Japan Program at APARC - 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 award-winning book, "Human Rights and the State," 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

Entrepreneurship in Japan’s ICT Sector: Opportunities and Protection from Japan’s Telecommunications Regulatory Regime Shift

Social Science Japan Journal, 2012

Annual Reports

Leading without Followers: How Politics and Market Dynamics Trapped Innovations in Japan's Domestic Galapagos Telecommunications Sector

Journal of Industry, Competition, and Trade, 2011

Journal Articles

Publications

Publication Spotlight

A Casualty of Political Transformation? The Politics of Energy Efficiency in the Japanese Transportation Sector

Defying Gravity: How Long Will Japanese Government Bond Prices Remain High?

Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Narrative, Analysis, and Recommendations

Policy Options for Japan's Revival

The Gathering Storm: Analyzing the Cloud Computing Ecosystem and Implications for Public Policy

Entrepreneurship in Japan’s ICT Sector: Opportunities and Protection from Japan’s Telecommunications Regulatory Regime Shift

Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2010-2011

U.S.-Japan Cooperation on the Reform of International Organizations

Japanese government debt and sustainability of fiscal policy

The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan

Why Did Japan Stop Growing?

Leading without Followers: How Politics and Market Dynamics Trapped Innovations in Japan's Domestic Galapagos Telecommunications Sector

Institutions as cognitive media between strategic interactions and individual beliefs

Diffusing the Cloud: Cloud Computing and Implications for Public Policy

Spending Without Taxation: FILP and the Politics of Public Finance in Japan

Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2009-2010

Corporations in Evolving Diversity: Cognition, Governance, and Institutions

The Services Transformation and Network Policy: The New Logic of Value Creation

Asian Regional Cooperation and Global Reform after the Financial Crisis

Wireless Bound and Unbound: The Politics Shaping Cellular Markets in Japan and South Korea

The Political Economies of Broadband Development in Korea and Japan

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