chief Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation; Research Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University

(Apr 2000-Sep 2002)

The Japanese bureaucracy at present has a near-monopoly of policy studies, as well as policy formulation and implementation, and the system is becoming dysfunctional. To overcome this situation, the project aims to establish a climate conducive to strengthening legislative functions in order to create a new policy-making system. In the year under review basic research was conducted both in Japan and abroad.

　

Project Leader:　 Takahiro Suzuki, Administrative Director, Research Division, The Tokyo Foundation

(Oct 2000-Mar 2004)

It is currently extremely difficult to obtain reference materials and reports generated by Japanese government agencies during the policy-making process. This project aims to build a database for accessing and providing policy information in order to make this process more transparent, encourage national consensus building, and create a climate enabling open policy debate and policy drafting. The project is being conducted jointly with the Government Data Research Center of Japan.

(Jan 1998-Mar 2001 )

This project was inaugurated to formulate policy proposals exploring the Japan-U.S. alliance through comparative research on alliances in the post-Cold War era. In view of the shadow cast on confidence building in the Asia-Pacific region by historical issues between Japan and other Asian countries, in the year under review the project studied policy directions conducive to reconciliation.

　

Project Leader:	Yoichi Funabashi, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist, Asahi Shimbun
Project Members:	Shinichi Arai, Professor, Surugadai University
	Kiichi Fujiwara, Professor, University of Tokyo
	Takahiro Kondo. Associate Professor, Nagoya University
	Lee Jong Won, Professor, Rikkyo University
	Liu Jie. Associate Professor, Waseda University
	Takeo Satoh, Professor, Takushoku University
Research Assistants:	Takeshi Tamamura Kori J. Urayama

(Dec 1999-Apr 2000)

This project, addressing the issue of the Korean Peninsula from the perspectives of China and the United States and examining the position of the Korean Peninsula in the U.S.-China relationship, drew up proposals regarding the policy Japan should adopt vis-a-vis the peninsula. The report has been published in the Foundation's Monograph Series.

　

Project Leader:　 Hajime Izumi, Professor, University of Shizuoka

(Jan 2000-Aug 2001 )

This project analyzes the United States' Asia-Pacific strategy, characterized by forward presence and a network of allies, in the context of changes in the region's strategic environment and formulates proposals for Japan's security policy. In the year under review the project team conducted a comparative study of policy documents, interviews with specialists, and research in Asian countries, based in the United States during the first half of the year and in Japan during the second half.

　

Researcher:	Akihisa Nagashima, Chief Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation
Research Assistant:	Norihisa Fujita

(Mar 2000-Feb 2001 )

In the year under review, Japanese policy in relation to the Korean Peninsula was studied under this project in the context of the trilateral relationship among Japan, South Korea, and the United States rather than in terms of bilateral relations among the three countries.

　

Researcher:	Kil Jeong-Woo, Chief Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation; Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Joong Ang llbo
Research Assistant:	Takeshi Tamamura

(Mar 2001-Feb 2002)

This project is a study of international political developments relating to Northeast Asia, especially the Korean Peninsula, and involves drawing up policy proposals for future stability and closer exchanges in the region.

　

Researcher:

Jiang Longfan, Visiting Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation; Professor, Yanbian University (China)

Presented: April 12, 2000

Project:　　G-8 Preparatory Conference

　

Presented: April 28, 2000

Project:　　Provision of Social Infrastructure and Policy Assessment

　

Presented: May 30, 2000

Project:　　Administrative Reform of the Central Government

　

Presented: July 19, 2000

Project:　　International Conference, "Opportunities and Challenges for the Internet Century"

　

Presented: July 25, 2000

Project:　　Japan's Policies for the Korean Peninsula Related to the U.S. and China

　

Presented: November 14, 2000

Project:　　Regional Development Policies: The Possibility of Local Use of ODA

　

Presented: January 22, 2001

Project:　　G-8 Preparatory Conference Preliminary Meeting

　

This program aims to improve the quality of Japanese policy researchers and encourage international intellectual exchange by providing promising young researchers with the opportunity to gain experience in policy research through internships at overseas research institutions, especially think tanks.

　

Name:	Junko Honma, M.S.W. (Master of Social Work), Community Organizing Practice, University of Michigan
Internship:	The Urban Institute (USA), July 2000-July 2001.

