Assistance in the Creation of a Mongolian National Register under the Kyoto Protocol Online publication, "CDM in Charts Ver. 5"  (IGES, the Ministry of the Environment, in Mongolian) |
| Analysis of Economic Trends in Northeast Asia |
 Analysis of Economic Trends in Northeast Asia
 Analysis of Economic Trends in Northeast Asia
| Content |
We have continued to analyze short-term trends in Northeast Asia (for China and the Northeast of China, Russia and the Far East of Russia, Mongolia, the ROK, and the DPRK), with the details of this analysis being published bimonthly in the ERINA Report and on the website. |
| Major outcomes |
- Analysis of Economic Trends in Northeast Asia (in Japanese, each edition of the ERINA Report)
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| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima
Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba
Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura
Associate Senior Researcher Enkhbayar Shagdar
Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh
Researcher Zhu Yonghao
Visiting Researcher Akihiro Yokochi
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| Energy Security |
Energy Security
Energy Security
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Having identified the current situation of the energy supply-demand structure in continually-changing Northeast Asia, we have made policy proposals for the parties concerned in each country on reaching a total optimization in the area of energy security via a simultaneous harmonization of policy both among consumer nations and between consumer and supplier countries, along with advancing a second-track multilateral dialogue. As well as presenting these outcomes in a variety of academic papers, at conferences held domestically and overseas, and at academic gatherings, we have put them together in a special feature in the ERINA Report Vol. 77, and in addition have linked them together in discussions at a session at the 2008 Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development in Niigata. |
| Major outcomes |
- Special Feature: Energy Security and Multinational Cooperation (ERINA Report Vol. 77)
- "Japan's Energy Strategy and Development of Energy Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific"
- "Chinese Perceptions of Energy Security and Strategy for the Future of Northeast Asia"
- "Mongolian Energy Strategy: Current Status and Programs"
- "Sino-Russian Energy Partnership: The Dilemma of Potentiality and Mutual Distrust" (in Japanese), (Oil & Natural Gas Review, Vol. 41, No. 6, 2007, pp. 13-24, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, December 2007)
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| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh |
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| Food Security in Northeast Asia |
Food Security in Northeast Asia
Food Security in Northeast Asia
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Regarding food security, which could be called a matter of major importance with Northeast Asia having an influence on the world, together with the important matter of Northeast Asia's socio-economies co-existing and mutually prospering, we have made our aim a policy proposal for the next three years (the formation of food-production clusters), have organized a joint-research arrangement with Niigata University and the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Tokyo, and in the first year we have selected the issues and put them in order. We have put the outcomes together in a special feature in the ERINA Report Vol. 80, and have linked them together in discussions at a session at the 2008 Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development in Niigata. |
| Majour outcomes |
- Special Feature: Food Security in Northeast Asia (ERINA Report Vol. 80)
- "Defining Japan's Food Security in East Asia: From the Perspectives of the Distribution Revolution, Environmental Degradation and International Cooperation" (Summary in English)
- "Strategic Research Concerning China's Food Security" (Summary in English)
- "Economic Development and Food Policy in East Asia" (Summary in English)
- Report: "Food Security in Northeast Asia (1)" (March 2008) (in Japanese)
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| Staff in Charge |
Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura
Researcher Zhu Yonghao |
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| Economic Integration Involving Northeast Asia |
Economic Integration Involving Northeast Asia
Economic Integration Involving Northeast Asia
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Regarding moves toward East Asian economic integration, including an East Asian FTA and an East Asian Community, we have continued to work in concert with domestic and overseas research organizations and have deepened our academic analyses. As well as publicizing the outcomes in discussion papers and at academic gatherings, we have put them together in a special feature on a Japan-ROK FTA in the ERINA Report Vol. 76, and in addition have linked them together in discussions at a session at the 2008 Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development in Niigata. |
| Majour outcomes |
- Special Feature: Japan-ROK FTA (ERINA Report Vol. 76)
- "The Progress of Korea's FTA Policy and Implications for an FTA between Japan and Korea" (Summary)
- "On The Patterns of Intra-Industry Trade and Industrial Cooperation with a Korea-Japan FTA"
- "The ROK's FTA Policy: Summary and Analysis of the Economic Effects" (Discussion Paper 0704) (in Japanese)
