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Established in July 2007, the Global Policy Initiative is an informal network of publicn policy researchers and practitioners based in Japan and around the world. By focusing attention on linkages betweeen globalization and public policies and by sharing knowledge and experiences of experts around the world, GPI promotes active involvement of civil society into pulic policy formation. It also contributes to build insrastructure for a more democtatic and dynamic policy formation.

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Events GPI Roundtable (4th, in Washingotn, DC) (09/29/2008) GPI Kansai Forum (in Osaka) (09/20/2008) GPI Roundtable (3rd, in Washingotn, DC) (04/09/2008) GPI Roundtable (2nd, in Washingotn, DC) (11/08/2007) GPI Roundtable (1st, in Washington, DC) (08/23/2007) GPI Kick Off Forum (in Tokyo) (7/21/2007) GPI Publications GPI Brief no. 5 (July 2008) GPI Brief no. 4 (May 2008) GPI Brief no. 3 (March 2008) GPI Brief no. 2 (January 2008) GPI Brief no. 1 (November 2007) GPI Leaders' Publications Others Launched English website (10/7/2007) ]]> tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2008:/english//2.51 2008-05-10T03:53:04Z 2008-05-11T02:47:43Z

GPI Brief no. 1 (November 2007)Abstract...

GPI Brief no. 1 (November 2007)Abstracts

"Policy Institutions" Research Note
Crossroad in the 21st Century—Structural Changes: Policy Entrepreneurs as a Key to Policy Design and Institution Building.........3
Mika Shimizu (GPI Co-Director)

The more accelerated and more complex globalization of the 21st Century has affected the structure of public policy. How we address this point can be a watershed for public policy, since understanding the essence of this point will influence the foundations of problem-solving-oriented policy processes at both the micro and macro levels, and furthermore the ways of policy design and institution building. This paper provides a brief summary of analytical perspectives of structural changes in public policy, and policy institutions to address these changes. Based on the perspectives, it suggests a policy implication especially for Japan with the role of policy entrepreneurs.

"Globalization and Public Policy" Research Note
Globalization and the Role of Public Policy.........5
Kei Karasawa (GPI Senior Advisor and Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan University)

While the deepening of globalization has undermined the existing order, a new order has not emerged yet. It is an urgent task for the international society and public policy to cope with its negative consequences, such as poverty and economic imbalances. To this end, it is vital to innovate policy-formation mechanisms, by mobilizing the public and overhauling the framework of “public policy equals government’s policy.” With these perspectives, the paper provides key points of view for globalization and the role of public policy.

"Policy Research" Note
Policy Study and Nonprofit Think Tanks: Contributions to Democracy Process .........7
Makiko Ueno (GPI Senior Advisor and Professor of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University)

Policy study has been significantly developed in the United States, and together with evolving nonprofit policy research institutions, so called think tanks, it has become a social infrastructure for helping democracy work and making government function. Whereas, in Japan, the political mess and the government’s inability to handle problems came from the long lack of policy study that includes policy research, analysis, and evaluation of government activities and policies. Japan is still the only developed country without nonprofit policy research institutions. The challenge for Japan is how to develop the institutional and human capacity for policy research, analysis, and evaluation.

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GPI Brief no.2 (January 2008)Abstracts ...

GPI Brief no.2 (January 2008)Abstracts

"Policy Institutions" Research Note
Unification of Public Pension Systems in Japan: A Discussion of Reform Options.........2
Hideaki Tanaka (GPI Expert Member and Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi University)

The Japanese public pension systems are segmented according to occupations. Introduced in 1985, the Basic Pension System was intended to solve this problem but has in turn caused various problems such as high poverty rates among the elderly. One of the reasons for this is the ambiguity of the system’s principle, making it unclear if it is designed as a social safety net or for social insurance. The current system is incompatible with high labor mobility and rapid population aging. Therefore, it is imperative to unify the systems. If a universal system is the ultimate goal, the most feasible and applicable approach for Japan would be the Canadian model, in which the Basic Pension is financed by general revenues.

