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Thank you for participating in today's event celebrating the10th anniversary of the Asia Pacific Initiative (API). Your
support over the years has allowed us to continue in our
activities, and for that, we would like to express our gratitude.
In September 2011, following the tragedy that occurred in
Fukushima six months prior, our organization started as the
Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF). At that time, theo r g a n i z a t i o n o n l y h a d o n e p u r p o s e : t o a s s e s s J a p a n' s
response to the Fukushima disaster from an independent
perspective. Our first report, The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Power Station Disaster: Investigating the Myth and Reality,
was then subsequently published in February 2012, a year
after the incident. Following that, we started multiple projects and conducted many more studies on the topic of“Risk, Governance, and Leadership” , publishing our findings
in a series of books. As of today, more than half of our collection has been translated into English, allowing us to share
our findings with the rest of the world.
After more than five years of research, study, and advocacy,
the RJIF ushered in a new chapter in 2017 for the organization by rebranding itself into the API that we know today.
Expanding its scope beyond the borders of Japan, API now
a i m s t o a d d r e s s i s s u e s i n t h e A s i a - P a c i fi c r e g i o n a n dbeyond. API has since entered a new phase, focusing its
efforts on promoting a framework for a free and open international order as an incubator in the fields of governance,
geoeconomics, and innovation.
Apart from conducting research, API also serves as a platform for discourse across the multiple disciplines of public
policy. This role is becoming increasingly important amidst
the growing uncertainties facing our society. In order for
dialogue to progress in a constructive manner, there is aneed for industries to overcome their differences and find acommon goal. This has become the purpose of our forums.
Taking the initiative, we have invited experts and leadersacross various industries to discuss the questions of ourtime. With this foundation laid, the industries will be able towork together, bringing their unique knowledge andresources when challenges arise. With that purpose in mind,
API has established the Innovation Platform together withentrepreneurs and policy entrepreneurs in Asia (Asia PacificInitiative Forum) and Silicon Valley (Silicon Valley - Japan
Platform). Also, in a bid to reinforce Japan-U.S. relations,
API has also formed and hosted the Military Stateman’ s
Forum.
Over the past 10 years, we regard our role as a facilitator as
our greatest achievement, bringing together passionate
public-minded individuals and creating an environment
allowing for robust communication and networking. All thiswould not have been possible without the researchers andpractitioners that partook in our events, the media outlets
that covered our activities, and the staff and interns that
help connect everything, allowing us to think freely and creatively for the sake of bettering our society. This is the community that we have made together. In the Policy Entrepreneur’s Platform (PEP), we aim to further foster this feeling ofcommunity, connecting the younger generation with local
leaders and policymakers.
On July 1st, 2022, our organization merged with the International House of Japan. This move will bring about excitingchanges. From here, our new direction will be built on thevalues that we have held close to our hearts since ourfounding : people, independence, and globalization. API will
become a hub for communication and knowledge, representing the Asia Pacific and working towards becoming atruly global think tank.
The theme of 10th anniversary ceremony is “Dialogues for
our Future Initiative.” Through dialogue with various people,
we will think about what we should do to improve society,share ideas, make friends, and put plans into action. Civil
society is formed by the accumulation of initiatives started
by individual citizens, and new initiatives are constantly
being born. We hope to continue working together witheveryone to build a society full of that energy. Thank you allfor your unending support.

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Innovation● Liberalism : Towards a society and world that values freedom, openness, and individual initiative.
● Innovation : Advancing society through innovation.
● Policy Entrepreneurship : Improve policy entrepreneurship skills by fostering a focused and creativemindset for the public good.

Name : Asia Pacific Initiative (API)
Establishment : July 2017 (evolved from the Rebuild Japan Initiative launched in September 2011)
Location : ARK Hills Front Tower RoP 11F, 2-23-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052

API 2022?

