31 May 2007
The world energy scene has been profoundly disturbed during the past three years. Oil prices have been unstable; major concerns have arisen over the supply conditions in countries such as Iraq and Nigeria; and alarm has been rising over the environmental implications of current energy trends.
3 May 2007
‘Britain and Japan in the Twentieth Century’ examines Anglo-Japanese relations over the course of the 20th century and charts the fascinating history of how both nations overcame many years of prejudice and conflict to form a bond fused by financial, political and military cooperation.
7 February 2007
In the post-war period Japan has experienced radical social and economic transformations, asserting itself as the world’s second largest economy by 1968. Housing and construction have been at the heart of this revitalization, a key socio-economic policy, and a stabilizing factor during rapid modernization. ‘Housing and Social Transition’ in Japan explores the nature of the Japanese housing system, focusing on how it has been embedded in wider structures of social and economic change.
4 December 2008
‘A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors’, published by Stone Bridge Press, was launched at the Foundation with a presentation by Alexander Jacoby, chaired by David Robinson.
20 November 2008
At the start of the 1990s, Japan’s post war economic success came to an abrupt end and the country slid into a decade-long recession from which it has, on many levels, still not recovered.
15 September 2008
‘Asia’s New Mothers’ offers a comparative regional analysis of changing gender roles in East and Southeast Asia. Focusing on childcare, the authors employ in-depth researches of people’s everyday experiences in Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore.
17 July 2008
A key figure in Europe’s art world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and founder of the ‘The Studio’ magazine, Charles Holme was a significant disseminator of Japanese art and art goods in the West, notably through his business association with the designer Dr Christopher Dresser.
9 July 2008
On Wednesday 9 July 2008, the Foundation launched the publication of Bill Emmott’s most recent book, ‘Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape our Next Decade’.
10 June 2008
‘Foreign Direct Investment in Japan’ presents a detailed examination of recent trends of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and their impact on the Japanese economy. Historically much less open to foreign trade and investment than other major economies, Japan experienced an unprecedented jump in FDI inflows around the turn of the millennium.
24 April 2008
Based on research over a six-year period into three age groups of women, this important new study offers an in-depth analysis for the first time of the experiences of expatriate Japanese wives living temporarily in the United Kingdom.