"Globalization and Public Policy" Research Note
The Challenge of International Policy Coordination in the Multipolar Era.........6
Hirotsugu Koike (GPI Senior Advisor and President, Nikkei Europe Ltd.)

The acceleration of globalisation since the 1990s has profoundly changed the politics and economy of the world and posed a new set of policy challenges. With the advent of a full-blown multipolar era, we will be required to cope with instability in its transition period and to reform policy coordination mechanisms. While it is important to solve negative consequences of globalisation such as the widening income gap, “globalisation of negatives” such as the worldwide expansion of terrorism, crime, and illegal activities should not be neglected either. The article examines the real implications of globalisation and reviews international public policies, in particular multilateral policy coordination.

"Policy Research" Note
The Challenge of Public Pension Reform and Policy Formation in South Korea.........8
Keisuke Nakashima (GPI Co-Director and Research Associate, Global Aging Initiative, Center for Strategic & International Studies)

In its process of policy formation, South Korea has various problems including insufficient disclosure of information, uniformed policy discussions within limited circles, and structural and cultural barriers that discourage creation of new policy ideas. These are also common issues for Japan. The article explores foreign think tanks’ roles and effectiveness as a catalyst for the evolution of this process.

Essay
A Perspective from Field Work of Global Aging.........11
Emi Kiyota (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Gerontology Consultant)

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Global Policy Initiative (GPI) Tokyo For...

Global Policy Initiative (GPI) Tokyo Forum
Possibilities and Challenges for Public Policy in Japan
with Implications for Globalization Organized by: Global Policy Initiative (GPI) Supported by: Policy Space and Younglions
Date: July 21, 2007
Time: 1:00- 6:10 p.m. Location: Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan
　　　 Full Agenda (in Japanese only)
　　　 Summary (in Japanese only)

Agenda
1：00-　Registration
1:30-2:00　Opening Keisuke Nakashima, GPI Co-Director Mika Shimizu, GPI Co-Director Makiko Ueno, GPI Senior Adviser Kyoichi Marukusu, Chief Editor, Policy Space Kouhei Suzuki, Representative, Younglions
2:00-2:40　Keynote Address Hirotsugu Koike, President, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), Europe 　　"The Challenge of Globalization to Public Policy―A Perspective from Europe"	Keynote Speaker: Hirotsugu Koike
2:40-3:40　Panel I: Seeking for a Mechanism to Engage Citizens in Global Public Polcy Formation Moderator Makiko Ueno, Professor of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University 　　"Addressing the Issue" (in Japanese only) Speakers Masako Ikegami, Professor & Director, Center for Pacific Asia Studies (CPAS), Stockholm University 　　"Foreign & Security Policy and Roles of Thinktank in Europe" Kyoichi Marukusu, Chief Editor, Policy Space and Professor of Social Sciences, Mejiro University 　　"Seeking for a Mechanism to Engage Citizens in Global Public Polcy Formation―The Current State in Japan" (in Japanese only) Mika Shimizu, Researcher, Nomura Research Institute, America 　　"The Deepening of Globalization and Public Policy―A Case of the United States" (in Japanese only)	Panel 1: (from the left) Marukusu, Ikegami, Shimizu, Ueno
3：40-3:55　Contact Break
3:55-4:55　Panel II: The Challenge of Global Aging and the Current State of Policy Coordination in East Asia Moderator Keisuke Nakashima, Research Associate, Global Aging Initiative, Center for Strategic & International Studies Speakers Takao Komine, Professor of Social Science, Hosei University 　　"How Demography Will Reshape Asia" (in Japanese only) Atsushi Seike, Professor of Labor Economics, Keio University 　　"Towards a Life-long Active Society" Naohiro Yashiro, Professor of Economics, International Christian University 　　"Creating An Economic Social Structure Befitting A Rapidly Aging Society"	Panel II: (from the left) Kominie, Seike, Yashiro
4:55-5:55　Panel III: Issues for "East Asian Community" in the Context of Energy and Environment: The Current State and Challenge of Cooperation Moderator Masanari Koike, Visiting Lecturer, Nihon University and Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Tokyo Speakers Hideaki Fujii, Senior Economist, Research Center for Environment and Development, Mitsubishi Research Institute Shoichi Itoh, Associate Senior Researcher, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA) Kei Karasawa, Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan University and Adviser, International Education Program, Tokyo International University Aki Naganuma, Journalist and Staff Reporter, Tokyo-Chunichi Shimbun Washington D.C. Bureau 　　"Interest of the United States and the Current State of Cooperation"	Panel III: (from the left) Itoh, Koike, Fujii
5:55-6:10　Closing Kei Karasawa, GPI Senior Adviser

