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March/April 2014 Issue |
Japanese Culture - Enigma or Soft Power? |
- Publisher's Note
- Regional Economic Integration— Where Are We Going?
- By Kazumasa Kusaka
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power?
- Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power?
- By Naoyuki Haraoka (Editor-in-chief, Japan SPOTLIGHT & executive managing director, JEF)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 1
- The Realms of Power in Cultural Diplomacy from France's Perspective
- Interviewer: Naoyuki Haraoka (Editor-in-chief, Japan SPOTLIGHT & executive managing director, JEF) Writing: Elena K. Johansson (writer and journalist living in Tokyo)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-1-1-1
- In Search of Culture
- By Wilson Koh (3rd year undergraduate studying economics at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-1-1-2
- Omoiyari — Japan’s Cultural Strength
- By Min Joo Kim (3rd-year student at Keio University SFC)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture — Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-1-2
- Japanese Cultural Attractions in a Modern & Global Context
- By Sanjeev Sinha (president of the Sun and Sands Group)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-1-3
- Japanese Culture & Small Business— One Key to the Economy
- By Traci Consoli (Chief Executive Cow Herd @ The Pink Cow Restaurant)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-1-4
- Japan Library: Pukapuka
- By Jillian Yorke (Japan-related translator, writer, and editor)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-1-1-3
- Okonomiyaki— A Long-Established Favorite in Japanese Cuisine
- By Jei-Hee Hong (2nd-year GIGA student at Keio SFC)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-2-1
- ACompass on Japan's Foreign Tourism Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics 2020
- Interviewer: Naoyuki Haraoka (Editor-in-chief, Japan SPOTLIGHT & executive managing director, JEF) Writing: Elena K. Johansson (writer and journalist living in Tokyo)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-2-2
- Can Cultural Ambassadors Build Bridges?
- By Roland Kelts (author of Japanamerica)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-2-3
- Crossing Borders with Comedies
- By Atsushi Ogata (film director, screenwriter and actor)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-2-4
- Adventures of a Japanese Restaurateur in California
- By Yoshimori Tome (owner of the Sushi Ran restaurant in Sausalito)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 2-2-5
- Japanese Fashion: Global Appeal & Future Prospects
- By Haruka Kuriyama (member of the public relations staff of the Japan Fashion Week Organization (JFWO)
- Cover Story • Japanese Culture – Enigma or Soft Power? • 3
- The Soft Power of Japanese Culture as a Means to Peace & Prosperity
- Discussion by Robert Dujarric (Director of the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies at Temple University), Parissa Haghirian (Associate Professor at Sophia University) Chaired by Naoyuki Haraoka (Editor-in-chief of Japan SPOTLIGHT)
- Special Article • 1
- The US & China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Agreement: A Trans-Pacific Partnership Backup Plan?
- By Paul Sracic (professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at Youngstown State University in Ohio)
- Special Article • 2
- Maternal Instinct — Most Effective Soft Power for Promoting Global Prosperity
- By Masako Watanabe (an editorial staff member of the Japan Economic Foundation)
- Special Article • 3
- The Emergence of Global Value Chains Implications for Trade Policy
- By Ken Ash (OECD Director of Trade and Agriculture), Sebastien Miroudot (senior trade policy analyst) and Dorothee Rouzet (trade policy analyst at the OECD)
- Special Article • 4
- New "Discover India Club" in Japan Promoting Japan-India Friendship & Cooperation
- By Rabinder Malik (president of DIC)
- Recent JEF Activity
- Working Towards Global Peace & Prosperity – JEF Activities in 2013
- By Kiyomi Nakahata (a senior staff member of the General Affairs Department of the Japan Economic Foundation)
