The Japan Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
Economic Affairs
Scholarly Publications
Transboundary Game of Life: Memoir of Masahiko Aoki
March 2019
The central part of this book is an English version of the memoir of Masahiko Aoki that was published in Japanese in 2008 (青木昌彦『私の履歴書 人生越境ゲーム』日本経済新聞出版社).
The Politics of Energy and Climate Change in Japan under Abe: Abenergynomics
August 2018
Under what we call Abenergynomics, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō has used energy policy to support the growth objectives of Abenomics, even when the associated policies are publicly unpopular,...
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...
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.
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
Abenomics, Seven Years In: Has It Succeeded?
March 2019
In September 2018, Shinzo Abe won a party election, thereby securing his third consecutive term as president of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and getting closer to becoming the longest-serving...
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
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.
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.
Japan's Relations with China in the Era of the Free and Open Indo Pacific (FOIP)
January 28, 2020
President Xi Jinping is scheduled to pay a state visit to Japan this spring. How have the relations between Japan and China been evolving during the last several years?
Projects
Japan’s Transforming Political Economy and Finance
A sustained interest of the Japan Studies Program is to analyze Japan’s transforming political economy and finance.
English
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.
Masahiko Aoki Memorial Conference - 2 of 4
March 2016
Video and transcript from the second of four sessions at "Masahiko Aoki Memorial Conference," an event held in honor of the late Masahiko Aoki.
Masahiko Aoki Memorial Conference - 4 of 4
March 2016
Video and transcript from the fourth of four sessions at "Masahiko Aoki Memorial Conference," an event held in honor of the late Masahiko Aoki.