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Japan SPOTLIGHT

November/December 2024 Issue

November/December 2024 Issue

Key Features of a New Partnership Between the Global South & Japan

Publisher's Note
The Global South in Asia and Japan can Play a Role in Establishing the ‘Rule of Law’
By Masakazu Toyoda
Exclusive Interview ーLeader's in Japan No.5
President of the International Criminal Court
Tomoko Akane
Considering the “Rule of Law” Amid Continuing Geopolitical Risks
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Lead
Key Features of a New Partnership Between the Global South & Japan
By Naoyuki Haraoka
Cover Story Ⅰー①
Roundtable with Dr. Rizal Sukma, Dr. Neha Gupta, Dr. Fukunari Kimura & Masakazu Toyoda (Sept. 27, 2024)
What Is the Role of the Global South in Times of Turmoil?
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story Ⅰー②
Strengthening Relations Between Japan & ASEAN
By Vo Tri Thanh
Cover Story Ⅰー③
Strengthening Japan’s Relations with the Global South & ASEAN
By Jayasiri Jayasena
Cover Story Ⅰー④
Japan & ASEAN: a Strategic Partnership in the Face of US-China Rivalry
By Somkiat Tangkitvanich
Cover Story Ⅰー⑤
Interview with Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, APEC Secretariat Executive Director
APEC’s Potential for Supplementing Global Leadership
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story Ⅰー⑥
Interview with His Excellency Daba Debele Hunde, Ambassador of Ethiopia to Japan
Ethiopia & Japan: Strengthening Bilateral Ties Through Geopolitics, Agriculture & Technology
By Japan SPOTLIGHT with Prof. Mukesh Williams
Cover Story Ⅰー⑦
Interview with Prof. Pema Gyalpo, Takushoku University
Role of India Enhanced in the 21st Century
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story
Policy Recommendations for Rebuilding the International Order
By the Working Group on the Future International Political Order
Special Interview
Interview with Researcher & Visual/Cultural Anthropologist Dr. Steven Fedorowicz
Intersection Between Language & Culture: Probing Japan’s Deaf/deaf Society
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Book Review
Japan: the Case for a Culture Transplant
By Garett Jones
Prospect on East Asia's Peace & Prosperity
On the Changing International Political & Economic Order (Part I)
By Guo Sizhi
Economic Indictors for Japan
What Is the Current State of Japan’s Vacant House Issue?
By Nobuo Iizuka
Contents (#258)
Key Features of a New Partnership Between the Global South & Japan

【Next Issue】 We will be highlighting the theme “Restoration of a rules-based international trade system for future global prosperity” in the January/February 2025 issue. We will have various views from distinguished trade policy experts on how to achieve a rules-based international order that can balance free trade with economic security against the current geopolitical risks. Such an order is necessary to mitigate the growing uncertainties that businesses face today. Our next issue will be published on our website on Jan. 10, 2025.

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