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    Sinking seaweed in the deep ocean for carbon neutrality is ahead of science and beyond the ethics

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    Sinking vast amounts of seaweed in the deep ocean is currently being proposed as a promising ocean carbon dioxide removal strategy as well as a natural-based solution to mitigate climate change. Still, marketable carbon offsets through large-scale seaweed sinking in the deep ocean lack documentation and could involve unintended environmental and social consequences. Managing the risks requires a number of urgent actions

    UNLV Rebels vs. MEIJI

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    Team roster for both schools. UNLV Schedule List of UNLV Scholarship Donors Meet the Rebels Opponent\u27s Scouting Report Jerry Tarkanian Stor

    Japan: State and People in the Twentieth Century - Papers presented at the STICERD 20th Anniversary Symposium in July 1998

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    The four papers and comments in this volume deal with different aspects of the relationship between state and people in twentieth century Japan. Ben-Ami Shillony's paper is concerned with religious aspects of this relationship, in particular concerning the role of the emperor, while Barbara Molony is concerned with the position of women. Sheldon Garon's paper deals with the state's propaganda to promote saving, while Werner Pascha addresses the broader issue of the position of central government and the possibility of Japan's moving towards more of a federal structure.Japan, religion, emperor, women, saving, federalism

    Japanese National Identity and National Security

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    This thesis examines the interrelation between national security and nationalism in Japan. Beginning from the stance of classical realism as put forth by Hans Morgenthau, the essay takes a culturalist view as its starting point. The culturalist view, in accepting the basic assumptions of classical realism as given, understands that all states act freely and rationally to maximize their interests, defined in terms of power. Power, as Morgenthau points out, is not a fixed concept, its definition being subject to the vicissitudes of time and culture. The culturalist model attempts to understand how each civilization understands power by examining its cultural assumptions. In the present case, we are attempting to understand the ideas undergirding Japanese policymakers in the field of national security. The essay traces the evolution of the nationalist discourse from its first manifestation in the early Edo period up to its manifestations in contemporary Japan. Since the time of the Meiji Restoration, the thesis argues, the nationalist discourse has been the prominent form of socio-political discussion in Japanese policy circles, and is indispensable to any understanding of the decisions of Japanese policymakers, especially in the area of national security. The thesis argues that there have been three paradigmatic shifts in Japanese society, all of which have engendered shifts in the nationalist discourse and in security policy. These shifts have been, 1) the Meiji Restoration, 2) defeat in the Pacific War, and 3) the 1991 Gulf War Crisis. The thesis further argues that a shift is now underway in the post-9/11 world. All of these shifts have been undergirded by the ideas of the nationalist discourse, making the study of nationalism in Japan integral to any competent understanding of Japanese security policy. The essay ends with a discussion of what American policy in the region should be, taking Japanese security policy as a base

    Japanese National Identity and National Security

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    This thesis examines the interrelation between national security and nationalism in Japan. Beginning from the stance of classical realism as put forth by Hans Morgenthau, the essay takes a culturalist view as its starting point. The culturalist view, in accepting the basic assumptions of classical realism as given, understands that all states act freely and rationally to maximize their interests, defined in terms of power. Power, as Morgenthau points out, is not a fixed concept, its definition being subject to the vicissitudes of time and culture. The culturalist model attempts to understand how each civilization understands power by examining its cultural assumptions. In the present case, we are attempting to understand the ideas undergirding Japanese policymakers in the field of national security. The essay traces the evolution of the nationalist discourse from its first manifestation in the early Edo period up to its manifestations in contemporary Japan. Since the time of the Meiji Restoration, the thesis argues, the nationalist discourse has been the prominent form of socio-political discussion in Japanese policy circles, and is indispensable to any understanding of the decisions of Japanese policymakers, especially in the area of national security. The thesis argues that there have been three paradigmatic shifts in Japanese society, all of which have engendered shifts in the nationalist discourse and in security policy. These shifts have been, 1) the Meiji Restoration, 2) defeat in the Pacific War, and 3) the 1991 Gulf War Crisis. The thesis further argues that a shift is now underway in the post-9/11 world. All of these shifts have been undergirded by the ideas of the nationalist discourse, making the study of nationalism in Japan integral to any competent understanding of Japanese security policy. The essay ends with a discussion of what American policy in the region should be, taking Japanese security policy as a base

    From Smithian Growth to Schumpeterian Development: An Inquiry into the Development of the Kiryu Weaving District in the Early 20th Century Japan

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    This study finds that the process of evolutionary development of the Kiryu weaving district in Japan from 1895 to 1930 can be divided into the two phases, i.e., Smithian growth based on the inter-firm division of labor using hand looms and Schumpeterian development based on factory system using power looms. Weaving manufacturers-cum-contractors led Smithian growth by organizing sub-contracts with out-weavers in rural villages among others, thereby contributing to the steady growth in production. Newly emerged joint stock firms played a role of genuine entrepreneurs by realizing significant scale economies and transforming the traditional weaving district into a cluster of large modern factories.industrial district, Smithian growth, Schumpeterian development, weaving industry, 20th century Japan

    ‘Separating the Roots of the Chrysanthemum’: Nishihara Kamezō and the Abortive China Loans, 1917-18

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    In the period between 1917 and 1918, a series of mysterious loans negotiated between Japanese middleman Nishihara Kamezō 西原亀三 and the government of warlord Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 amounted to the fabulous amount of ¥145,000,000. Although reporting about these loans at the time was confused to say the least, we now know that there existed definite and close relationships between Nishihara Kamezō on the one hand, and the Terauchi Cabinet in Tokyo, in the person of then Minister of Finance Shōda Kazue 勝田主計 in particular.1 Analyzing the Nishihara loans in their geopolitical and historical particularity and isolation is, however, to miss the point. In what context(s) were these infamous loans raised? What was, for instance the nature of their geopolitical climate and their international institutional character? Next, in what respect did the Nishihara loans differ from earlier, more 'official' instances of yen diplomacy? In what respect did they represent a break with former administrations, and, more importantly, did their exist a broad consensus about their objectives and appropriateness? And not in the least: how did China's turbulent politics contribute to their ill fate?money doctoring, Japanese history, Chinese history. loans, warlordism, Nishihara, imperialism

    Innovative Tokyo

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    This paper compares and contrasts Tokyo's innovation structure with the industrial districts model and the international hub model in the literature on urban and regional development. The Tokyo model embraces and yet transcends both industrial districts and international hub models. The paper details key elements making up the Tokyo model-organizational knowledge creation, integral and co-location systems of corporate R&D and new product development, test markets, industrial districts and clusters, participative consumer culture, continuous learning from abroad, local government policies, the national system of innovation, and the historical genesis of Tokyo in Japan's political economy. The paper finds that the Tokyo model of innovation will continue to evolve with the changing external environment, but fundamentally retains its main characteristics. The lessons from the Tokyo model is that openness, a diversified industrial base, the continuing development of new industries, and an emphasis on innovation, all contribute to the dynamism of a major metropolitan region.Labor Policies,Environmental Economics&Policies,Public Health Promotion,ICT Policy and Strategies,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,ICT Policy and Strategies,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Innovation
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