DCER: DENTSU SOKEN Center for Economic Security Research
電通総研 経済安全保障研究センターの論考や活動を紹介します。
We will disseminate our researchers' discussions and activity reports.
[Latest Report] Many Tables, No Rulebook: Why International AI Governance Is Fragmenting
In the same week in September, twenty countries called for stronger multilateral AI oversight — while the U.S. and China launched their own bilateral AI dialogue. This is today’s AI governance landscape: more forums, thinner commitments, and growing pressure on smaller countries to choose sides. In Part 2 of her three-part series, Visiting Fellow Emily S. Chen (University of Tokyo) explains why fragmentation is happening, who bears the cost, and what it means for Japan.
https://t.co/1VRvf8gbXL
[Latest Report] Why Overproduction Won’t Stop: The Case for a “Fourth Option” in Trade Remedies
Steel, solar panels, EVs — entire industries are running at a loss, yet firms keep producing and exporting. Anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties were not designed for this: they cannot stop exports driven by the structural preservation of loss-making “zombie firms.” Mariko Watanabe (Gakushuin University) proposes a “scale tariff” as a fourth trade remedy — and calls on CPTPP members and the EU to coordinate their response before more industries are displaced.
https://t.co/RH6gbyY7DB
[Latest Report] The U.S.–China Summit and Its Implications for Taiwan: Beware the Sixth "T"
"Taiwan independence" has no agreed definition — and China claims the authority to determine what crosses the line. That is why Japan has deliberately avoided phrases like "not supporting Taiwan independence": to deny Beijing the room to interpret the term expansively. As President Trump shows little interest in defining terms precisely, the risk of miscalculation grows. Michi Kakizawa (Daito Bunka University) examines the summit's implications for Taiwan — and for Japan's own strategic posture.
https://t.co/Xr8mtkhXxp
[Latest Report] How to Embed Economic Security in Corporate Governance: New Issues Arising from the 2026 Code Revision
Japan's Corporate Governance Code was revised in July 2026 — and for the first time, "economic security" appears explicitly in its text. But the risk is that companies treat it as just another checklist item. In this second DCER contribution, Visiting Fellow Klevis Sevrani argues that boards must go further: connecting economic security not only to risk management, but to corporate strategy and the allocation of capital and talent. A practical guide for directors navigating the new Code.
https://t.co/OV4PSy71Df
[Latest Report] The ¥20 Trillion in Japan's "AI and Robotics Strategy": New Japanese-Made Mobile Robots Can No Longer Be Sold in the United States
Japan has the world's tightest labor market — which also makes it one of the largest deployment opportunities for Physical AI. But deploying robots without deciding, at the procurement stage, who owns the operational data means the "memory" accumulates not with Japan, but with whoever holds the records. In Part 2 of his series, Kotaro Tamura (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS) argues that Japan must rewrite its yardstick — from unit count to memory — before the window closes.
https://t.co/DMmyJTFllF
[Latest Report] ¥101 Trillion for AI and Semiconductors, ¥15 Trillion for Power Generation: Is Japan Cutting Into Its Own Winning Hand?
Japan's growth strategy commits ¥101.6 trillion to AI and semiconductors — yet only ¥15.2 trillion to power generation. The two figures cannot be compared directly, but the question is unavoidable: as AI data centers and chip plants drive up electricity demand, who bears the cost? The answer may be Japan's existing world-class industries — magnets, semiconductor materials, ultra-high-purity chemicals — where even a momentary voltage dip can mean a defective product. In Part 1 of a new series, Kotaro Tamura (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS) examines what Japan's investment roadmap is missing.
https://t.co/pvxCjWq4XL
[Latest Report] Cryptography's 2030 Problem: How a U.S. Executive Order Is Accelerating the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography
No cryptographic method remains secure forever. PQC migration is not a one-time system update — it is the challenge of building an organizational capability to update cryptography as standards, technologies, and threats evolve. This capability, known as crypto-agility, is increasingly an economic security issue, not just an IT one. DCER Researcher Fumie Aoki examines how the latest U.S. Executive Order is moving PQC from planning to implementation — and what that means for Japanese companies.
https://t.co/gSZ91kHna7
[Latest Report] The Structural Transformation of the Middle Eastern Order: From Overlapping Confrontations to "Managed Competition"
"A country that is strong in a crisis is not one that remains untouched by it — it is one that has several exits, speaks with several counterparts, and can preserve its options." What looks like disorder in the Middle East may, in fact, be an early glimpse of the new rules of international order. In the concluding installment of his four-part series, Naoki Tamaki — Chairman of Marubeni Saudi Investment and Visiting Fellow at Chatham House, based in Saudi Arabia — examines how the region is moving from overlapping rivalries toward managed competition.
https://t.co/RM5Z0a1hee
[Latest Report] Public-Private Partnership and the Japanese Economic Security Model
"Everyone accepts that economic security is national security — but Japan seems to be the only advanced democracy that has actually figured out how to make companies follow." That observation, from a European government official, captures what David A. Parker (GRIPS) calls the "Tokyo Effect": a growing global interest in Japan's model of public-private cooperation on economic security. What makes it work — and what can like-minded partners learn from it?
https://t.co/b8yOjouU3e
[Latest Report] Reshoring Without Workers?: The Overlooked Labor Constraint in Japan's Supply Chain Strategy
Japan has committed to driving more than ¥370 trillion in domestic investment by 2040. But who will build the plants — and who will run them? With job openings-to-applicants ratios reaching 5.49 in construction and 6.24 for skilled engineers, labor is the overlooked bottleneck in Japan's reshoring push. Toshiyuki Matsuura (Keio University) and Arata Kuno (Research Director) examine the structural constraints that subsidies alone cannot solve.
https://t.co/VtSCiB5MJB
【最新レポート――日本型経済安全保障モデル:官民連携はいかに機能しているのか】
「経済安全保障が国家安全保障の一部であることは広く受け入れられている。しかし、企業の協力を実際に取り付けることに成功した先進民主主義国は、日本だけではないか」――あるヨーロッパ政府関係者の言葉だ。世界が注目する日本の官民連携モデルの実態を、Kameido Group マネージング・パートナーのデイビッド・A・パーカー氏が論じる。
https://t.co/FMO8adMon7