Summary – YOUR INVESTMENT, OUR ECONOMY – 1. The Shanghai Free Trade Zone: a model for Chinese firms (Agatha Kratz) 2. China’s inward FDI: adapting to the times (Hongmei Ma) 3. Stepping up enforcement...
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. 18 months of Abenomics (Jean-Yves Colin) 2. Large-scale urban projects and ambitions of excellence: “Tokyo 2020”, an opportunity for Abe Shinzō’s government (Xavier Mellet) – POINTS...
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. The Abe government and the gender equality issue: “towards a society where women shine” (Amélie Corbel) 2. Japan’s Revitalized Engagement with Africa: Key Issues and Challenges...
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. Prime Minister Abe and the Japan-US Alliance: History is in the way again (Yann Favennec) 2. Abenomics: a return to traditional LDP policies or a new...
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. “From concrete to human beings”: the Japanese Democratic Party’s desire to cut public expenditure (Nicolas Morishita) 2. The Tokyo Sky Tree: behind the symbolism, the interests...
Summary – FACING THE RISKS OF THE “GOING OUT STRATEGY” – 1. A Road Accident: the Inside Story of the Polish Highway that wasn’t Built by Chinese Firms (Jade Le Van) 2. The “Going...
Summary – ONE OR TWO CHINESE MODELS? – 1. Chongqing and Guangdong: Two Conflicting Models (Yang Chan) 2. The Implications of the Chongqing Model for the Reform of China’s Legal System (Jean-Pierre Cabestan) 3....
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. Social management of risk in Japan (Raphaël Languillon-Aussel) 2. Tôhoku and Sanriku: A short geography of a silent region (Raphaël Languillon-Aussel) – POINTS OF VIEW ON...
Summary – ANALYSIS OF CURRENT AFFAIRS – 1. The renewal of the fuel-tax bill in question 2. International and local negotiations regarding the cost and reorganisation of US bases in Japan 3. Reforming the...
Summary – DOMESTIC POLITICS – Re-launching political liberalisation? (Michal Meidan) Singapore: governance without democracy? (Mathieu Duchâtel) Will an energy minister bring greater coherence to this sector? (Michal Meidan) – ECONOMY – Price controls or disruptions...
Summary – ANALYSES OF CURRENT AFFAIRS – 1. An unprecedented defeat at the House of Councillors 2. A succession of scandals had tarnished the Premier minister’s image 3. Mr Abe preferred to quit than...
