Persistent rice overproduction in Japan means that soaring rice prices are a symptom of systemic issues within Japan’s rice ...

Dr Yoshihisa Godo is Professor at Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo. His areas of research include development economics and agricultural economics. Dr Godo co-authored with Yujiro Hayami ‘Development ...

Dr Futoshi Yamauchi is Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. He was previously Senior Economist at the World Bank and has taught at Kyoto University, Yokohama ...

Prabowo Subianto’s ambitious goals and populist agenda meet budgetary realities, with economic headwinds posing a threat to ...

China’s emissions trading scheme is not a shift towards market driven policy but rather designed to absorb market mechanisms ...

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Uneven integration of foreign residents in Japan highlights the need for comprehensive support, as under-resourced local ...

In a fragmenting global economy, China’s push to internationalise the renminbi reveals how economic and financial linkages ...

Though both sides have stepped back from the brink, any lasting resolution to the intermittent India–Pakistan standoff ...

Asian democracies must chart their own course, balancing political stability, economic growth and inclusion in ways that ...

Asia, comprising of everything from liberal democracies to authoritarian regimes, will be a central arena for ideological ...

Despite rollbacks in the United States, Japan’s unique structural challenges demand increased corporate diversity at the top.