“In the long term, as more and more innovative products continue to be launched using inputs from many nations, a new type of pricing method may need to be developed in Japan.”
TAG India Chair Ashok Malik spoke at the Keidanren South Asia Regional Committee event on furthering India-Japan economic cooperation. He discussed the state of and prospects for economic growth in India and provided an outlook for India-Japan economic relations.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on December 2 updates to export controls that limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment in order to slow China’s military modernization and use of advanced technologies that enable human rights abuses. These rules are the Biden administration’s third major update in three years and are expected to serve as the final update before a change of administration.
On October 27, the ruling LDP and Komeito lost their majority in the Lower House, losing a combined 64 seats to opposition parties led by the CDPJ, which gained 50 seats.
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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.
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.
Park Jin-wan, Nonresident James A. Kelly Korea Fellow at #PacificForum, and Rintaro Nishimura, a Tokyo-based Associate with The Asia Group, have co-authored a compelling article for The Korea Times titled “Future of Korea-Japan Relations Under PM Ishiba.” Their analysis delves into the complexities of Korea-Japan relations and evaluates how Prime Minister Ishiba’s leadership could shape
TAG Associate Rintaro Nishimura co-authored a piece for the Korea Economic Institute of America about the U.S.-ROK-Japan trilateral legislative dialogue. This was part of a follow-up to his participation in the government-sponsored Trilateral Youth Summit (hosted by East-West Center) back in July.
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