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Noriko HamaNoriko Hama is professor at Doshisha Business School. She writes regularly and commentates frequently in leading journals (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan Times, Financial Times) and broadcasting media (NHK, BBC, CNN). Her publications include (as co-author) Can the Dollar Recover? (1992) and (as contributor) The Japanese Economy in Synopsis (2005). Recent articlesThe recycling of the G8: ghosts at the table Japan's prime minister Yasuo Fukuda had a golden chance to make the G8 summiteers face the painful realities of globalisation. Noriko Hama laments a missed opportunity. Shinzo Abe: out of time
Japan's ruling party is imploding - and that can only be good news for Japanese democracy, says Noriko Hama. The China-Japan spring romance: thus far, how much farther?A successful working partnership between Beijing and Tokyo has been built on economic integration. Now for the hard part, says Noriko Hama. Shinzo Abe: riding high on ambiguityJapan's confident, loquacious new prime minister has made a smooth landing. That's what worries Noriko Hama. How not to build an East Asian CommunityThe first East Asia Summit, planned as a means towards regional harmony and integration, is mired in dispute before it has even started, says Noriko Hama. |
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