The goal of the Australia-Japan Research Centre's research agenda is to contribute to the core understanding and analysis of fundamental issues surrounding the relations between Australia, Japan and the region while at the same time addressing topics of more immediate policy interest.
The Australia-Japan Research Centre also supports the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER)
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AJRC researchers in 2007 received a major three-year research grant to undertake further study of services trade reform.
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AJRC Executive Director, Jenny Corbett, has represented Australian Researchers in activities under the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) initiative.
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The AJRC received a grant from the Australia-Japan Foundation in 2008 to set up a Distinguished Visiting Fellowship on Australia-Japan relations at the Australian National University. The first recipient of this fellowship is Professor Go Ito, Professor of International Relations from Meiji University in Japan, who is undertaking research on “The Rationale for Australian and Japanese cooperation in Asia Regionalism” between March and September 2009.
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The AJRC received a grant from the Australia-Japan Foundation in 2008 to inaugurate an annual Crawford-Nishi Lecture on Australia-Japan relations to commemorate the contributions of Sir John Crawford and Ambassador Haruhiko Nishi to post-war Australia-Japan relations. The first lecture was given the Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs on 19 March 2009 on “Japan and Australia: A Vision for the Future”.
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In 2007 the AJRC received a grant from the Australia-Japan Foundation to establish for the first time in Australia an electronic research network of economists working on Japan-related topics. The network, the Australian Network of Research on the Japanese Economy (ARNJE) was launched in 2008 and organises workshops and panels on the Japanese economy at major research conferences around Australia. Access to the network is via a separate website: http://ajen.anu.edu.au/
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