(Phase I: July 1999-Feb 2000; Phase II: Aug 2000-Mar 2001)

　

PRAN-J (Policy Researchers' and Analysts' Network for Japan), a network of Japanese policy researchers overseas, was commissioned to prepare monthly reports analyzing policy debates and research trends overseas, mainly in the United States. The reports are summarized in the Foundation's newsletter Intellectual Cabinet and on the Foundation's Website. The full reports of Phase I have been published as a booklet.

　

The Tokyo Foundation actively supports the activities of the Network for Policy Analysis (Policy-Net), and provides a secretariat for it. Policy-Net is based on the belief that it is crucial to build a network of specialists addressing shared issues by providing a forum in which fellow researchers and people active in other sectors can engage in freewheeling discussion of research findings.

G-8 (Group of Eight) preparatory conferences are designed to enable the G-8 summits to contribute to the peace and stability of the International community. Opinion leaders from the countries participating in a summit meet to debate policy issues relevant to that year's agenda and present proposals to the G-8 leaders. The first G-8 preparatory conference was held in Tokyo in April 2000, three months before the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit. The results of the conference, in the form of policy proposals, were presented to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. In January 2001 the preliminary meeting of the second G-8 preparatory conference was held in Italy, and policy proposals for the Sherpa meeting were presented to each country's G-8 Summit Sherpas.

　

Date:  April 10-12, 2000

Place: Hotel Okura, Tokyo

　

Participants

United Kingdom

Leon Brittan, former Vice-President and Commissioner for External Economic Affairs, European Commission; former Home Secretary

John Chipman, Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies

　

Canada

Wendy Dobson, Director, Institute for International Business, University of Toronto; former President, C. D. Howe Institute; former Associate Deputy Minister of Finance

　

France

Patrick Messerlin, Professor, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris; Director, Groupe d'Economie Mondiale de Sciences Po; former Senior Economist, Research Department, World Bank

Thierry de Montbrial, Director, Institut Francais des Relations Internationales

　

Germany

David Folkerts-Landau, Managing Director and Global Head of Research, Deutsche Bank, London

Karl Kaiser, Otto Wolff Director, Research Institute of the German Society for Foreign Affairs in Berlin

　

Italy

Paolo Guerrieri, Head of International Economics Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali

Renato Ruggiero, Vice-Chairman, Salomon Smith Barney; former Director General, World Trade Organization

　

Japan

Yoichi Funabashi, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist, Asahi Shimbun

Toyoo Gyohten, President, Institute for International Monetary Affairs

Heizo Takenaka, President, The Tokyo Foundation

　

Russia

Boris G. Fedorov, former Minister of Finance

　

United States

C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics

Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State

Paul Volcker, former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Robert Zoellick, former Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

The Tokyo Foundation cosponsored the conference for developing human resources and encouraging research exchange with the British-based 2lst Century Trust, which commemorated the year 2000 with its first meeting in Asia. About 40 people attended the Tokyo conference, including lecturers from Japan and abroad as well as promising young people from various walks of life.

　

Date:	May 12-19, 2000
Place:	Keidanren Guesthouse, Tokyo
Senior Fellows:	Sir John Boyd, Master of Churchill College, Cambridge University, and former ambassador to Japan (1992-96) Heizo Takenaka, President, The Tokyo Foundation

This international conference was cosponsored by The Tokyo Foundation and the Conference Executive Committee, chaired by Masayoshi Son, President and CEO of Softbank. Top players in Internet venture businesses discussed the potential of the Internet in the twenty-first century, and proposals were presented to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, host of the Group of Eight Kyushu-Okinawa Summit, at the prime minister's official residence. A book based on the proceedings of the conference was published in Japanese by Asahi Shimbun under the title IT kakumei: Shin-seiki e no chosen ("The IT revolution: meeting the challenge of the new century").

　

Date:	July 19,2000
Place:	Hotel New Otani, Tokyo
Key participants:	Jeffrey P. Bezos, CEO, Amazon.com John T. Chambers, President and CEO, Cisco Systems Richard Li, Chairman, Pacific Century Cyber Works Masayoshi Son, President and CEO, Softbank Sachio Senmoto, Member of the Board of Directors, The Tokyo Foundation; CEO, eAccess Heizo Takenaka, President, The Tokyo Foundation Jerry Yang, Chief Yahoo, Yahoo! Inc.

