Past Events

Saving the Sun: Shinsei and the Battle for Japan’s Future

The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution previously announced that its next major study would be on the urban environment. The Commission held a seminar at the end of March 2004 to determine the exact focus of the study.

Environmental Quality in the 21st Century City

The Commission held a seminar at the end of March 2004 to determine the exact focus of the study. Japan’s experience in transforming itself from an urban society with serious pollution problems to one which, with some exceptions, manages to combine high population densities with high standards of physical environmental quality, could well be relevant to the Commission’s interests.

The Urban Environment: Redeveloping City Centres

Roger Madelin discussed the King’s Cross project in London, and Peter Carl and David Height discussed the planned redevelopment of the northern Osaka Station area.

Inside the Higher Education Institution in Japan: Responding to Change and Reforms

The final seminar in the series looked at the significant changes that are taking place in higher education inJapan. This included discussions on the ongoing changes of higher education in relation to internal and external change factors/pressure (including matters relating to examinations and entrance to higher education institutions); the globalisation, regionalisation and internationalisation of higher

Daiwa Japan Forum Prize Lecture - On the place of Japanese philosophy: If the past is a different country, are different countries in the past? 

The Daiwa Japan Forum Prize 2003 was awarded to Dr Christopher S. Jones for his article, Politicizing travel and climatizing philosophy: Watsuji, Montesquieu and the European tour (vol:14, No.1 2002).

The Information Society? Education, Training and the IT Revolution in Japan

In this seminar, Dr McCormick focussed on how government, industry and education are responding to the challenges of the Information Society. Mr Sanders explored the training and communication issues in the Japanese firm based on his extensive experience of working in and with Japanese industry.

‘Innovation UK’ and Japan: Collaborations in Science, Technology and the HE Sector

This seminar provided an overview of the links of Japan and the UK and considered the potential for future collaborations while providing insights into the HE sector and the growing opportunities for bilateral research and exchange.

Women and the Labour Market in Japan's Industrialising Economy: The Textile Industry before the Pacific War

This book examines the institutions of the labour market of this critical industry during this important period for Japanese economic development. Based on extensive original research, the book provides a wealth of detail, showing amongst other things the complexity of the labour market, the interdependence of the agricultural and manufacturing sectors, and the importance of gender.

The Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector in Japan: The Challenge of Change

By Stephen P Osborne Published by Routledge The voluntary and non-profit sector is an important and emerging feature of Japanese society. It is a response both to the changing nature of this society, and to political and social trends that have encouraged the Japanese government to see this sector as a potential provider of public

Japanese National Railways

Japanese National Railways – Its Break-up and Privatization, written by one of the key insiders, offers a rare look into the politics, economics and human cost of the largest and most challenging privatization undertaken in Japan to date. The author, Yoshiyuki Kasai, today President of JR Central which runs the Shinkansen on the 500-km route

Internationalisation in Education: Japan, the Japanese and Britain

Japan and North Korea: What is the real security threat?