API considers the role of think tanks to be that of an “editor.” To gather, organize, integrate, and finally,
create, is the essence of editing. Public policy issues are often so complex and intertwined that it is difficult to grasp the big picture, hence it is often necessary to consider things not just from a long-term
perspective, but also from a global one. As an independent think tank, we are able to bring together
project members and other collaborators to attempt new things to shape the future for the better. Thisis the underlying principle behind API’s activities.

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API as an editor

The Asia Pacific Initiative (API) is a private, independent think tank and forum dedicated to pursuingpeace and prosperity and creating a vision for a free and open international order in the Asia Pacificregion. It aims to form an intellectual community in the region – including Japan – to promote joint
research and networking and form a platform for advocacy, dissemination, and dialogue as well as todiscover, develop, and collaborate with the next generation of leaders.

Liberalismi s

As an editor of teams

As an editor of content

At API, we actively find and take on the most difficult
problems facing society. In order to make the biggest
strides, we seek people that are not bound by existing academic disciplines or mainstream theories tojoin our projects. Working backward from our goals,
we form “ensembles of people” regardless of theirreputation for the purpose of solving complex problems. Once gathered, these individuals of diverse
backgrounds and ideas will be able to engage in discussions in a free and open manner, regardless of
their affiliations or positions.

API also serves as a producer. Putting together
teams of researchers and practitioners, we aim to
produce high-quality content through repeated debates and discussions. Peer review is also employed
to allow for more perspectives, so as to bring new
ideas and understanding to the table. Once the content is read y, API w ill then co ns id er metho d s todisperse the information to society, finding ways topropose them as a policy where appropriate.

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Critical review

API conducts surveys, research, policy proposals, and exchanges in three areas: governance, geo-economics, and innovation. By doing so, we aim to enhance civil society by creating a place where knowledge and people gather.

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Governance
API's governance research covers many aspects.
Scrutinizing diplomatic and security policies, crisis
management systems, and the policymaking process,we have done research on events such as the
Fukushima nuclear accident and the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying the best policies and remaining
issues to learn from and improve on. We also employ
scenario planning to analyze terrorism, cyber-attacks,
diplomatic emergencies, sovereign debt crashes, andenergy crises, among others. In the field of domestic
politics, we have done research on past events suchas the peaceful transfer of power to the Democratic
Party of Japan, and ongoing ones such as the ways ofJapanese conservative politics. In the form ofstand-alone projects, we are looking into Japan’ s
Lost 20 Years taking into account political systems,
finance, labor, education, population, globalization,
macroeconomics, and microeconomics. Another project is the analysis of Japan's role in the Japan-U.S.
alliance and the maintenance of the international
order. All of this research is done for the purpose ofreviewing and exploring how Japan should be governed.

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Geoeconomics
Geopolitics is a field that analyzes the structure ofnations and the relationship between nations basedon geographical conditions, population size, history,
ethnicity, religion, and the distribution of natural
resources. However, in recent times, economies arebeing leveraged for the purpose of achieving geopolitical agendas. This new approach combining international economics and geopolitics led to the creation of geoeconomics. Geoeconomics also posesrisks in direct and significant ways not only to countries but also to non-state actors such as corporations and individuals operating globally. In fact, several markets and technological advances are alreadybeing affected by the spreading geoeconomic struggle such as AI, 5G, cryptocurrencies, and driverlessvehicles. The world is moving, and sanctions andcyber terrorism are becoming economic weapons,raising uncertainty in the 4 pillars of geoeconomics:
technology and innovation, global supply chains, theinternational order, and climate change. At API, weseek to understand such changes in their earlystages, assess their importance, and analyze how
Japan can react in accordance with its interests.

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Innovation
The wave of digitalization is sweeping into every
corner of society, having a profound impact on all
businesses. Additionally, the development ofadvanced technologies, such as AI and autonomousvehicles, is changing the structure of society andpeople's lives. As such, aside from doing research on
the implementation of such technology in society,
API is also in the process of building a platform forinnovation leaders to connect and communicate.

