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Japan
Just three days after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz proclaimed a Zeitenwen
Senior Research Fellow
Kota Umeda
Until recently, it was difficult to imagine Japanese startups entering the defense sector. But a changing security environment and
Group Head, Emerging Technologies
Makoto Shiono
Japan wants pharmaceuticals and advanced medicine to drive its next phase of economic growth. But achieving that goal will require
Senior Research Fellow
Yoshiyuki Sagara
Crisis Management and Growth Investment / Why Was the Auto Industry Omitted? / AI as a Cross-Cutting Enabler Across Sectors / Stra
Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano
The technologies that increasingly determine national security are being developed not only by governments but by private companie
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Kousuke Saito
One of the great challenges of long-term economic planning in a democracy is the election cycle. The political competition that gi
Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki
Soft Power and Geoeconomics / Fantasy Delivery Devices Fantasy-Industrial Complex / The Policy Turn in Japan's Content Industry /
Research Assistant
Gabriele Maletta
By Hiroyuki Matsumura, professor in the Faculty of Economics, Komazawa University in Tokyo Japan’s latest science and technology
Japan is betting heavily on dual-use technology, but finding promising technologies is the easy part. The harder challenge is turn
Senior Research Fellow
Kota Umeda
As the clearest political heir to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a defining question: Can s
Group Head, Europe ＆ Americas
Yuichi Hosoya
