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Research Reports, Opinion Paper, Policy Review and Monograph Series

NIRA Reports
The "NIRA Reports" provide in-depth analyses of important policy issues and policy proposals.

*: Japanese reports

Status of Recovery and Current Problems in Three Disaster-hit Prefectures – What the Data Tells Us
- Indexes for Recovery and Reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake (March 2012 Update) -　April 2012
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Indexes for Recovery and Reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake - December 2011 Update - 　April 2012
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Revitalizing Medical Care and the Aging City - Measures for Promoting the Concentration of Medical Care in Downtown Areas- 　April 2012
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A New Model of Consumption in the Domestice Sector - Urban Consumption driven by the Elderly - , NIRA, March 2012
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Reading the Trends of the Times - The Virtuous Cycle between Autonomy and Solidarity - , NIRA, March 2012
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Indexes for Recovery and Reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake　　
by Recovery and Reconstruction Indexes Research Team, NIRA, September 2011
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The Path to Fiscal Reconstruction: Overcoming Disaster and Bequeathing Sound Finances to Future Generations, NIRA, April 2011
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Why Did Japan Stop Growing? by Takeo Hoshi (Prof. University of California, San Diego) and Anil Kashyap (Prof. University of Chicago), NIRA, January 2011
(Summary) | (Report) | (Appendix)

Strengthening Regional Cooperation in East Asia, NIRA, November 2010
(Summary) | (Policy Proposal) | (English-Japanese version)
Related article
""COMMENTARY" Daily Yomiuri, by Motoshige Itoh, November 2, 2010

Is the Aging of Society a Threat to Japan?: Increasing Productivity in the Next Decade is the Key,
　NIRA, May 2010
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*Policy Proposal for Integrated Medical Services in Regional Cities: Regions Taking Responsibility for Healthcare ("Machinaka Shuseki Iryo"no Teigen: Iryo ha Chiiki ga Kaiketsu Suru), NIRA, March 2010

The Market or Welfare?: Reconsidering the Alternatives--Socialization of Risk as the Way Forward for the Japanese Economy, NIRA
(Summary) May 2010
(Outline of the report)
Revitalizing the Japanese Economy by Socializing Risk by Charles Yuji Horioka (Prof. Osaka University) and Reiko Kanda (Senior Director, NIRA), ISER Discussion Paper No.799, Osaka University, December 2010
(Related article)
How to fix the Japanese economy: Socialize risk using a two-pronged strategy
by Charles Yuji Horioka (Prof. Osaka University) and Reiko Kanda (Senior Director, NIRA), April 22, 2010

*Agriculture as a New "Food Industry": Improving Agricultural Productivity to Enhance Self-sufficiency in Food Production (Nogyo wo Aratana "Shyokuryo Sangyo" ni: ShyokuryoJ Jikyuryoku Kyoka no Tame ni Nogyo Shuekiryoku no Kojo wo Hakaru), NIRA, November 2009

Asia as a Single "Domestic Market": The Harmonization of Rules and Systems, NIRA, October 2009
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Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis: A Proposal for a New Financial System beyond Present Stopgap Measures, NIRA, October 2009.
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*Abandoning the Illusion of Lifetime Employment：Towards a System of Employment Tailored to Changes in the Industrial Structure (Shushin Koyo to Iu Genso wo Suteyo: Sangyo Kozo Henka ni Atta Koyo Sisutemu ni Tenkan wo), NIRA, April 2009.

*The Potential Slumbering in Household Savings: The Necessity for a Transition from Saving to Spending (Kakei ni Nemuru "Kajo Chochiku": Kokumin Seikatsu no Shitsu noojo niha "Chochiku kara Shohi he" to yu Hasso ga Fukaketsu), NIRA, November 2008.

*Prospects for Statistical System Reform: Towards More Appropriate Use of Specialist and Experience-based Knowledge (Tokei Kaikaku heno Teigen: "Senmon-chi to Keiken-chi no kyoyuka" wo Mezashite), NIRA, October 2008

*The Issue of Increasing Employment Risk among Non-regular Employees in their Late Twenties and Thirties （Shushoku hyogaki sedai no kiwadosa: takamaru koyo risuku e do taio subekika), NIRA, April 2008.

*Scenarios for Regional Revitalization: Policy Responses to Population Decline (Chiho saisei e heno shinario：jinko gensho heno seisaku taio), NIRA, April 2008.

NIRA Opinion Paper
The "NIRA Opinion Paper" provides appropriate directions for Japan from the medium- to long-term perspective in the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, in addition to presenting relevant policy proposals. outlines essential points of policy issues.

No.6, March 2012
Why Choose the TPP? -A Consideration of the Issues from the Perspcetive of the System of International Trade-
by Motoshige Itoh (President, NIRA)

No.5, December 2011
The Urgency of Fiscal Reconstruction: Before Strain becomes Critical
by Motoshige Itoh (President, NIRA)

No.4, December 2011
The Hidden Risks in Japan's Financial System
by Takeo Hoshi (Prof. University of California, San Diego, and Visiting Researcher, NIRA)

NIRA Policy Review (Published exclusively in Japanese)
The "NIRA Policy Review" outlines essential points of policy issues and brings together expert perspectives in readily comprehensible form. Edited by Professor Motoshige Itoh, President of NIRA.

No.48, March 2011
Financial Reconstruction
by Motoshige Itoh (NIRA), Shunpei Takemori (Prof. Keio University), Hidetoshi Ohashi (Managing Director, Morgan Stanley), Toshiki Tomita (Prof. Chuo University), Seki Obata (Associate Prof. Keio University)

No.50, January 2011
Growing Recovery Still in the Shadow of the Crisis
by Paul Sheard (Global Chief Economist, Nomura Securities)

No.40, October 2009
The Flight of Japanese Macroeconomic Policies on one Engine: Fiscal Stimulus without Monetary Stimulusby Koichi Hamada (Prof. Yale University)
The Burden of Government Bonds on Future Generations
byTatsuo Hatta (President, National Graduate Institute for Pol

NIRA Monograph Series