APARC_Japan_Program_Publications

Panelists at the Human Autonomy in the Age of Automation Conference

Publications

Comprehensive analysis of the political, economic, and social issues of contemporary Japan.

Japan Program scholars regularly author books, book chapters, journal articles, working papers, and policy recommendations. We also share the outcomes of our research projects, proceedings from our conferences, and materials from our workshops and policy outreach activities. Browse our publications below.

Portrait of Kiyoteru Tsutsui and 3D mockup cover of his book 'Human Rights and the State: the Power of Ideas and the Reality of International Politics' (in Japanese)

Publication Spotlight

In his new book, 'Human Rights and the State: The Power of Ideas and the Reality of International Politics,' Kiyoteru Tsutsui explores the paradox underlying the expansion of universal human rights and Japan's engagement with human rights ideas and laws.

Read our interview with Tsutsui

Publications

Journal Articles

Reflections on the Seventieth Anniversary of the End of the Pacific War: Eight Stanford Scholars Write Their Own August Statement

2015

Books

The Politics of Commoditization in Global ICT Industries: A Political Economy Explanation of the Rise of Apple, Google, and Industry Disruptors

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2015

Working Papers

What Stopped Japan's Economic Growth? Prescriptions for the Revival (Nani ga Nihon no Keizai Seichō o Tometa no ka--Saisei e no Shohōsen)

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 2013

Journal Articles

Public Private Interplay for Next Generation Access Networks: Lessons and Warnings from Japan's Broadband Success

Communications & Strategies, 2013

Journal Articles

Energy Efficiency in the Japanese Transport Sector

Energy Policy, 2013

Publications

Publication Spotlight

Capital Market Regulation in Japan after the Global Financial Crisis

Capital Market Regulation in Japan after the Global Financial Crisis

Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2014-15

Using the World Bank Doing Business Ranking to inform economic reforms in Japan

Shinzo Abe and the Reality of Japanese Democracy

Ballots, Bullets, and Bargains: American Foreign Policy and Presidential Elections

Implementing Structural Reforms in Abenomics: How to Reduce the Cost of Doing Business in Japan

Institutional Foundations for Innovation-Based Economic Growth

Will the U.S. and Europe Avoid a Lost Decade? Lessons from Japan's Postcrisis Experience

Reflections on the Seventieth Anniversary of the End of the Pacific War: Eight Stanford Scholars Write Their Own August Statement

太平洋戦争終結７０周年に考える：８人のスタンフォード研究者による終戦の日の談話

Japan's financial regulatory responses to the global financial crisis

Explaining Institutional Change: Policy Areas, Outside Options, and the Bretton Woods Institutions

New Channels Dialogue 2015 Final Report

Cloud Computing: From Scarcity to Abundance

The Politics of Commoditization in Global ICT Industries: A Political Economy Explanation of the Rise of Apple, Google, and Industry Disruptors

Strategies and Public Propositions in Games of Institutional Change, Comparative Historical Cases

The Next Epoch in Cloud Computing: Implications for Integrated Research and Innovation Strategy

Failed Democratization in Prewar Japan: Breakdown of a Hybrid Regime

New Channels Dialogue 2014 Final Report

Comparative Institutional Analysis: Theory, Corporations and East Asia. Selected Papers of Masahiko Aoki

Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2012-2013

What Stopped Japan's Economic Growth? Prescriptions for the Revival (Nani ga Nihon no Keizai Seichō o Tometa no ka--Saisei e no Shohōsen)

Public Private Interplay for Next Generation Access Networks: Lessons and Warnings from Japan's Broadband Success

Energy Efficiency in the Japanese Transport Sector

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