　

This conference was held to improve understanding of cases of systematic mass violence and violations of human rights in the Asia-Pacific region, including cases occurring in the contexts of war, invasion, colonization, domination, and genocide. A book based on the conference is to be published in English and Japanese.

　

Date:	February 15-17, 2001
Place:	International House of Japan and ANA Hotel, Tokyo
Participants:	Yasushi Akashi, former Under-Secretary-General, the United Nations Victor Cha, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Nayan Chanda, Editor at Large, Far Eastern Economic Review Frank Elbe, German Ambassador to Poland Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group Yoichi Funabashi, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist, Asahi Shimbun Marianne Heiberg, Senior Research Associate, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Lee See-young, former Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea Mulya Lubis, Human Rights Lawyer Yukio Satoh, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor, The Australian Scott Snyder, Korea Representative, The Asia Foundation Richard Solomon, President, United States Institute of Peace Masahiro Wakabayashi, Professor, University of Tokyo Daqing Yang, Assistant Professor, George Washington University

　

Leaders of Foundation projects presented progress reports on their respective policy research, as well as overviews of the Foundation's think-tank activities, to their peers. The results of these projects were published by Nihon Hyoron Sha in the Policy Studies Series.

　

Date:	June 27, 2000
Place:	Nippon Press Center Building

　

These seminars are an opportunity for participants to discuss topical policy issues and potential subjects for Tokyo Foundation research with guest lecturers who are active in various policy areas. They are breakfast meetings for wide-ranging, high-level, informal discussion by small groups of 10-20 participants.

　

Theme:	The U.S-Japan Alliance: Beyond the Guidelines
Date:	June 2000
Lecturer:	Mike M. Mochizuki, Associate Professor, George Washington University
Theme:	The Direction of Financial Surveillance Policy
Date:	September 2000
Lecturer:	Hideichiro Hamanaka, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Financial Services Agency
Theme:	Japan's Approach to COP6, with Emphasis on International Politics and Economy
Date:	November 2000
Lecturer:	Yoriko Kawaguchi, Director General, Environment Agency

　

　

These seminars provide an open networking forum at which 15-30 participants from diverse fields, mainly younger lecturers, discuss a variety of domestic and international topics. The atmosphere is relaxed, and many seminars are followed by informal discussion.

　

Theme:	Innovation and Competition in the New Era
Date:	April 2000
Lecturer:	Ma Yanhe, Visiting Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation; Director, Division of Materials Industry, Ministry of Science (China)
Theme:	The Role of the Judiciary in Contemporary America
Date:	May 2000
Lecturer:	Michael J. Klarman, James Monroe Professor of Law, University of Virginia
Theme:	Behind the Scenes of Economic News:The Media's Selection and Coverage of Economic Phenomena
Date:	May 2000
Lecturer:	Hideyuki Kajiwara, Editor, Ekonomisuto (Weekly Economist), Mainichi Newspapers
Theme:	Civil Society Participation in the Strengthening of Democracy
Date:	June 2000
Lecturer:	Valeria Merino Dirani, Executive Director, Latin American Cooperation for Development, Ecuador
Theme:	Taiwanese Politics Under the Chen Shui-bian Administration: The Present Situation and the Outlook for the Future
Date:	October 2000
Lecturer:	Mitsutoyo Matsumoto, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University
Theme:	How Japan Can Contribute to the Future of the Korean Peninsula: Japan's Policy Options in the Light of Relations Among Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and the United States
Date:	November 2000
Lecturer:	Kil Jeong-Woo, Chief Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation; Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Joong Ang llbo
Theme:	Media Literacy and Civil Society: A Perspective Missing from the IT Revolution
Date:	November 2000
Lecturer:	Akiko Sugaya, journalist
Theme:	Safety, Ethics, and Policy Issues with Regard to Life Sciences and Technologies and Advanced Medical Treatment
Date:	December 2000
Lecturer:	Hikaru Narusawa, Professor, Hosei University
Theme:	Think Tanks in the Former Soviet Union: Progress in Development
Date:	December 2000
Lecturer:	Raymond Struyk, Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute
Theme:	The Bush Administration and Future Japan-U S. Relations
Date:	January 2001
Lecturer:	Tokuko Shironitta, Political Assistant, U.S. Embassy
Theme:	The IT Revolution and Japan's Security
Date:	February 2001
Lecturer:	Sugio Takahashi, Research Associate, National Institute for Defense Studies, Defense Agency