- "Overview of Trade and Investment in Northeast Asia" (Northeast Asia Information File 0702) (in Japanese)
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| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima |
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| Investigation into the Current State of Transport Infrastructure and Distribution |
Investigation into the Current State of Transport Infrastructure and Distribution
Investigation into the Current State of Transport Infrastructure and Distribution
| Content |
We have gathered and analyzed information on infrastructure connected to multimodal transport centered on the Eurasian rail transport network, and have commercially published an introductory book on the Siberian Land Bridge in order to give advice for Japan's utilization thereof. We have made presentations based on these outcomes, and furthermore have carried out a vast number of illuminating activities targeted at Japanese enterprises and central and local government. |
| Major outcomes |
- Book
- The Trans-Siberian Railroad Land Bridge: Major Artery for Business between Japan and Russia (Seizando, October 2007, in Japanese)
- Papers
- "The Curtain Rises on Act Two of the 'Siberian Land Bridge'" (Abstract in English, ERINA Report Vol. 78)
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| Staff in Charge |
Researcher Hisako Tsuji |
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| Northeast Asian Environmental Cooperation |
Research into Environmental Business in the Post-Kyoto Protocol Period
Research into Environmental Business in the Post-Kyoto Protocol Period
| Content |
Based on the findings to date relating to the Northeast Asian Environment Experts' Network and the Kyoto mechanisms, while at the same time eyeing the Post-Kyoto Protocol period, we have investigated the shape of cooperation in CDM/JI or small-scale projects related to energy efficiency. |
| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Researcher Enkhbayar Shagdar |
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Assistance in the Creation of a Mongolian National Register under the Kyoto Protocol
Assistance in the Creation of a Mongolian National Register under the Kyoto Protocol
| Content |
In order to provide intellectual assistance for the creation of a national register in Mongolia based on the Kyoto Protocol, we have had the CDM text "CDM in Charts" translated into Mongolian, and in August 2007, with the cooperation of the Mongolian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment and the Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO), we staged a workshop in Ulaanbaatar on creating a national register for Mongolia. |
| Major outcomes |
- Online publication, "CDM in Charts Ver. 3" (IGES, the Ministry of the Environment, in Mongolian)
- Online publication, "CDM in Charts Ver. 5" (IGES, the Ministry of the Environment, in Mongolian)
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| Staff in Charge |
Researcher Shoichi Itoh
Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura |
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| The Chinese Economy |
Research Concerning the Progress and Results of the Policy for the Revitalization of China's Northeast Old Industrial Base
Research Concerning the Progress and Results of the Policy for the Revitalization of China's Northeast Old Industrial Base
| Content |
We have further deepened the existing research into the revitalization of the Northeast, and among the specific and concrete revitalization policies we have firstly undertaken in-depth research on "Greater Shenyang" in Liaoning Province. Having set up international joint-research structures including with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Northeastern University (in Liaoning Province), and the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, we staged a workshop with the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences (in November 2007), and we have put the outcomes together in a special feature in the ERINA Report Vol. 79. |
| Major outcomes |
- Special Feature: The Concept of the Central Liaoning City Cluster (Shenyang Economic Region) within the Revitalization of China's Northeast (ERINA Report Vol. 79), including:
- "The Developments in the Construction of Development Zones and in Japanese Enterprises in Greater Shenyang" (Overview in English)
- "The Current Status of and Future Prospects for the Automobile Industry in the Central Liaoning City Cluster (with a focus on the core city of Shenyang)" (Part One) (Summary in English)
- "The Economic Development and Distribution of Industry in the Central Liaoning City Cluster (Shenyang Economic Region)" (Summary in English)
- "The Current Status of and Future Prospects for International Physical Distribution by Air and Sea in the Central Liaoning City Cluster" (in Japanese)
- "The Current Situation and Future Issues for Economy and Trade between Liaoning Province and the DPRK" (Abstract in English)
- "The Current Status of and Future Prospects for the Automobile Industry in the Central Liaoning City Cluster (with a focus on the core city of Shenyang)" (Part Two of Two) (in Japanese)
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| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba
Researcher Zhu Yonghao |
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Research into Direct Investment in Japan by China
Research into Direct Investment in Japan by China
| Content |
