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Editor's blog Sept. 7, 2014

The Labor Shortage in Japan’s Economy

by Komine Takao, Professor, Hosei Graduate School of Regional Policy Design

Komine Takao, Professor, Department of Regional Development, Taisho University

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Editor's blog Aug. 22, 2014

Japan and the Centenary of the First World War

by IWAMA Yoko, Professor of International Relations, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

IWAMA Yoko, Professor of International Relations, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

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Editor's blog Jul. 9, 2014

Concerning a Target Population of 100 Million

by KOMINE Takao, Professor, Hosei Graduate School of Regional Policy Design

KOMINE Takao, professor at the Graduate School of Regional Policy Design at Hosei University; Project Leader at the 21st Century Public Policy Institute

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Editor's blog Jun. 5, 2014

Helping Japan Win in Both Technology and Business

by KOJIMA Akira, Chairman of World Trade Center Tokyo, Inc., Member, Board of Trustees of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

KOJIMA Akira, Chairman of World Trade Center Tokyo, Inc., Member, Board of Trustees of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

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Editor's blog Apr. 2, 2014

Don’t you buy Womenomics?

by IWAMA Yoko, Professor of International Relations, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

IWAMA Yoko, Professor of International Relations, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

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Editor's blog Mar. 29, 2014

The Significance of Changes in the Current Account Balance

by KOMINE Takao, Professor, Hosei Graduate School of Regional Policy Design

KOMINE Takao, professor at the Graduate School of Regional Policy Design at Hosei University; Project Leader at the 21st Century Public Policy Institute

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Editor's blog Mar. 3, 2014

Looking at Japan’s Finances

by KOMINE Takao, Professor, Hosei Graduate School of Regional Policy Design

KOMINE Takao, professor at the Graduate School of Regional Policy Design at Hosei University; Project Leader at the 21st Century Public Policy Institute

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Editor's blog Feb. 3, 2014

The Memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945

KAMIYA Matake, Professor, National Defense Academy

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Editor's blog Feb. 3, 2014

Security Policy Reforms of the Abe Administration

IWAMA Yoko, Professor of International Relations, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

IWAMA Yoko, Professor of International Relations, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

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Editor's blog Dec. 16, 2013

How to Avoid Making Japan’s Equivalent of the NIH a Pie in the Sky Idea

SAKURA Osamu, Ph.D., Professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo

SAKURA Osamu, Ph.D. Professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo ©AOKI Noboru

The concept for Japan’s equivalent of the NIH has been making progress and is becoming a reality. Although the standards for both Japan’s basic research and its clinical treatment technologies are high, the functions that bridge these two sectors are noticeably inadequate. Consequently, when Japan adopts new treatment methods, it often has no choice but to rely on foreign technologies that are especially from the United States. This has led to detrimental results, including a high royalty burden and a delay in the adoption of new treatments. One reason for this situation is a vertically segmented administration system in which the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology oversees basic research and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare oversees clinical treatments, while the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry oversees industrial applications. It is clearly necessary to do away with this system ... ... [Read more]