The Japan Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
Globalization
Scholarly Publications
Renegotiating the World Order: Institutional Change in International Relations
June 2017
Rising powers often seek to reshape the world order, triggering confrontations with those who seek to defend the status quo.
Capital Market Regulation in Japan after the Global Financial Crisis
December 2015
This paper is examines the evolution of Japan’s capital markets and the related regulatory reforms after the Global Financial Crisis.
Comparative Institutional Analysis: Theory, Corporations and East Asia. Selected Papers of Masahiko Aoki
January 2014
This volume collects 22 articles by Masahiko Aoki, selected from writings published over the course of his 45-year academic career.
Other Publications
Surviving the Trump-Moon Summit
July 2017
In the days leading up to the Washington summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump, the tension in Seoul was hard to escape.
President Trump's Asia Inbox
February 2017
Scholars at Stanford's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies assess the strategic situation in East Asia to be unsettled, unstable, and...
Donald Trump's Trade Policy: Back to The Future
January 2017
If you want to understand the trade and industrial policy that President Donald Trump is now going to pursue, simply jump into a DeLorean time machine with Marty McFly and go back to 1985.
News
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.
A way to bridge aging societies in Japan and South Korea
September 2016
Japan and South Korea face serious demographic crises. Japan has the oldest population in the world and South Korea is one of the most rapidly aging.
Events
Japan in the Bay Area: From Competition to Collaboration
February 26, 2019
The Bay Area Council Economic Institute and the Walter H.
Dual Labor Markets and Economic Globalization: Theory and Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing
December 6, 2018
Labor market duality refers to the coexistence of temporary workers with low dismissal costs and permanent workers with high dismissal costs within the same firms.
The Stabilizing State: State Capitalism as a Response to Financial Globalization in East Asia
November 13, 2013
One of the most important developments in the modern global economy is financial globalization.
Multimedia
Masahiko Aoki Memorial Conference
March 2016
Videos and transcripts from the four sessions at "Masahiko Aoki Memorial Conference," an event held in honor of the late Masahiko Aoki.
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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