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Through its research activities, API has developed its own research method. In the processof doing research on historically significant
events that took place — some of which arecapable of changing the course of history —we have done interviews with those at thefrontlines of the action, getting their opinions
on who was involved, why the incident happened, what were their responses, and theirreasons for their actions. We then comparet h e s e a c c o u n t s w i t h d a t a s u c h a s o ffi c i a lrecords, pitting them against each other toproduce a clearer picture. Keeping a clear discernment between the act of fact-finding andevaluating, we also seek to piece together andexplore the mechanisms that underpin such
events, the powers involved, as well as theunderlying historical and structural factors. As
t h i s p r o c e d u r e d i ff e r s f r o m t h e s c i e n t i fi cmethod of testing a hypothesis using data, wehave termed our method of inspection as the“critical review” process.

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the Fukushima Nuclear Accident― I thought Japan was on a pathof no return―
Yoichi Funabashi
On March 11th, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake caused an
accident to happen at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Plant, causing questions to be raised about Japan's crisis
response strategies. Dr. Funabashi, feeling a sense of urgency,
founded the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation in September
2011 and started its first project : an independent investigation
into the Fukushima Nuclear incident. The aim of the project was
not simply to seek the direct causes of the accident, but also tofind the underlying problems that enabled the incident to takeplace from a private and independent standpoint. Under theguidance of a six-member panel of leading Japanese scientists,
lawyers, and energy experts, approximately 30 young andmid-career researchers, journalists, and lawyers were involved in
the interviews and data analysis. Unlike the investigations thatwere led by the government or the Diet, our team was free fromany existing organization or framework, allowing us to ask questions from an independent perspective. Participants of our interviews also varied, including politicians, bureaucrats, TEPCO officials, and other relevant parties. As a result of our unique position
as a civilian initiative, many were keen to share their experiences
and opinions with us while they remained fresh.
On February 28th, 2012, the media made a report on the resultsof our half-year-long inspection process, bringing our research
activities to prominence. In the following month, on March 11th,

our studies were compiled into books and sold publicly, allowing
more people access to what we have uncovered. This approachof teaming up with external members, forming an inspection
committee to conduct surveys and research, and then publishing
the results in a commercial format became the model for subsequent RJIF/API research projects. This was also the beginning of
the outreach process. By translating reports into English, co-hosting symposiums with domestic and international think tanks andresearch institutions, and publishing articles in foreign media, we
hope to prevent such incidents from occurring elsewhere in theworld. As a result of our international efforts, the world resonatedgreatly with our findings, and RJIF soon found itself ranked 24th
in the world – and 2nd in Asia – in the Policy Research andReporting category of the Global Think Tank Rankings in 2012.
Even during the 10 years after our initial findings, RJIF-API continued to follow up on areas that were found to require more
attention. We made sure that questions that came up as a resultof our studies were also answered, such as whether the approachto nuclear safety was fundamentally correct, if the safety evaluations and checks were done systematically and properly, or if thestate sufficiently fulfilled their responsibility of protecting theirpeople such as by providing an effective evacuation plan.
Our first follow-up project started in September 2014, after further revelations were made during the interview with the late
Yoshida Masao, the Plant Manager of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant during the disaster. In the resulting report, Anatomy of
Yoshida testimony, multiple perspectives were taken intoC r i t i c a l
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account in the review of the crisis response and crisis management of the incident. Analyses were made on the Incident Command System, operations, crisis governance, crisis leadership,safety and security, and evaluation processes. During the project,
a visit was also made to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Plant with the former Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Our second follow-up project was concluded and published in2017, the report was titled Personal networks and social resilience: The evacuation of hospitals in the Fukushima shelteringzone. The project revolved around the emergency evacuation
activities that took place during the Fukushima nuclear incident.
The report touched on topics such as the issues that were faced
when evacuating vulnerable evacuees such as hospitalized
patients and nursing home residents, medical institutions in timesof crisis, logistical constraints, and the risks of choosing exposure
over evacuation or vice versa.
The third follow-up project was The front-line of Operation
Tomodachi – Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Japan-US Cooperation. The Fukushima nuclear accident was a serious disaster that, if handled incorrectly,
could have had serious repercussions on the nation. The US military deployed up to 16,000 personnel, 15 naval vessels, and 140
aircraft for Operation Tomodachi. Based on a series of interviews
with government officials and others. The project revealed how
Japan and the US worked together to confront the crisis and provided an image of what an ideal security and crisis management
system and alliance mechanism should resemble for Japan. In