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NameTitle Mika ShimizuCo-Director Keisu...

NameTitle Mika ShimizuCo-Director Keisuke NakashimaCo-Director Masako IkegamiPolicy Expert Member Atsushi SunamiPolicy Expert Member Hideaki TanakaPolicy Expert Member Tsuneo WatanabePolicy Expert Member Kentaro YoshidaFellow Kiyoto TsujiFellow Aki NaganumaFellow Masanari KoikeFellow Makiko UenoSenior Adviser Kei KarasawaSenior Adviser Hirotsugu KoikeSenior Adviser ]]> tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2007:/english//2.26 2007-10-06T06:48:40Z 2007-10-11T01:54:31Z

Mika Shimizu is a Co-Director at the Glo...

Mika Shimizu is a Co-Director at the Global Policy Initiative. She is also a Researcher at the Nomura Research Institute, America. Prior to the current position at Nomura, she was a Researcher at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. (1999-2001). Her research interests include global issues, global risks, and nonprofit sectors. She holds an M.A. in International Law and Politics from American University. She conducted her doctorate research at George Mason University and earned her Ph.D. in International Public Policy from the Osaka School of International Public Policy at Osaka University in 2006. She has lived in Washington, D.C. since 1998. tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2007:/english//2.27 2007-10-06T06:37:42Z 2008-11-03T20:25:47Z

Keisuke Nakashima is a Co-Director at th...

The Aging of Korea: Demographics and Retirement Policy in the Land of the Morning Calm (CSIS & MetLife, with Richard Jackson and Neil Howe, 2007). Nakashima holds an M.A. in International Relations from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and a B.A. in Anglo-American Studies from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. He has also studied at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and at Newbury College. ]]> tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2007:/english//2.28 2007-10-06T05:49:27Z 2007-10-07T08:10:25Z

Masako Ikegami is a Policy Expert Member...

Masako Ikegami is a Policy Expert Member at the Global Policy Initiative. She is currently Professor and Director of the Center for Pacific Asia Studies (CPAS), Stockholm University. Since 1999 she has held other academic positions at the university. She was a POSCO Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii (April & July 2005) and a Rotary International Research Fellow at Uppsala University in Sweden (1987-1988). Prof. Ikegami researches on East Asian security studies by inter-disciplinary approach combining political-sociology, political-economy, and international relations. She holds a Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict Research from Uppsala University (1998) and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Tokyo (1996). tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2007:/english//2.48 2007-10-06T05:49:27Z 2008-02-25T14:54:54Z

Kentaro Yoshida is a fellow at the Globa...

Kentaro Yoshida is a fellow at the Global Policy Initiative. He is currently a visiting fellow with the Office of the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC (currently on leave from the Japan External Trade Organization or JETRO). He is also a Ph.D. candidate at Yokohama National University in Japan. Prior to the current position, he was a research fellow at the Institute of Development Economics at JETRO. His research interests include regional economic development and regional innovation system. He has written a number of articles and books (co-authored), including “The Role of Innovation in Building a Sustainable a Technology Cluster: The Austin Case,” in The Flowchart Approach to the Formation of Industrial Cluster, JRP Series no. 141 (IDE-JETRO, March 2007) and “Process and Factors of Industrial Cluster Formation: A Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy in Japan,” in Kuchiki, A. and M. Tsuji eds., A Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). He received an LL.M from University of Tsukuba. tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2008:/english//2.47 2007-10-06T05:49:25Z 2008-02-25T14:43:51Z

Kiyoto Tsuji is a fellow at the Global P...

