Report for the Study on Creating New Roles for Men in Gender Equality

As one of the efforts in achieving gender equality, SPF established the “Research Committee on the New Role of Men” and explored the defining factors of men’s participation in household work and child rearing for 3 years since 2016. The result of the findings are described in this report.

By Akihiro Ueda

A Gender-Inclusive Southeast Asia through Entrepreneurship - New insights at the interface of Gender Equality and Business

Entrepreneurs are well placed to lead change in society. Through their use of market-based approaches, entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to absorb risk and rapidly innovate while ensuring financial sustainability. However, can entrepreneurship be a major mechanism to help enrich women’s lives and promote gender equality in Southeast Asia?

By SPF and Dalberg Advisors

Proposals to the Japanese Government Concerning International Management of Plutonium

In September 2018, SPF launched the Working Group on New Initiatives for Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Non-Proliferation, which set out to consider a range of topics including Japan's lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear accident, strategies to control and manage nuclear fuel on a global scale, ways for Japan to contribute to denuclearizing North Korea, and the new approaches to nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

Proposals to the Japanese Government Concerning International Management of Plutonium

In September 2018, SPF launched the Working Group on New Initiatives for Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Non-Proliferation, which set out to consider a range of topics including Japan's lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear accident, strategies to control and manage nuclear fuel on a global scale, ways for Japan to contribute to denuclearizing North Korea, and the new approaches to nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

The End of Nuclear Forgetting: Revival of Nuclear Weapons

By Nobumasa Akiyama, Sugio Takahashi, Ken Jimbo, Yu Koizumi,Hirohumi Tosaki, Motohiro Tsuchiya, and Masahiro Kurita

Gender Equality in Japan, Hong Kong & Singapore

This Special Report is groundbreaking in that it provides the first significant evaluation of the gender equality performance of public companies in Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, the three advanced economies of Asia.

By Equileap