Theme:	Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two Koreas
Date:	July 2000
Place:	The Tokyo Foundation
Speaker:	Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics (USA)
Commentator:	Kil Jeong-Woo, Chief Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation; Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Joong Ang llbo
Moderator:	Hajime Izumi, Professor, University of Shizuoka
Theme:	Japan-U.S. Economic Relations After 2000
Date:	September 2000
Place:	The Tokyo Foundation
Speaker:	C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics (USA) Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics (USA)
Moderator:	Heizo Takenaka, President, The Tokyo Foundation

Theme:	The Inter-Korean Summit and Challenges for Neighboring Countries
Date:	July 2000
Place:	The Tokyo Foundation
Speaker:	Kil Jeong-Woo, Chief Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation; Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Joong Ang llbo

The conference provides an opportunity to eminent policy researchers to analyze policy issues objectively and engage in constructive debate.

　

Leader

Yutaka Kosai, Chairman, Japan Center for Economic Research

　

Subleaders

Haruo Shimada, Professor, Keio University

Heizo Takenaka,^* President, The Tokyo Foundation

　

Macroeconomics

Soichi Shinohara, Professor, Doshisha University

Kiyohiko Nishimura, Professor, University of Tokyo

Akira Kojima, Director and Chief Editorial Page Editor, Nihon Keizai Shimbun

　

Fiscal Policy

Masaaki Honma, Professor, Osaka University

Kazuo Yoshida,^* Professor, Kyoto University

　

Finance

Kazuhito lkeo, Professor, Keio University

Kazumasa lwata, Professor, University of Tokyo

Atsushi Yamada, ^* journalist

　

Industry and Management

Kiyonori Sakakibara, Professor, Keio University

Ryuhei Wakasugi, Professor, Yokohama National University

　

Labor

Atsushi Seike, Professor, Keio University

　

Quality of Life and Urban Issues

Yasushi Asami, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo

Hiroko Ota, Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

　

International Economics

Motoshige Ito,^* Professor, University of Tokyo

Shujiro Urata, Professor, Waseda University

　

Diplomacy and National Security

Shinichi Kitaoka,^* Professor, University of Tokyo

Akihiko Tanaka, Professor, University of Tokyo

Yoichi Funabashi, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist, Asahi Shimbun

　

Law

Jiro Tamura, Professor, Keio University

Programs from this series of half-hour satellite broadcasts are shown every other Saturday morning on Nikkei CNBC (SKY PerfecTV, Channel 251, and DIREC TV, Channel 504). Programs feature topical policy issues, with the emphasis on the findings of Tokyo Foundation research projects, which are explained in easily understood and concrete fashion. (The programs are hosted by Heizo Takenaka. Refer to the videotape list for further information on the lineup.)

　

　

(published by Nihon Hyoron Sha)

　

The following were published during the year under review.

　

Kinichi Yoshihara: Gendai Amerika no selji kenryoku kozo: Kiro ni tatsu Kyowato to Amerika seiji no dainamizumu (Contemporary America's power structure: The Republican Party at the crossroads and the dynamism of American politics)

　

Kazuaki Tanaka and Akira Okada, eds.: Chuo shocho kaikaku: Hashimoto gyokaku ga mezashita "kono kuni no katachi" (Reform of central government ministries and agencies: The Japan envisaged by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's administrative reform)

　

Hitoshi Yoshida: Chiho jichitai no kokusal kyoryoku (International cooperation undertaken by local governments)

　

Yoichi Funabashi: Domei no hikaku kenkyu: Reisengo chitsujo o motomete (A comparative study of alliances: Toward a post-Cold War order)

　

Heizo Takenaka and Kazuo Ogawa, eds.: Seisaku kiki to Nihon keizai: 90-nendai no keizai teimei no gen'in o saguru (The policy crisis and the Japanese economy: In search of the causes of the economic slump of the 1990s)

　

Song Young-sun: Nichi-Bei-Kan anzen hosho kyoryoku: Heiji to yuji no sotei (Japan-Korea-U.S. security cooperation under normal conditions and in contingencies)

　

Hajime Izumi: Bei-Chu ryokoku ni totte no Chosen hanto: Nihon no tai Chosen hanto seisaku e no gan'i (Japan's policies for the Korean Peninsula related to the U.S and China)

　

Cemil Aydin: Japan's New Middle Eastern Policy: Possibility of a "Soft Power" towards the Middle East

　

Toshiaki Takatsuka: Kokkai ni okeru ODA kihonho no rongi to chiho jichitai ni yoru enjo no juyosei (Diet debate on a basic law on ODA and the importance of local-government foreign aid)

　

A briefing book (in Japanese) for policymakers and political candidates providing comprehensive analysis of the policy challenges facing Japan by leading experts in various fields.

