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December 17, 2021

Video report: OECD on Japan’s Pension System at a Glance, Impact of the Pandemic and Persisting Challenges

November 30, 2021

Video report: Will Increasing Managerial Resource Mobility and Innovation Be the Key to Japan’s Economic Revival? (Dr. Hiroshi Shimizu, Professor, Waseda University)

November 4, 2021

Video report: Decarbonization and the SDGs—Changing Corporate Environmental Awareness (Dr. Norichika Kanie, Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance)

October 27, 2021

Video report: Outlook for the House of Representatives Election and the Future of Japanese Domestic Politics (Dr. Yu UCHIYAMA, Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)

October 22, 2021

Video report: Japan’s Contributions to Peacebuilding in Afghanistan (Dr. Daisaku Higashi, Professor, Center for Global Education and Discovery, Sophia University)

October 21, 2021

Video report: Japan’s Contributions to Carbon Recycling, the Key to Decarbonization (Mr. Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Director, Carbon Recycling Promotion Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)

September 21, 2021

Video report: Is There any Solution to the Pandemic-Accelerated Decline in Birthrate? (Mr. Masashi Kawai, President, The Research Institute of Countermeasures for population Decline)

September 15, 2021

Video report: US-China Struggle for Technological Hegemony and Japanese Economic Security Policy (Dr. Kazuto Suzuki, Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)

August 31, 2021

Video report: Paralympics Special Program “The Technology of SMEs Supporting Para Athletes”

August 27, 2021

Video report: Implementation of the IAEA’s 5th Review Mission for Decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

July 13, 2021

Video report: Women’s Pro Soccer League, WE League— The Inaugural Chair’s Vision for Becoming the Best League in the World (Ms. Kikuko Okajima, Chair of WE League)

July 12, 2021

Video report: Japanese Contributions to Dealing with Climate Change (Mr. Keichi Ono, Global Issues Director-General/Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

July 8, 2021

Video report: Nagasaki at a New Start Line Towards the 100th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing—Passing on the Realities of the Atomic Bombing and Hopes for Peace(Mr. Tomihisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki)

July 7, 2021

Video report: Hiroshima’s Efforts for World Peace and the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, 76 Years After the Atomic Bombing (Hiroshima, Mayor Kazumi Matsui)

June 30, 2021

Video report: Japanese Initiatives for WTO Reform (Mr. Noriaki Abe, Director, International Trade Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

June 17, 2021

Video report: Forecasting Japan’s Economy After the Pandemic—Will Digital and Green Initiatives Help Its Recovery? (Mr. Yasuhide Yajima, NLI Research Institute Chief Economist)

June 4, 2021

Video report: The Global Situation and Japan During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Ahead of the G7 Summit (Mr. Hitoshi Tanaka, Chairman of the Institute for International Strategy, JRI)

June 1, 2021

Video report: Toward a Decarbonized Society in 2050—How the Business Community Will Act (Mr. Kengo Sakurada, Keizai Doyukai Chairman)

May 18, 2021

Video report: Social Security Reform for a Super-Aged Society—Preventing Senior Poverty (Dr. Takashi Oshio, Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

April 30, 2021

Video report: The Mysteries of Space Revealed by the Hayabusa2 (Dr. Makoto Yoshikawa, Mission Manager, Hayabusa2 Project Team)

April 16, 2021

Video report: Will Japan Close the Gap in Digital Transformation?ーDuty and Responsibility (Dr. Jun Murai, Professor, Keio University)

April 7, 2021

Video report: Increasing US-China Tension and the Future of Japan-China Relations (Dr. Akio Takahara, Professor, The University of Tokyo)

March 17, 2021

Video report: Japanese-South Korean Relations in 2021 (Dr. Kan Kimura, Kobe Univ. Professor/Director of Center for Asian Academic Collaboration)

March 4, 2021

Video report: The current situation of Fukushima Daiichi NPS (METI/TEPCO)

March 1, 2021

Video report: Carbon Neutral in 2050—The Current State of and Challenges for Japan’s Energy Policy (Dr. Takeo Kikkawa, Professor, International University of Japan)

February 22, 2021

Video report: Minister for Reconstruction Katsuei Hirasawa Discusses the Current State of and Challenges for Reconstruction Ten Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake

February 8, 2021

Video report: Making Japan Into a Global Financial Center (Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Financial Services Agency)

January 14, 2021

Video report: Japanese Foreign Policy in 2021 (Dr. Ken Jimbo, Professor, Keio University)

January 8, 2021

Video report: The Japanese Economy in 2021—Recovering from the COVID-19 Recession (Mr. Taro Saito, NLI Research Institute)

January 7, 2021

Video report: Forecasting Japanese Politics in 2021 (Dr. Harukata Takenaka, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)