With external investment by Chinese enterprises continually increasing, we have taken the existing research findings as our base, and have gathered information on the circumstances of the expansion by Chinese enterprises focused on Japan, including Niigata, and on the various problems confronting it, and have identified and analyzed the current situation. We have published the outcomes in a Chinese academic journal. |
| Major outcomes |
- Papers
- "Attitudes on Direct Investment into Japan by the Japanese Government and New Developments in Japan-China Investment Cooperation" in Regional Economy in Heilongjiang [Heilongjiang Quyu Jingji], Issue No. 1, January 2008) (in Chinese)
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| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba |
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Research into the Progress in Development of the Binhai New Area, Tianjin Municipality, China
Research into the Progress in Development of the Binhai New Area, Tianjin Municipality, China
| Content |
We have taken as our subject Tianjin the gateway for the capital, Beijing, and also adjoining China's Northeast which professes itself to be the hub of Northeast Asia. We have given priority to researching the development trends in the New Area, where rapid development is forecast. Our central focus has been on giving a fresh perspective on the cooperation with China from Japanese (Niigata) firms and local governments and groups, and we have set up international joint-research with, among others, the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences and the Tianjin Asia-Pacific Development Research Center, and conducted research. The outcomes are to be published in fiscal 2008. |
| Staff in charge |
Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba
Researcher Zhu Yonghao |
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| The ROK Economy |
The ROK Economy
The ROK Economy
| Content |
By means of such meetings as the study group which also includes researchers from other institutions with its focus on the economy of the ROK, which aspires to becoming the business hub of Northeast Asia and is expected to become the driving force behind the Northeast Asian economy, we have analyzed the actual situation and relevant issues. We have published the outcomes in ERINA Discussion Papers and in JESNA. |
| Major outcomes |
- "The ROK's Irregular Labor Problems and the Solutions", No. 12 in the ROK Economic System Research Series (Discussion Paper 0705) (in Japanese)
- "The Effect of the Chinese Renminbi on Korean Exports to Japan" (JESNA Vol. 6, No. 1)
- "The Factors in the Progression of the Declining Birthrate in the ROK and Declining-Birth-Rate Policy", No. 13 in the ROK Economic System Research series (Discussion Paper 0801) (in Japanese)
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| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima |
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| The DPRK Economy |
The DPRK Economy
The DPRK Economy
| Content |
In order to provide information which correctly captures the economic and social picture of the DPRK economy, we have conducted, in cooperation with research organizations and government bodies in Japan and overseas, research on the ground and on four occasions an international symposium (jointly-staged by ERINA, the ROK Ministry of Unification and the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences in China). Along with publishing the outcomes in a special feature on the DPRK in ERINA Report Vol. 78 and as academic papers, we have carried out activities which lay stress on the dissemination of information via the media, including two appearances on NHK programs as a commentator. |
| Major outcomes |
- Special Feature: The Economy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (ERINA Report Vol. 78, in Japanese);
- "Current Status of the Economy in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (Abstract in English); (Full English version appears as Discussion Paper 0706e)
- "The US Economic Sanctions on the DPRK" (in Japanese)
- "The DPRK, which is Emphasizing the Development of Science and Technology in the Construction of an Economically-strong Country" (in Japanese)
- "The DPRK which is Concentrating its Efforts in the Four Priority Sectors" (in Japanese)
- "Developments in DPRK Financial Reforms: Focusing on the Introduction of a Commercial Banking System" (in Japanese)
- "Current Status of the Economy in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (Discussion Paper 0706e) (in English)
- Reports in the media
- "Is there any effect in the sanctions against North Korea?" (in the "My Viewpoint" column of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, 26 April 2007) (in Japanese)
- "The Changing DPRK Economy" (in Japanese), "JCER Economic Journal" May 2007 edition
- "Developments in the DPRK's External Economic Relations" (in Japanese), "A Viewpoint to East Asia" June 2007 edition
- "Deepening of Economic Cooperation between the Two Koreas and Its Legal Control in the ROK" (in Japanese), "Journal of the Japan Sea Rim Studies", November 2007
- "Tereojiwon-guk myeongdan sakje ihu-eya Buk-Il-daehwa bon-gyeokhwa (The First Getting Down to Serious Business in the DPRK-Japan Dialogue after the DPRK is Removed from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism)" (in Korean), "Minjog 21", November 2007
- "The DPRK: The Changes of the Last Ten Years and the Response of the International Community" (in Japanese), "Jiji Press On Demand Booklet 'e-World' Vol. 2, Autumn Edition No. 2", December 2007