November 2019, this book was awarded the 5th Masamichi Inoki
Special Prize of the Japan Society for Defense Studies.
In March 2021, Japan marked the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. The 10-year Investigation Commission on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident (Second
Independent Investigation Commission) was an investigation into
the government's nuclear safety regulations, the governance of
TEPCO and other electric power companies, crisis management
at the Prime Minister's Office, cooperation among the JSDF,
police, fire departments and other operational units, risk communication in response to rumors and misinformation, the decommissioning and reconstruction efforts, and the lessons learned
over the last 10 years by the government and society. The resulting report, the 10-year Investigation Commission on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident : Final Report by Investigation Commission
on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident published in February 2021,
received the 18th Society and Environment Division Award for
Outstanding Presentation from the Society and Environment
Division of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan.
With all that has been done, it is important to remain vigilant andactive in inspecting our progress repeatedly. After identifying theissues and the lessons learned from them, it is essential to regularly check how they are reflected in actual policies and crisis
prevention measures. Although 2021 will mark the end of ourinspection of the Fukushima nuclear accident, which was thestarting point of the RJIF/API, we will always be conscious of theimportance of reviewing our inspections even as we continue toadvance our think tank's research.

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Japan-U.S. Military Statesmen Forum（MSF）

Silicon Valley Japan Platform（SVJP）

Asia Paciﬁc Initiative Forum （APIF）

Policy Entrepreneur's Platform（PEP）

In this era of strategic rebalancing, and in an increasingly
volatile international environment in East Asia, the needfor constant and intense policy dialogue between the U.S.
and Japanese governments is becoming ever more pressing. Since the first meetings in Tokyo in 2014 and Washington in 2015, the MSF has had its annual meetings ineither Tokyo or Washington (or online since 2020) withe x p e r i e n c e d c o m m a n d e r s a n d c h i e f s o f s t a ff o f t h e
Indo-Pacific Command, as well as senior officials from theU. S. military, t h e Ministry of De fe nse , a n d th e J ap an
Self-Defense Force to discuss the strengthening of theJapan-U.S. alliance.

The Silicon Valley Japan Platform (SVJP) organizes andmanages a variety of events and programs based on two
pillars, the Corporate Program, and the Entrepreneur
Program, in order to create opportunities to build close
and trusting relationships and deepen collaboration
among executives and entrepreneurs from leading companies in Japan and Silicon Valley. The Corporate Program aims to promote technological collaboration between Japan and the U.S. and accelerate the digitalization of Japanese companies. The Entrepreneur Programaims to create a community of top-class Japanese andU.S. tech entrepreneurs and to support the global expansion of Japanese startups.

The APIF is a forum where business leaders from Japan and other Asian
countries gather to envision the future (vision) of Asia 20 to 30 years
from now and create a new innovation ecosystem. From large corporations to start-ups, corporate executives, government officials, and opinion leaders who are implementing innovative endeavors in Asian countries will gather to exchange knowledge on the latest social, economic,
business, and technological trends and their impact, to generate newideas and synergies among participating companies, and to provide an
opportunity for innovators in Asia to share their ideas with the world.
Asia now accounts for half of the world's population and is once again
leading the world in economic power. The flow of goods, services, capital, information, and labor through the region has doubled in the past 15
years, as it has become increasingly important not only as the "world's
factory" in the global supply chain but also as a marketplace where
diverse needs are emerging. The region's connectivity is the driving
force that has strengthened economic integration and spurred economic
growth. As the Fourth Industrial Revolution progresses, emerging Asian
countries, including India, are introducing related technologies andimplementing transformative digital services in society. In response tothese major shifts in industrial structure and geoeconomic conditions,this forum aims to deepen business-led economic integration in the
Indo-Pacific region, which is a driving force of the global economy.

