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Professor
Kenichi Ohno Awarded the Medal for Education in Vietnam
 In
November 2011, Prof. Kenichi Ohno received the Medal for Education,
which is an award given for significant contribution to education
and training in Vietnam.
Since 1995, Prof.
Kenichi Ohno has produced a large number of practical
policy-oriented research papers, books and proposals on Vietnam's
development. In 2004, the
Vietnam Development
Forum (VDF), a GRIPS's research office in Hanoi, was established
where Prof. Ohno trained many young Vietnamese researchers,
including GRIPS alumni, in actual policy making environment.
On 28 November
2011, an award ceremony took place at the National Economics
University (NEU) in Hanoi, the Vietnamese partner of GRIPS. Prof.
Tran Tho Dat, Vice Rector of NEU, presented the award and expressed
his appreciation for Prof. Ohno's strenuous efforts toward education
and training in Vietnam.
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 (Jan2010)
明治維新1858−1881
(Meiji Restoration 1858-1881)
With Junji Banno (a historian, professor emeritus at the
University of Tokyo)
Issued on: January 2010 (227 pages)
Publisher: Kodansha-Gendai-Shinsho
ISBN-10: 4062880318 /
ISBN-13: 978-4062880312
Part 1 in English:
Full version (PDF
1002KB)
| Short version
(PDF 265KB)
The unique point of this book is that, an economist and a historian
analyse the Japanese political process in the "transformation
period" which spanned from the late Edo period to the early Meiji
period - how the Meiji Revolution was achieved? what is the
"flexible structure" of politics, which permitted the competition of
multiple goals? - from the viewpoint of both historical and
international comparison. <in Japanese only>
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 (Nov2009)
New Publication Introducing
KAIZEN in Africa
Kaizen literally means improvement: change (kai)
for good (zen).
This book aims to introduce the basic concept and characteristics of
kaizen to African audience and explain how Japan has
implemented kaizen assistance in developing countries. It
also discuss the factors that affect the performance of
international kaizen assistance. Kaizen is applicable not only to the manufacturing sector but
also to the service sector, public organizations, and non-profit
organizations.
The book also provides information on the history of Japan's quality
and productivity improvement. (October 2009, GRIPS Development
Forum)
The contents are downloadable at "Download" corner of this website,
or please write to us if you wish to have a hard copy.
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 (Jun2009)
The Middle Income
Trap: Implications for Industrialization Strategies in East Asia and
Africa
This publication includes a series of papers (3 conference papers
and 1 policy proposal) for different occasions but from a common
perspective. Why do so many countries develop only to the middle
income level but never rise to the level of Taiwan and Korea? What
is the advice for countries that have already reached middle income
such as Malaysia and Thailand, and others? The author argues in this
book what the government must do to over come the situation. (March
2009, GRIPS Development Forum)
The contents are downloadable at "Download" corner of this website,
or please write to us if you wish to have a hard copy.
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 (Sep2008)
The Arabic version of Economic Development of Japan: The
Path traveled by Japanese As a Developing country
(written by
Kenichi Ohno, originally in Japanese Tojoukoku Nippon no Ayumi,
2005, Yuhikaku) was published with a cooperation of Japan
Foundation.
(September 2008, Dar El Shorouk, Cairo) |
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