Kiyoto Tsuji is a fellow at the Global Policy Initiative. He joined the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) as a research associate in the summer of 2007, where he conducts research on U.S.-Japan relations, Japan’s security policy, and Japan’s domestic politics. Mr. Tsuji has previously held positions in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, including an advertisement consultant for an advertising agency in Tokyo, policy staff for a Japanese Diet member, and the Tokyo representative for Asia Society’s 17th Asian Corporate Conference. Mr. Tsuji received his B.A. in economic from Kyoto University and his M.A. in international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He was born in Tokyo and grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and is fluent in Japanese and English and proficient in French and German. tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2007:/english//2.30 2007-10-06T04:51:03Z 2007-10-07T08:10:25Z

Aki Naganuma is a Fellow at the Global P...

Aki Naganuma is a Fellow at the Global Policy Initiative. She is also a journalist and staff reporter of Tokyo-Chunichi Shimbun's Washington D.C. Bureau. She was a staff writer at Hokkaido Shimbun Press and an editorial assistant at Foreign Affairs Japan. She holds an M.A. in International Relations from the Elliott School of International Relations at the George Washington University and a B.A. in International Relations from Tsukuba University. tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2007:/english//2.29 2007-10-06T04:44:07Z 2007-10-07T08:10:25Z

Masanari Koike is a Fellow at the Global...

Masanari Koike is a Fellow at the Global Policy Initiative. He is also a Visiting Lecturer both at Nihon University and Tsinghua University, and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Tokyo. His research interests include the international security and economy, currently focusing on energy security issues. He holds an M.A. in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in Economics from Sophia University. He has professional experiences at a Japanese trading company and at an office of a member of Councilors, Japan. He is a coauthor of The Future of Japan and Asia that FTAs Create (in Japanese, Open Knowledge, 2006). tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2007:/english//2.32 2007-10-06T03:30:03Z 2007-10-07T08:10:25Z

Makiko Ueno is a Senior Adviser at the G...

tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2007:/english//2.31 2007-10-06T02:56:00Z 2007-10-07T08:10:25Z

Kei Karasawa is a Senior Adviser at the ...

Kei Karasawa is a Senior Adviser at the Global Policy Initiative. He is also a Professor Emeritus at Ritsumeikan University and Adviser of the International Education Program at Tokyo International University. He has held a number of academic positions, including Professor of International Relations at Tokyo International University (2001-2006), Professor of International Relations at Ritsumeikan University (1988-2001), and Visiting Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hoskins University (1994-1995). His recent publications include Tenseiki no Sekai Keizai (The World Economy in the Period of Dramatic Change, in Japanese, 2007), Ekkyo-Suru Shigen Kankyo Mondai (The Cross-Border Energy Environment, in Japanese, 2002), Ajia Keizai Kiki to Hatten no Kozu (The Structure of Economic Crisis and Development in East Asia, in Japanese, 1999). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics. tag:www.gpi-japan.net,2007:/english//2.22 2007-10-06T01:43:30Z 2007-10-07T08:10:25Z

Hirotsugu Koike is a Senior Adviser at t...

The Nikkei Weekly and Nikkei Net Interactive (2003-04), and editorial writer (2004-05). Mr. Koike was vice president at the National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) (2000-06), a member of the Study Group on Asia and US-Japan Scurity Rlations at the Cuncil on Foreign Relations (1994-97), and has been a member of the Pacific Council for International Policy (since 1998). His recent publications include A Comparison of Policy Making Process between US and Japan (1999), A New Framework for Asia-Pacific Cooperation (1993), and New Thinking for the 21st Century (1993). He holds a B.A. in Economics from Yokohama National University.]]>