The PEP is a community of policy entrepreneurs who will create the policies of tomorrow.
On March 25th, 2019, our Chairman, Yoichi Funabashi, published What is a Think Tank - The
Age of Policy Entrepreneurship. The book describes how the complex policy issues of ourtime cannot be solved by politicians and bureaucrats alone and that a new era of open
policy creation, governance, and innovation isrequired. Building on that, API believes that anenvironment in which politicians, the government, the private sector, academia, NGOs/NPOs, and others cooperate across boundaries,
bringing together all the wisdom and power ofsociety to address complex issues. In November 2019, we established the PEP. Managed
mainly by its core members, it conducts various activities with the following three missions:to present a vision of who policy entrepreneurs
are, to broaden the base of policy entrepreneurs, and to create a foundation in which
policy entrepreneurs can play an active role.

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The Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Station
Disaster : Investigating
the Myth and Reality

Japan in Peril ? :9 Crisis Scenarios

The Democratic
Party of Japan inPower : Challenges and Failures

Quiet Deterrence~
Building Japan’ s
New National Security Strategy

Anatomy of the Yoshida Testimony - The
Fukushima Nuclear
Crisis as seen throughthe Yoshida Hearings

Examining Japan’s
Lost Decades

Japan’s Population
Implosion : The 50
Million ShockIs post-war conservatism over?
The crisis facing
the LDP *Bond-forged Resilience : How the medical institutions ofFukushima overcame
the Nuclear Disaster *Reinventing
Japan : New Decision in Global
Leadership

The report analyzes
the causes of the accident at TEPCO's
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Stationand the crisis responseusing a "proximate
cause, intermediate
cause, and distantcause" framework.
From an independent,
neutral, and openminded standpoint, we
conducted a comprehensive investigationof the accident byinterviewing over 300
people, including politicians, administrativeo ffi c i a l s , a n d t h e
TEPCO staff who werein charge of the crisis
response at the time of
the incident.

The Fukushima nuclear
accident and the
response to it havehighlighted the fragilityof Japan's crisis management system, butsuch surprises are notlimited to nuclear
power plants. This
book presents potential challenges facing
Japan's crisis management system by considering 9 crisis scenarios, including natural
disasters, pandemics,
terrorism, and military
conflicts, pointing out
areas in which the current system is not suffi c i e n t t o d e a l w i t hthese situations.

The DPJ administration, despite highpublic expectations,
was relatively s h o r t lived. This reportexamines the causes of
its failure from a variety of perspectives,
including policy, governance, and party management. By conducting interviews with DPJ
administration officials
and others involved, in
conjunction with asurvey for DPJ Houseof Representatives
members (with a
response rate of over80%), the report identifies lessons that canbe applied to Japanesepolitics in the future.

Building on the National Security Strategy
formulated by the Abeadministration in 2013,
we proposed a new
strategic concept thatwould incorporate theprivate sector. In the
midst of the geopolitical upheaval of the 21st
century, we advocate
the need for a new balancing strategy andthe strengthening of
our quiet deterrence.

In response to therelease of the hearings
from the late Masao
Yoshida, the Managerof the Fukushima Nuclear Plant during thedisaster, we summarized the lessons
learned in the 4 years
since the accident interms of the Incident
Command System,
operation, governance,
leadership, safety andsecurity, and ways tolearn lessons.

Since the bursting of
the bubble economy,
Japan suffered fromwhat was well known
as the Lost Decades.
Japan also faced many
challenges in the areasof diplomacy andnational security during
this period. The rapid
aging of Japan's population, slow response
to globalization,changes in the labormarket, and declining
international competitiveness are issues
shared by many othercountries. This report
looks back at what
Japan has lost fromvarious perspectives
a n d o ff e r s p r e s c r i p tions to help Japan andother countries aroundthe world overcome
their difficulties.

