About AJRC

The AJRC was established in 1980 by Professor Sir John Crawford and Professor Peter Drysdale with the help of Dr Saburo Okita and Professor Kiyoshi Kojima from Japan.  At its inception, AJRC received joint government and business funding from Australia and Japan.

Professor Jenny Corbett, who has a long association with the AJRC, has been Executive Director since August 2004. The AJRC has appointed a small number of academic staff and long-term Visiting Fellows, and regularly invites short-term Visiting Fellows from Japan and elsewhere.

AJRC maintains an active program of events and publications, serving as a forum for dialogue on the Centre's ongoing projects and as a vehicle for dissemination of new research. Many scholars around Australia and the region are research associates to the AJRC.

The AJRC is a founding member of the East Asia Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) through which it maintains links with a network of research institutions throughout the region.

The research activities of AJRC develop to reflect the changing economic structure of both countries and the region, but are broadly grouped into thematic areas covering Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, Trade and Trade Policy and International Finance and Economy.

The AJRC encourages PhD students to undertake research on Japan and the regional economy. Students apply under ANU or Crawford School post-graduate programs with the guidance of AJRC academic staff.

The AJRC works closely with other research Centres and contributes to programs in the Crawford School as well as in the College of Asia and the Pacific and other ANU Colleges.

For more information on Japan research at the ANU please visit the ANU's Japan Institute. The Japan Institute brings together the university's extensive range of Japan expertise across the disciplines, and provides a focus for Australia-wide collaboration with universities and public institutions to promote knowledge of Japan.