The Japan Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
Business
Scholarly Publications
Reinventing Japan: New Directions in Global Leadership (Book Chapter)
March 2018
Highly readable yet deeply researched, this book serves as an essential guide to the many ways in which Japan has risen to become one of the world's most creative and innovative societies.•...
Abenomics and Japan's Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Is the Third Arrow Pointed in the Right Direction for Global Competition in the Digital Era of Silicon Valley?
March 2018
Given that much of the global leadership in value creation over the past couple of decades has been driven by the Silicon Valley model – not only a geographic region but a distinct ecosystem of...
Artificial Intelligence: The Algorithmic Revolution Driving the Next Industrial Transformation
March 2018
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming one of the underlying drivers of the next wave of industrial transformations.
Other Publications
Break Through: Women in Silicon Valley, Womenomics in Japan Final Report
October 2018
On August 9, 2018, the Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center (APARC) hosted a conference, “Break Through: Women in Silicon Valley, Womenomics in Japan" with support from the Acceleration Program...
The Trump Tower Peace Theory
June 2017
President Donald Trump ascended to office with an estimated $3.5 billion of personal wealth tied up in his global real estate empire.
Womenomics, the Workplace, and Women Final Report
March 2017
The Japan Program at Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), with the generous support of the United States-Japan Foundation and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,...
News
Break Through: Women in Silicon Valley, Womenomics in Japan Conference Final Report
October 2018
On August 9, 2018 the Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center (APARC) Japan Program hosted a conference, "Break Through: Women in Silicon Valley, Womenomics in Japan." Women thought-leaders and...
Conference report offers 10 actions Japan can take to address gender inequality
March 2017
The Japan Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), in collaboration with the United States-Japan Foundation and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, has published a...
Stanford experts offer policy proposals, insights on US-Asia relations
February 2017
Stanford scholars are encouraging the new administration to consider steps to alleviate the uncertainty and anxiety felt by countries in East Asia about U.S.
Events
Challenges to the United States: Japan in the 1980s and China today
October 14, 2020
This event is held virtually via Zoom. Please register for the webinar via the below link.
Japan's Maturing Startup Ecosystem: The Emerging New Logic, Societal Legitimacy, and Government Support
May 6, 2020
This event is available through livestream only.
Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship
February 13, 2020
Many observers, and many investors, believe that young people are especially likely to produce the most successful new firms.
Projects
Stanford Silicon Valley-New Japan Project
This project is completed, October 2014-October 2019. Motivation There has been by a heightened interest in Silicon Valley as an innovation system.
English
Multimedia
Changing Corporate Governance in Japan
July 2015
Video and transcript from the event "Changing Corporate Governance in Japan" with Takeo Hoshi (Stanford University), Masaaki (Masa) Tanaka (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
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