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SUMMARY:Japan’s Lost Decades: A Call for Fundamental Statecraft Reform -
  Dr. Takashi Inoue (The Japan Public Relations Society)\, Charles Harman (
 The Council of the University of Oxford)\, Waichi Sekiguchi (Former editor
 ial writer\, The Nikkei Newspaper)\, Yukihisa Fujita (Former Vice Minister
  of Finance\, Visiting Research Fellow\, DPIR)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260307T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260307T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:His Majesty the Emperor of Japan said during the State visit t
 o the UK by him and Her Majesty the Empress in 2024: the UK and Japan are 
 “friends like no other”. They both studied at Oxford.\n\nJapan adopted
  the Westminster political system and the modern British social and indust
 rial system. But after the post-war period of economic growth\, Japan lost
  three decades of economic might.\n\nThe Committee to Examine Japan’s Lo
 st 30 Years has formulated comprehensive proposals for the fundamental ref
 orm of national governance\, which will be presented at this lecture. The 
 Committee contends that “the lost 30 years” were in fact “the 30 yea
 rs we lost\,” the result of political and bureaucratic inertia. At the h
 eart of the problem lies the absence of statecraft—the strategic\, long-
 term management of the state.\n\nThe proposals demand a decisive break fro
 m the status quo with dynastic politics.  They call for deep political ref
 orm\, including the prime minister’s unchecked power to dissolve the par
 liament\, and advocate for the construction of a new framework of statecra
 ft that unites political leadership with effective executive governance.\n
 \nCan Britain help Japan to be reborn again so that Japan can support Brit
 ain’s economy and global leadership at a time of worldwide crisis?\nSpea
 kers:\nDr. Takashi Inoue (The Japan Public Relations Society)\, Charles Ha
 rman (The Council of the University of Oxford)\, Waichi Sekiguchi (Former 
 editorial writer\, The Nikkei Newspaper)\, Yukihisa Fujita (Former Vice Mi
 nister of Finance\, Visiting Research Fellow\, DPIR)
LOCATION:Manor Road Building (The Lecture Theatre)\, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/075aaa7b-2d69-4a3d-a277-4cc77abed75e/
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  Reform - Dr. Takashi Inoue (The Japan Public Relations Society)\, Charles
  Harman (The Council of the University of Oxford)\, Waichi Sekiguchi (Form
 er editorial writer\, The Nikkei Newspaper)\, Yukihisa Fujita (Former Vice
  Minister of Finance\, Visiting Research Fellow\, DPIR)
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