Kazushige Kobayashi is a doctoral student in International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Switzerland, and a research fellow with the Europe-Asia Programme at the Balkan Security Agenda in Serbia. He holds Bachelor of Economics from Tohoku University in Japan, Master in International Affairs from the Geneva Graduate Institute, and has also studied at University of California at Davis and Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
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Kazushige Kobayashi is a doctoral student in International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Switzerland, and a research fellow with the Europe-Asia Programme at the Balkan Security Agenda in Serbia. He holds Bachelor of Economics from Tohoku University in Japan, Master in International Affairs from the Geneva Graduate Institute, and has also studied at University of California at Davis and Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
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... Japanese multinational firms (mainly megafirms in the field of energy, infrastructure, medicine, and agriculture) accompanied with him to various negotiations and discussion forums.[3] As business federations remain a key political actor in Japanese policymaking,[4] Mr. Abe had clear intention to take advantage of the megadiplomacy that can push agendas that government alone cannot further.
As energy security emerged as one of the prime agendas in post-Fukushima Japanese society, it is understandable ...
... As Russia-Japan relations are currently undergoing a process of revitalization and reshaping, the LDP manifesto might have reflected this transitional interest, although Russia-Japan relations are one of the most crucial agendas in Japanese foreign policymaking.[4]
In a previous article “Who Makes What in Japan –An Insight of Japanese Policymaking System,” I have written how the Japanese policymaking system works, concluding that even the LDP’s supermajority both at the ...
... Councilors) and lower congress (衆議院: House of Representatives) of Japan. After coming through a period of unpopularity, fragmentation, and total political destruction, the LDP finally restored its historic influence over Japanese foreign and economic policymaking. Many foreign experts and business persons welcomed the full return of the LDP, which is expected to contribute for greater stability of the world’s third largest economy and increased interaction with foreign partners.
There have ...