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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

Paul Nadeau Visiting Research Fellow at IOG Wakana Asano Research Associate, Takano Fellowship, the International Institute for

Visiting Research Fellow
Paul Nadeau

Japan wants to turn its factory floors into the proving ground for the next frontier of artificial intelligence. The question is w

Group Head, Emerging Technologies
Makoto Shiono

On 22 June, Tokyo-based Sakana AI launched “Fugu”, a multi-agent orchestration system accessed through a single model API (applica

Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano

Part I of this series examined the history of the weaponization of finance and currency, as well as the argument that reserve curr

Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Shin Oya

As China’s automotive industry rapidly expands its presence in global markets, the implications extend far beyond conventional ind

Senior Research Fellow
Kenichi Doi

Part I reviewed the history of the weaponization of finance and currency. It also explained the advantages of reserve currency sta

Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Shin Oya

In November, less than a month after taking office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi established the Japan Growth Strategy Headquarte

Senior Research Fellow
Kota Umeda

A key concept for understanding the expansion of China’s geoeconomic power is what could be called the “indispensability of goods.

Senior Research Fellow
Kenichi Doi





