kenjikushida

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Japan's Political Economy, Business Transformations, Technology, Stanford

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

I was interviewed today on a segment for PBS NewsHour just before the meeting between Prime Minister Takaichi and the US president.
It's always an honor -- thank you!
https://t.co/4Enst1MmUJ

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

Japanese politics took several unexpected turns, with Takaichi Sanae winning the LDP presidency and the Komeito leaving its coalition with the LDP. Here's my @CarnegieEndow piece (that had to course-correct quickly to get it out before the long weekend).
https://t.co/Hc6vP9t3XC

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

My new piece from @CarnegieEndow aimed at the space between short news articles and commentaries that are timely but don't have enough space for a deeper dive, and in-depth academic analyses that go deeper but take far longer to come out.

https://t.co/hBN09czswz

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

My brief commentary from Carnegie in the "Emissary" series:
"How Technology Cooperation Can Help Japan and South Korea Seize the Moment Trump Created"

https://t.co/wQUnOnkpw3

[グロービス学び放題×知見録 @GLOBISJP]

「トランプは交渉する時に相手に自分の次の意図を読ませないことが力」

トランプ政権の7つの特徴とは？

揺さぶられる国際情勢の中で、日本が国益を守り、あらゆる事態に備えるための視点を議論していただきました。
#トランプ政権 #安全保障

櫛田健児×鈴木馨祐×武田洋子×竹中平蔵
@kenjikushida @HeizoTakenaka

[Carnegie Endowment @CarnegieEndow]

Japan has been a “model citizen” throughout the Trump administration’s tariff rollercoaster, says Carnegie’s Kenji Kushida. But caught between uncertainty in the U.S. and security threats in China, the Japanese economy is now in a difficult position.

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

Carnegie has a series of short pieces focused how various countries' relationship with the US has changed in the first 100 days of this US administration, from the perspective of each country. Here is mine on Japan.
https://t.co/nfztFBmNHa

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

Please join us for an international panel of high caliber panelists:

"How to Expand U.S.-Japan Tech Ties in the New Global Landscape"

Wed. February 12th,
6 PM - 7 PM (EST),
3 PM - 4 PM (PST)
Thurs. Feb 13, 8 AM (Japan Time)

https://t.co/CY2PDQGQhK

[Carnegie Endowment @CarnegieEndow]

Technology & innovation are an increasingly important pillar of the U.S.-Japan relationship. Ahead of Japanese Prime Minister & President Donald Trump's first summit meeting, the evolving geopolitical landscape raises new questions for the alliance's future.

Join @kenjikushida, @KritiGovella, @Yves_Global, & Yoichi Mineo for a discussion following the summit meeting to explore new paths forward in U.S.-Japan relations.

⏱️ Feb. 12 @ 6 PM EST: https://t.co/vvfA4We21V

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

Delighted to announce the new "Innovative Japan, Global Japan" page at @CarnegieEndow that puts our distinctive research streams and programs in one place.
https://t.co/o1XbCbluZ8

[Carnegie Endowment @CarnegieEndow]

Is Japan's demographic decline a crisis or an opportunity?

With advanced robotics & AI, Japan is turning labor shortages into a driver of tech innovation, reshaping sectors from eldercare to agribusiness, construction, & finance, writes @kenjikushida ⬇️
https://t.co/oYBdIm14X9

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

Delighted to finally launch this new project! Lots in the pipeline!

[Evan A. Feigenbaum @EvanFeigenbaum]

Japan’s extreme demographic aging and shrinking is an economic and societal challenge, but also a technological opportunity for global leadership. Great new paper from @kenjikushida for #CarnegieAsia. https://t.co/Mi80U7rcsa

[Evan A. Feigenbaum @EvanFeigenbaum]

Japan’s extreme demographic aging and shrinking is an economic and societal challenge, but also a technological opportunity for global leadership. Great new paper from @kenjikushida for #CarnegieAsia. https://t.co/Mi80U7rcsa

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

More installments of Startup Japan pieces coming soon!

[Evan A. Feigenbaum @EvanFeigenbaum]

Our #CarnegieAsia project, "Startup Japan," features data, company cases, policy analyses, and stories to illustrate how startups are injecting flexibility and dynamism into Japan’s rigid postwar social structures and an economy dominated by large firms: https://t.co/kaNVD87B3K

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

Quoted in a fun little piece by Wapo, but happier that my comparative framing and examples made it before my quote. SF's MUNI still uses floppy disks, as did some older airplanes and other governments. Not simply a "quaint Japan" issue. https://t.co/JG50pBPApr

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

Starting in an hour! (4pm PDT, 7pm EDT, 8am Japan Time)

[Carnegie Endowment @CarnegieEndow]

TOMORROW @ 7 PM

Technology collaborations are at the center of the U.S.-Japan partnership. Join @kenjikushida, Aki Jiang, Ryosuke Sakai, & Wataru Kuribayash to explore key patterns in cutting-edge, private-sector collaboration between the two.

RSVP: https://t.co/WOnn9L9H0Q

[Carnegie Endowment @CarnegieEndow]

TOMORROW @ 7 PM

Technology collaborations are at the center of the U.S.-Japan partnership. Join @kenjikushida, Aki Jiang, Ryosuke Sakai, & Wataru Kuribayash to explore key patterns in cutting-edge, private-sector collaboration between the two.

RSVP: https://t.co/WOnn9L9H0Q

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

Please join us on 3/28 for an exciting panel at @CarnegieEndow "On the Frontier of US-Japan Tech Collaborations" featuring Aki Jiang of WiL, Doug Kuribayashi of Presidio Ventures/Sumitomo Corp, and Ricky Sakai from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries!
https://t.co/9GhTTmPJ3f

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

I was interviewed by an NPR show, Planet Money, to give a bit more context about Nippon Steel's purchase of US Steel. (We'll see if it goes through.)

https://t.co/jB332eEk6c

[kenjikushida @kenjikushida]

New piece is out in my "Silicon Valley Reconsidered: Beyond Celebration and Condemnation" series. This sets the stage for some more in depth pieces about venture capital and other aspects of the ecosystem. @CarnegieEndow

https://t.co/N2U8Y7oqsH