Just one party has almost continuously ruled Japan for the past 70 years, the Liberal Democratic Party. But with a new Prime Minister appointed, and more than 80 elected members of the party engulfed in a slush fund scandal … their popularity is plummeting. So much so pollsters say the party is in the ‘danger […]
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Economic security has become an established concept in the present era as the return of great power competition muddles the line between security and economic issues. Governments are increasingly engaged in areas that had once seemed more the domain of private enterprise, particularly in acquisition and control over critical and emerging technologies.
TAG Associate Rintaro Nishumura appeared at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan to discuss the upcoming general election and the future of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
On October 21, Vietnam’s National Assembly unanimously elected General Luong Cuong as the country’s new president. General Secretary To Lam, who had been serving concurrently as president, will now focus on his primary role as head of the Communist Party. Luong Cuong’s promotion signifies Vietnam’s return to the tradition of collective leadership, with power shared among the four highest ranking positions (the “four pillars”) – general secretary, president, prime minister, and chairman of the national assembly. With a decades-long career in the military, Luong Cuong adds a military presence to Vietnam’s leadership group, which was dominated by those with a police background.
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Key Takeaways Trade and Investment: Harris and Trump both aim to protect U.S. domestic industry and constrain China’s technological advancement, but Trump is much more enthusiastic about applying new tariffs on China. Regarding technology denial, Trump would try to accrue negotiating leverage through transactional, unilateral, and entity-based approaches to controls on exports and foreign investment.
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The Asia Group (TAG) has released an update to its 2023 white paper “Observations on Drug Pricing and Innovation in Japan” which analyzes the outstanding policy challenge of the “zero co-factor” rule under the cost-based price calculation method, which continues to undermine the Japanese government’s efforts to restore the country’s drug discovery capabilities and create a robust pharmaceutical industry ecosystem.
複雑な薬事行政環境にもかかわらず、多くの製薬会社にとり日本は依然として重要な市場である。日本市場は、2023年には約880億ドルで米国と欧州連合に次ぐ世界第3位であり、2029年には約919.4億ドルになると見込まれる。
日本の創薬インセンティブ政策：望まれる目標の実現を困難とする政策的課題 (JPN) Read More »
On October 20, Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated as Indonesia’s eighth president. Outlining his administration’s priorities in his inaugural address, Prabowo emphasized his campaign pledges on improving nutrition, healthcare, and housing, while also highlighting the continuation of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s industrialization policy (including through the export ban of raw critical minerals). Notably, Prabowo did not mention the development of the new capital city, Nusantara, one of Jokowi’s expensive legacy policy priorities that will likely compete with the new President’s own priorities for resources.
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TAG Managing Partner Amb. Kurt Tong spoke to BBC World News on October 21, discussing how Asian businesses are viewing the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
What is India’s role in BRICS? The process of expansion is revealing. Every incumbent member country came with its wish list of potential newcomers. Some names overlapped, some were exclusive to one list.
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