We examined how
demographic trends
are affecting the various aspects of Japan’ ssocial structure in thecontext of Greater
Tokyo by analyzing theinfrastructure, publicfinance, and the economy, presenting theseriousness of the population issue. The population policy referredto here alludes to both
mitigation measures
for staging a recovery
in the depopulation
process as well as
adaptation measures
for maintaining andimproving living standards in the process.

After the war, the Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) was in power fora long time and led
Japan's reconstruction
and development. As aconservative party, the
LDP has a broad baseand has conducted politics in a way thatserved a wide range ofconservative ideals.
Under such a structure,conservative-centrism
played a core role. In
recent years, however,that position has weakened, and the entire
conservative movement is becoming ideologically radicalized,
spreading even within
the party. We discuss
the reasons for thistrend, its history, andthe keys to reviving
conservative-centrism.

Medical institutions
located in the "evacuation zone" within 20-30
km of the Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power
Plant were faced withthe difficult decision ofevacuating or staying
in place when the accident occurred. The"self-help, public assistance, and mutual
assistance framework”
that formed the foundation of the existingdisaster prevention
plans failed to function.
As a result, the medical
institutions had to form
new channels of communications to rely oneach other to overcome the shortages
they faced in their supplies, manpower, andfuel to protect theirpatients.

How can Japan escapefrom the lost decades?
This book examines
how Japan is contributing to the world,what the world needsfrom Japan, and the
new challenges thatJapan will face. We
gathered eleven leaders of various fields totell the story of Japan's
soft power, its newrole, and its contribution to the world fromtheir perspectives.

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The Modern Geoeconomics ofJapan : The Era of
Geoeconomics
and its 13 risks *Why Veterans Should Not
Be Politicians : A Thoughton the Relationship
Between the Government
and the Military *The Article II Mandate:
Forging a Stronger
Economic Alliance
between the UnitedStates and Japan.

Japan ’ s Choice Between the Military and
Politics : A Historicaland International Observation *What is a Think
Tank? The Era of
Policy Entrepreneurism *At the Frontlines of Operation Tomodachi : Lessons for the Japan-U.S.
Alliance from the Fukushima Nuclear Incident *The Crisis of Liberal
Internationalism-Japan and the WorldOrder

The Independent Investigation Commission on theJapanese Government’s
Response to COVID-19 :Report on Best Practices
and Lessons Learned

Equipped for the
Future : How Technology is Revolutionizing
Society *10-year Investigation Commission on the Fukushima Nuclear
Accident : Final Report by Investigation Commission on the
Fukushima Nuclear Accident

In light of the changes in
the international strategic environment, we
focused on 13 geopolitical risks and considered
new strategies for the
U.S.-Japan alliance. Oneof the changes that we
focused on was therevival of geopolitics: thestudy of a nation's political behavior in relation toits geography, as exemplified by China's actionsin the South China Sea
and East China Sea. The
other area of focus wasin geoeconomics: a political and diplomatic
approach that seeks torealize geopolitical interests through economicmeans. Geoeconomics isdifficult to deal with as it
exploits the weakness of
economic interdependence.

The author of thebook, Senior Fellow
Hironaka, was previously in a unique position that allowed him
to oversee the entire
operation of the
Self-Defense Force as
the Director of Operations of the Joint Staff
Office during the Great
East Japan Earthquake.
Based on his experiences, he conducted
research on the relationship between politics and the military indemocracies in the US
and the UK, and maderecommendations on
the appropriate relationship between political leaders and commanders of the Self
Defense Force in thecase of Japan.

In a joint research project with the Center for
Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) of
the United States,
called the Japan-U.S.
Economic Cooperationin Third World Countries. We studied four
countries — Myanmar,
Vietnam, India, andSouth Korea — andtwo institutional frameworks — regional trade
agreements and theG7 — in which theUnited States or Japan
could play a leadingrole in shaping rules
and norms for economic activity. Basedo n o u r fi n d i n g s , w e
introduced 10 recommendations, cutting
across industries, forJapan and the U.S.
when interacting with
the Indo-Pacific.

