The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research

Event Chinese Economy

Japan’s Options in the Era of Escalating US-China Tensions

Long Ke / Akio Takahara

November 11, 2020

Article Tax & Social Security Reform

What Digital Government Should Aim to Achieve

Kazumasa Oguro

October 29, 2020

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Event Macroeconomics, Economic Policy

What Economic Research Can Contribute to COVID-19 Policy

Keiichiro Kobayashi / Akio Ino / Asako Chiba

October 28, 2020

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Article Tax & Social Security Reform

A New Tax and Social Security System for the Age of COVID-19

Eiji Tajika

October 28, 2020

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Article Macroeconomics, Economic Policy

Managing a Staggered Recovery

Hideo Hayakawa

October 22, 2020

Article American Politics

Do Americans Support Deploying Election Monitors?

Charles Crabtree / Travis B. Curtice

November 18, 2020

Event Chinese Economy

Japan’s Options in the Era of Escalating US-China Tensions

Long Ke / Akio Takahara

November 11, 2020

Event American Politics

Webinar on the US Presidential Election and Japan-US Relations

Fumiaki Kubo / Masakatsu Ota

November 9, 2020

Article Tax & Social Security Reform

What Digital Government Should Aim to Achieve

Kazumasa Oguro

October 29, 2020

Event Macroeconomics, Economic Policy

What Economic Research Can Contribute to COVID-19 Policy

Keiichiro Kobayashi / Akio Ino / Asako Chiba

October 28, 2020

Article Tax & Social Security Reform

A New Tax and Social Security System for the Age of COVID-19

Eiji Tajika

October 28, 2020

Article Macroeconomics, Economic Policy

Managing a Staggered Recovery

Hideo Hayakawa

October 22, 2020

Article American Politics

The US Presidential Election and Beyond

Paul J. Saunders

October 12, 2020

Article Macroeconomics, Economic Policy

Will the New Government Revisit the Consumption Tax?

Takero Doi

September 30, 2020

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News

November 16, 2020: Chief Scientific Adviser Matsuyama Named U. of Tokyo Global Fellow

November 9, 2020: Webinar on the US Presidential Election and Japan-US Relations

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Experts

Budrul Ahsan

SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST

Areas of Expertise

Deep learning
data mining
recommendation system
genome analysis

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Kiyoteru Tsutsui

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Global and transnational sociology
political sociology
comparative historical sociology
social movements, human rights
Japanese society
organizations and economic sociology
quantitative methods

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Fumiaki Kubo

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

US political and diplomatic history, modern American parties, policy making, US foreign policy

Research Unit

External Relations

Motohiro Sato

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Local public finance
Optimal taxation theory, tax reform
Social security, health economics

Research Unit

Tax & Social Security Reform

Keiichiro Kobayashi

RESEARCH DIRECTOR

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomics
financial crises
economic philosophy

Research Unit

Economic Policy Studies

Shoko Yoshihara

RESEARCH FELLOW
PROGRAM OFFICER, POLICY RESEARCH

Areas of Expertise

National land resources
land ownership system
local culture

Research Unit

Resources & Energy

Takashi Shimizu

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Corporate systems
corporate behavior
law and business

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Kota Sugimoto

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Resource and Energy Economics
renewable energy policy
econometrics

Research Unit

Resources & Energy

Kanji Muramatsu

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Law and economics

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Kiminori Matsuyama

CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISER

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomic growth and development
international trade

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Policy Proposals

Macroeconomics, Economic Policy

Addressing the Economic Fallout from the Coronavirus Crisis

Keiichiro Kobayashi / Motohiro Sato / Takero Doi / Motoshige Ito / Katsuhito Iwai / Kiminori Matsuyama / Shigeki Morinobu / Kazumasa Oguro / Takashi Oshio / Tatsuyoshi Saijo

March 18, 2020