- "Jilin Province's Vision for Setting Up Routes into Russia and the DPRK: The Key to the Development of the Northeast" (in Japanese), Mainichi Shimbun "Economist Weekly" occasional extra edition, 17 December 2007
- "The Role of Japanese Local Governments in Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation" (in Japanese), "New Efforts in Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation", December 2007
- "Northeast Asia's Cooperation in Economics and Security, via Cooperation in Healthcare, and the Cooperation between the Two Koreas: With a Focus on Japan's Experience" (co-authored) (in Japanese), "New Efforts in Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation", December 2007
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| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura |
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| The Russian Economy |
International Comparative Research on Perceptions of the Investment Environment of the Russian Market
International Comparative Research on Perceptions of the Investment Environment of the Russian Market
| Content |
While surveying the medium- and long-term development of the Russian market, we have summarized the multifaceted points of view on the inward investment environment in Russia for Japan, China, Europe and other players, and have worked on a set of reference coordinates built upon fundamental analyses. |
| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh |
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Evaluation of the Potential of the Eastern Russia Energy Sector and the Far East and Zabaykalye Program
Evaluation of the Potential of the Eastern Russia Energy Sector and the Far East and Zabaykalye Program
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Paying heed to the fact that the development of the eastern regions is a key component in Russia's energy policy, we have compiled and organized the Far East development policies of the central government of the Russian Federation, such as the program for the economic and social development of the Far East and Zabaykalye, and the state of development in East Siberia and the Russian Far East by Russia's major energy companies. We have publicized the outcomes in a variety of academic papers and at academic gatherings. |
| Major outcomes |
- Papers
- "Japan pushes to internationalize the issue of the development of Eastern Siberia" (Energy Forum, April 2007) (in Japanese)
- "Can Russia Become a "Regional Power" in Northeast Asia?: Implications from Contemporary Energy Relations with China and Japan", in Adam Eberhardt & Akihiro Iwashita (eds.) "Security Challenges in the Post-Soviet Space: European and Asian Perspectives" (Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw), 2007
- "Sino-Russian Energy Partnership: The Dilemma of Potentiality and Mutual Distrust" (in Japanese), in "Oil & Gas Review" Vol. 41, No. 6, JOGMEC (Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation), December 2007
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| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh |
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| The Mongolian Economy |
The Mongolian Economy
The Mongolian Economy
| Content |
We have continued research on the problem of the integration of Mongolia's economic development and the Northeast Asian economy, and we have published the outcomes in the ERINA Report and in ERINA Discussion Papers. |
| Major outcomes |
- Papers
- "Neo-Liberal 'Shock Therapy' Policy During the Mongolian Economic Transition" (Discussion Papers 0703e, 0703)
- "Institutional Aspects of the Mongolian Economic Transition" (ERINA Report Vol. 80, Summary in English)
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| Staff in Charge |
Associate Senior Researcher Enkhbayar Shagdar |
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| Japanese Regional Economy |
Economic Cooperation with Northeast Asia in the Hokuriku Region
Economic Cooperation with Northeast Asia in the Hokuriku Region
| [Project commissioned by the Hokuriku Construction Association] |
| Content |
We have participated in subsidized projects to examine and make proposals on policies promoting mutual economic cooperation based on the economic resources, industrial characteristics and economic situation of the Hokuriku region and the individual regions of Northeast Asia, and have undertaken a research commission by the Hokuriku Construction Association. |
| Major outcomes |
- Construction of the Hokuriku Region Series "Research into the Economic Cooperation with Northeast Asia in the Hokuriku Region" (May 2008) (in Japanese)
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| Staff in Charge |
Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura
Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba |
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Research into the Promotion of International Tourism in Niigata City
Research into the Promotion of International Tourism in Niigata City
| [Commissioned by Niigata City] |
| Content |
We have carried out research on the current situation and potential for international tourism in the Northeast Asian region, and the current situation of international tourism in Niigata City. |
| Major outcomes |
- Report: "Research into the Promotion of International Tourism in Niigata City" (March 2008) (in Japanese)
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| Staff in Charge |
Senior Fellow Shinsaku Suzuki, Researcher Ken Ishii |
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