Essays about: "japanese reform"
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1. The Concept of Democracy and Deliberative Communication in Japanese Civics Education : Textbooks Analysis of Civics in Japanese Upper Secondary Education: A comparison Over the Curriculum Reform in 2022
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : This study focuses on civics in Japanese upper secondary education. A new curriculum reform was implemented in 2022, and a new subject named Public [kokyo] became a subject on civics, which aims to nurture students to actively contribute to a peaceful and democratic society. READ MORE
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2. The framing of Japanese corporate governance in the English-language mass media
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : This thesis investigates and problematizes how the English-language mass media constructs the discourse on Japanese corporate governance. The purpose is to analyse and problematize the discourse on mass media with regard to orientalism. READ MORE
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3. Japan’s Changing Official Development Assistance : How Institutional Reforms Affected the Role of Japan’s Private Sector in ODA Delivery
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : Despite its OECD membership and transformation from aid recipient into a major donor of official development assistance (ODA), Japan has long been criticized for pursuing commercial interests through its infrastructure-focused ODA, which has heavily relied on its own corporate private sector for implementation. Throughout the last two decades, institutional reforms have altered the structure and principles of Japan’s foreign aid; yet not much knowledge has been produced on how these reforms have changed the prominent role of Japan’s private sector in aid implementation. READ MORE
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4. THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE “IRON TRIANGLE” PHENOMENON: A CASE STUDY OF THE “IRON TRIANGLE” IN THE POSTAL INDUSTRY AND POSTAL REFORMS IN JAPAN
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : The “iron triangle” phenomenon, or nexus between politicians, bureaucrats and business, is an important element of the Japanese postwar political economy system, known as the “1955 system” or “Japan Inc.” Although, originally created to facilitate high-speed economic growth by ensuring efficient cooperation between the government and business, over time it became associated with high-profile corruption and massive government spending on economically unnecessary projects which boosted Japan’s public debt. READ MORE
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5. Deregulation and privatization in the Japanese financial sector and its effects on competition
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : In this thesis I am studying the institutional reforms that have been made in the Japanese financial system, from the beginning of the 80s but mostly between the years 1990-2000, and the privatization of the Japan Post, started in 2007. In the highly regulated Japanese financial system, the government divided the banks and other financial institutions into functional and regional categories such as city banks, regional banks, long-term credit banks, and securities companies etc, and restricted entry of companies of another category. READ MORE
