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FAJS Grant Round 2019-20
Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies (FAJS) Research Grant Round 2019-20 opens 16 September 2019, closes 21 October 2019.

Call for Papers: Japan-Australia Energy Dialogue
There is an urgent need to redesign energy policy and law in Australia and Japan in order to promote innovation and achieve deep decarbonisation. This is necessary to meet the Paris Agreement targets which include zero net emissions shortly after 2050.

2018 AJRC Fellowship Program
The Australian National University (ANU) in association with leading Japanese research institutes is offering an exciting opportunity for late-year undergraduate and postgraduate students from Australia’s Group of Eight (Go8) universities with a strong interest in Japan and Australia-Japan relati

Where to now for Japan after Abe’s landslide win?
In a master political move, Shinzo Abe has reclaimed a two-thirds majority in Japan’s lower house for his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito through a landslide electoral victory on 22 October.

ANU and Japan’s Ritsumeikan University to offer dual degree
The Australian National University (ANU) will build on its global expertise in the study of the Asia Pacific by offering a new undergraduate dual degree program with Japan's Ritsumeikan University (RU).

Australia-Japan Science Diplomacy & Public Policy Forums
The ANU Japan Institute wishes to thank the Australia-Japan Foundation and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for their generous contribution of $66,000 towards the upcoming Australia-Japan Science Diplomacy & Public Policy Forums.

Much at stake for the Japan–EU trade deal
Author: Martin Schulz, Fujitsu Research Institute

Japan Update 2017: what role will Japan play in a changing global system?
Policymakers, industry leaders and Japan experts gathered at ANU last week for the 2017 Japan Update. Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop delivered the keynote address at the conference hosted by ANU College of Asia & the Pacific under the theme ‘seeking new directions’.

Trump prompts Japan’s cautious shift to self-reliance
3 September 2017 Author: Fumiaki Kubo, University of Tokyo Japan was stunned and scared on 9 November 2016 to find that Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States.

Japan MP, Ms Yuko Obuchi visits ANU Solar Thermal team
Japanese MP, Ms Yuko Obuchi, met with the Solar Thermal Group at the Australian National University (ANU) to learn about hydrogen and solar energy research in Australia.