As the security environment surrounding
Japan changes, there isa growing need to consider what a pacifist
state should look like inthe 21st century. In thisbook, we classified thedifferent types of security and how they
relate to each other,such as military-provided security, security
from the military, andsecurity from politics.
Additionally, the bookalso explored ways inwhich Japan canachieve an appropriate
relationship between
their government andtheir military.

We examined the history of think tanks
around the world, particularly in Japan andthe United States, theiractivities, and their
participation in the formation of policies.
Building our researchon the role of thinktanks in world history,
we describe the transformation and evolution of think tanks ineach country in
response to the global
trends of the 21st century, including the riseof populism, the information wars between
China and Russia, andthe fourth industrial
revolution. The bookconcludes by offering
recommendations forJapan, which is often
regarded as a nation
lacking in think tanks.

The author, Senior
Fellow Isobe, was the
Director of the Defense
Planning Departmentof the Joint Staff Officeof the Ministry of
Defense at the time of
the Great East Japan
Earthquake, and was
involved in disaster
relief and recovery
e ff o r t s a n d t h e
response to the
Fukushima nuclear
accident in cooperation with the U.S. military in Japan. Based on
his experience, thisbook summarizes theissues that emerged in
the process of implementing "Operation
Tomodachi" and presents an ideal security
and crisis management
system and alliancemechanism for Japan.

This book is a product of our international Liberal International Order project.
It analyzes how
Japan can defend theliberal international
order from two perspectives — its foreign policy and its
governance style —and what barriers
stand in the way. We
also examine Japan'srole in trade andinternational institutions, as well as domestic issues such as
populism and journalism.

This book is a result of
our Independent Investigation Commission’ sreview of the Japanese
government’ s initial
response to the
COVID-19 outbreak.
The report covers the
six-month period fromJanuary 15, 2020, whent h e fi r s t i n f e c t e dperson in Japan was
confirmed, and covers
a variety of specificcases, including the
rescue of Japanesenationals in Wuhan, theresponse to the Diamond Princess, thedeclaration of a state of
emergency, the administering of the PCR test
and its alternatives,
therapeutic drugs andvaccines, and medical
systems, identifying
what was done welland where improvements could be made.

In our Social Implementation of Technology project, we examined the social implementation of cutting-edge technologies
in Japan and the challenges, proposing aframework for better
implementation. For
new business professionals in the digitalage, the book also
includes a number of
specific case studies
and methods for implementing such technology in society, such as
contact tracing apps,
electronic signatures,and telemedicine.

What have we learned
or failed to learn in the
10 years since the
Fukushima nuclear
accident? The Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Investigation Commission summarized themeasures Japan has
taken in the 10 years
since the nuclear accident and the remaining
issues in seven areas:
nuclear safety regulations, the governanceof electric utility services, risk communication, crisis management at the Prime Minister's Office, disaster
response logistics, first
responders, and reconstruction.

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Investigating the
Abe Ideology : Rulingthrough Conservatism
and Realism *The Theory of National Security *This book criticallyexamines the governance and policies ofthe second Abe administration (the longest
administration in
Japan's constitutional
history, lasting sevenyears and eightmonths) and drew
lessons from it. It analyzes the second Abeadministration in nine
areas: Abenomics,
election and public
opinions, leadership,
diplomacy and security, TPP and trade, histor ical is s ues, part ycontrol, womenomics,
and revision of Article
9 of the constitution.

The security frameworkhas been shaken by theescalation of the U.S.-China tensions due to the
COVID-19 pandemic andthe widening gap
between the U.S. bloc andthe Russo-Sino bloc dueto the Ukraine crisis. In
times of national crisis,
how should states andsocieties adapt frompeacetime its practices tobetter protect its citizens,to have its citizens actively participate in crisis
response with a sense ofownership, and to work
together to recover quickly after the initial shock?
In this book, by introducing a concept of resilience
into Japan's security andcrisis management, we
imagined new ways inwhich a nation can provide security guarantees
to its people.

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and many more
Future Initiative*only available in Japanese