This paper summarises the positions of each party and discusses future prospects and issues surrounding the discussions on constitutional amendments.

With the COVID-19 pandemic seemingly nowhere near its end, there is a need to shift our mentality from life “after” COVID-19 to one of living “with” COVID-19. Our first online event in the series of the KAS German-Japanese Economic Policy Exchange, “Economic policy in view of a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative view of Japanese and German/EU strategies”, will precisely look at this “new normal” from the business angle.

The event report for the first Women in Japan webinar series, ‘Women in Japan: Current Roles and Expectations’, focused on providing an overview of the current gender environment in the three sections of politics, business, and society.

This study is the second volume of “The Path to Success: How Women-owned Businesses Transform in the Era of Digitalization”. The second volume presents case studies on Women-owned Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (WSMEs) from Vietnam, South Korea, and Singapore.

The conference, ‘Universe to Equiverse: Start the Ripple’, organised with TalentNomics endeavours to provide a platform for leaders across sectors and regions, engaged in empowering women to come and share their journeys and insights.

Organised in cooperation with Woomentum and in partnership with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, the webinar, “Path to Digitalisation for WSMEs- Policy Breakthroughs from Vietnam, South Korea and Singapore’, will have policy experts from Vietnam, South Korea & Singapore share breakthroughs and learnings from digital transformation policies in their countries and discuss the next steps to crafting a path to digitalisation for WSMEs.

With the movement for gender equality gaining momentum around the world, the gender situation in Japan is drawing attention both domestically and internationally. KAS Japan will hold a series of events titled, “Women in Japan,” to explore current developments in Japan’s gender environment. In the first of our series, the “Women in Japan: Current Roles […]

The event report for the 4 November 2021 conference, ‘Labour Mobility and Global Health Governance in Asia’, organised with the Leiden Asia Centre (LAC) and the IAFOR Research Centre at Osaka School of International Public Policy (IRC) examined how global health governance and international labour migration in Asia have evolved during public health crises.

Fumio Kishida was confirmed in office as prime minister at the constituent session of the new parliament on 10 November. In her sixteen years in office, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has seen a total of ten Japanese prime ministers come and go. Fumio Kishida, the 101st prime minister, is unlikely to meet her in […]

The current ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito won the 2021 general election. Fumio Kishida took over the Prime Ministership from Yoshide Suga only weeks before and has already pledged many reforms for the new government and Diet to put in action. This includes a ‘new capitalism’, revised distribution policy, and […]