Information Technology
Scholarly Publications
Information Technology in the Property Market
September 2018
Information technology is increasingly being utilized in the property market.
Japan Decides 2017: The Japanese General Election (Book Chapter)
May 2018
This third volume in the Japan Decides series remains the premier venue for scholarly research on Japanese elections.
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.•...
Other Publications
Digital Media as a Catalyst for Political, Cultural, and Economic Change in the Asia-Pacific Region
December 2013
The digital information technology (IT) revolution currently underway is profoundly reshap- ing economic activity, influencing politics, and transforming societies around the world.
News
Fad-Loving Japan May Derail a Sony Smartphone
June 2013
In The New York Times, Kenji Kushida discussed Japan's "Galapagos" information technology sector and the unique pace of the Japanese cellphone market.
IT and globalizing Japan's human resources
August 2012
In a Nikkei Business interview, Kenji Kushida discussed Japan's "Galapagos" information technology sector, Silicon Valley, and the need for globalized human resources in Japan.
Kushida named Takahashi Research Associate
August 2011
In July, the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Shorenstein APARC named Stanford alumnus Kenji Kushida as its Takahashi Research Associate in Japanese Studies.
Events
A New Perspective on News: The SmartNews Approach and Political Balancing
October 5, 2018
In 2012, as giants such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google began to position themselves as the go-to places to read news, a little-known news app called SmartNews emerged and started gaining...
The Rise and Fall of Giants: ICT Disruptions from Silicon Valley, Nokia, China, and Japan
March 8, 2018
The rise of Nokia as a global ICT leader in the 1990s and early 2000s was dramatic, as a company from the small Nordic country of Finland became a global titan.
Innovation and Knowledge Industrialization in Catch-up/Post Catch-up Korea: The Current Situation and the Challenges for the Future
January 10, 2018
Keun Lee, winner of the 2014 Schumpeter Prize and a professor of economics at Seoul National University, will explore the Schumpeterian hypothesis that the effectiveness of the national innovation...
Projects
Information Technology in Japan and Asia
Information technology (IT) is one of the transformative forces in the world today.
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Information and Communication Technology in Rural India
In a groundbreaking new project, led by Rafiq Dossani and Henry S.
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Comparative Health Care Policy Research Project
The Comparative Health Care Policy Research Project was initiated by APARC in 1990 to examine issues related to the structure and delivery of health care in Japan by utilizing contemporary social...
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