　

This Japanese language newsletter, published on the first and the fifteenth of each month since January 15, 1999, is based on the discussions at the "Intellectual Cabinet" Policy Conference. The newsletter aims to contribute to the creation of a pluralistic policy-formation process in Japan by stimulating sound and constructive policy debate and proposing original policy initiatives.(Available on the Internet at.)

　

English translations of seven articles published in the newsletter Intellectual Cabinet during the year under review.

　

Analysis of overseas, mainly U.S., policy debates and research trends(in Japanese).

　

This 60-minute Japanese-language reference video on judicial reform, What to Do About Japan 's Judiciary, based on the January 2000 symposium "International Comparison of Legal Systems: The Law in Adjusting Economic Mechanisms," has been distributed to relevant universities, think tanks, and government agencies and has been shown on Nikkei CNBC.

　

(in Japanese)

　

" Business Chances in Lifestyle Industries"

Haruo Shimada, Professor of Economics, Keio University

　

"An Active Aging Population "

Atsushi Seike, Professor, Keio University

　

"The Performance of the U.S. New Economy"

Soichi Shinohara, Professor, Doshisha University

　

"Japan and the New Context of the Korean Peninsula"

Hajime Izumi, Professor, University of Shizuoka

　

"Recent U.S. Politics: Policy Making in the House of Representatives"

Kinichi Yoshihara, Executive Director, Asian Forum Japan

　

"Turning Point for Japan's ODA" (Parts 1 and 2)

Atsushi Kusano, Professor, Keio University

　

"A Scenario for Reforming the G-8 Summit"

Heizo Takenaka, President, The Tokyo Foundation

　

"An Overview of the Digital Revolution"

Akihiko Shinozaki, Associate Professor, Kyushu University

　

"Whither the International Monetary Fund?"

Sayuri Shirai, Associate Professor, Keio University

　

"Reform of Labor Market Legislation: Why Is It Needed?"

Naohiro Yashiro, Professor, Sophia University

　

"The Intellectual Contribution Expected of Japan"'

Shujiro Urata, Professor, Waseda University

　

"Renovation of the Public Sector"

Kiyohiko Nishimura. Professor. University of Tokyo

　

"Deregulation and IT Policy for the Creation of New Businesses" (Parts 1 and 2)

Yoshiyasu Takefuji. Professor. Keio University

　

"How to Back Up Venture Businesses: Evaluation of Intellectual Assets"

Naohito Okude, Professor, Keio University

　

"Soft Power in the Era of Globalization'"

Yoshiyuki Sodekawa, Associate Research Director, Dentsu Institute for Human Studies

　

"The Serious Decline in Academic Ability and Educational Reform "

Kazuo Nishimura, Professor, Kyoto University

　

"The Outlook for the Writing Off of Bad Loans'"

Tetsuro Sugiura, Chief Economist, Fuji Research Institute

　

"The Case for Supply-Side Policies"

Heizo Takenaka, President, The Tokyo Foundation

　

"Corporate Governance Emphasizing Shareholders' Interests"

Seiichiro Yonekura, Professor, Hitotsubashi University

　

"A Scenario for Twenty-First-Century Tax Reform "

Naosumi Atoda, Professor, Osaka University

　

"The Japanese Economy Under Structural Adjustment"

Ryutaro Kono, Head, Economic Research Department, BNP Paribas Securities(Japan)

　

"The Economic Outlook for the Twenty-First Century"

Yutaka Kosai, Chairman, Japan Center for Economic Research

　

"Reorganization of Central Government Ministries and Agencies and the Direction of Administrative Reform "

Kazuaki Tanaka, Professor, Takushoku University  

　

"Reorganization of Central Government Ministries and Agencies and the Policy-Making Process"

Yasunori Sone, Professor, Keio University

　

Policy Seminar lectures (November 1997-November 2000; the proceedings for November 1998, June 1999, and July 1999 are not available); published in Japanese unless otherwise indicated.

　

Afternoon Seminars, Research Seminars, and other lectures; published in Japanese unless otherwise indicated.