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GR Japan will start the year of 2023 with an International Policy Forum seminar to discuss the political outlook for the coming year. We will be joined by Hideki Makihara, former State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (2017 - 2018), Stste Minis...

GR Japan was invited as a guest lecturer to the practical training course on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) to share their professional experience and knowledge with the stude...

International Policy Forum House of Councillors Election Special with - Takuma Ohamazaki President, J.A.G. Japan Corp. (Online presentation) - Naoya Yoshino Chief political editor of the Nikkei - Jakob Edberg CEO & President, GR Japan ...

GR Japan held its first International Policy Forum of 2022 on 17 January, welcoming Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shingo Miyake and Chief Political Editor of Nikkei, Naoya Yoshino, who shared their outlook on Japanese politics for 2...

Date and Time: 8:00-9:00am, Monday, 17 January 2022 (Japan Standard Time) 0:00-1:00am, Monday, 17 January 2022 (British Standard Time) 7:00-8:00pm, Sunday, 16 January 2022 (Eastern Daylight Time) GR Japan is proud to start 2022 with an IP...

GR Japan welcomed Mr. Ohamazaki, one of Japan’s most respected election analysists to the International Policy Forum Webinar on 29 October.  Mr. Ohamazaki shared his latest predictions of the results of the House of Representatives election on 31 Oct...

Date and Time: 8:00-9:30am, Friday, 29 October 2021 (Japan Standard Time) 8:00-9:30am, Friday, 29 October 2021 (Korea Standard Time) 0:00-1:30am, Friday, 29 October 2021 (British Standard Time) 7:00-8:30pm, Thursday, 28 October 2021 (East...

New Kishida Cabinet A new phase for the LDP? Fumio Kishida was officially anointed as Japan’s 100th prime minister on 4 October 2021, following his appointment as leader for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 29 September. Announcing his new...

On 29 September, Fumio Kishida, former Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and Chair of the Liberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council, won the LDP presidential election, setting him up to become Japan’s 100th prime minister on 4 October.  No...

GR Japan welcomed House of Representatives member and former State Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare Gaku Hashimoto to the International Policy Forum webinar on 4 August.  Mr. Hashimoto, who currently serves as the chair of the LDP’s Project Te...