, and Japan … the Industrious State: Why Did Japan’s Welfare State Differ from European-Style Models? -- A Reverse-Functioning System …: Japan’s Social Security System and Tax Progression in the Early Twenty-First Century -- A Fair Case for Tax Relief: Swiss …

Tsukuba, Japan. Prof. Higano’s research strongly focuses on the comprehensive evaluation of resources and research content for … Higano is the past president of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the current president of the Japan … Environment in East Asia: Case Study of the Sea of Japan -- Part II: Asia-Pacific perspectives -- 12 Spatial Impacts of …

examines digital differences in the major world nations of China, India, the United States and Japan at the state and … Japan. Spatial patterns are revealed that indicate clusters of high and low technology use for various nations around the …

This paper presents a new data set collected on representative samples across 6 countries: China, South Korea, Japan …

First moves towards a real understanding of offshoring date back to very recent times. In particular for Japan, the …

Using data for the 1990's, this paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan. Our …. These results could be explained by the particular recruitment system of large firms in Japan, which makes university diploma …