Changing demographics has become one of the major challenges facing government and business in the 21st century. The rapid ageing of societies, changes in household sizes, family structures, and so on, all point to a future in which family life, work and employment and social welfare needs will increasingly depart from established norms.
17 April 2008
‘Innovation and Change: Challenges for Industry in the UK and Japan’, the fourth in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’, brought together complementary knowledge on innovation and the role of government.
13 March 2008
‘Saving and Spending: Banking Crises and Consumer Confidence’, the third in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’, could not have been more timely, coming in the wake of the nationalisation of Northern Rock and on the eve of the announcement that the American bank, Bear Stearns, had received emergency funding, raising fears that one of Wall Street’s biggest names was on the brink of collapse.
23 June 2009
The fifth seminar in the 2009 series “Changing World Views: International Challenges for the UK and Japan” explored the concept of ‘special relationships’ (first used by Winston Churchill in 1945 to describe the shared interests and values of the United Kingdom and the United States), with respect to the United States, Great Britain and Japan.
27 October 2008
As the deterioration in global economic and financial conditions takes its toll, reflections on the past and concerns about the future continue to dominate national and international headlines.
19 June 2008
‘Addressing the Wealth Gap in the UK and Japan’, was the sixth in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’.
21 May 2008
‘The Corporate Restructuring Experience: Employers and Workers in Transition’, the fifth in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’, brought together complementary knowledge on corporate restructuring in Japan and a case study of restructuring by the Toyota Group.
21 February 2008
‘A Tale of Two Cities: London and Tokyo in the 21st Century’ was the second in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’.
24 January 2008
This first seminar in the series set the scene and provided a context for the full 2008 programme by offering an overview of the British and Japanese economies and an outlook for the future.
As 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of diplomatic and commercial relations between the UK and Japan, this year-long seminar series has taken as its theme the relationship between the economy and society in the two countries. Reflecting on the pattern of post-war economic development and the lessons of rapid economic growth, the series has considered