Members — Articles
English introductions to the institute’s research, essays, and archived publications. Japanese originals and downloadable materials are linked from each entry.
Interdependence and the Role of the State: A Systems Approach
A paper by Yasuhide Yamanouchi published in International Relations (Kokusai Seiji), No. 96, March 1991. The Japanese archive provides a PDF.
The Information Society Today
A paper by Shumpei Kumon of the Institute of Socio-Infonomics, Tama University, dated May 2009. The archive provides a downloadable Japanese document.
Beyond Network Neutrality
Izumi Aizu introduces his article with Judit Bayer in the Telecommunications Journal of Australia. It discusses Japan’s broadband market, IPv6 and next-generation networks, Internet interconnection, the proposed “dot Nippon” domain, and regulation of harmful mobile content, considering the usefulness and limits of a network-neutrality framework.
Promoting Parliamentary Information and Multilingual Web Content: APOINT 2001
A co-authored paper on parliamentary information and multilingual web publishing associated with the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum’s APOINT 2001 initiative. It appeared in Media and Communication, No. 51, Keio University. The source provides a Japanese PDF.
A Year in Cambodia: What Can Japan Learn from UNTAC?
Yasuhide Yamanouchi’s article in the August 1994 issue of Chuo Koron reflects on Cambodia and the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). A Japanese PDF is available in the original archive.
Systems Theory and the Formation of Order
A paper by Yasuhide Yamanouchi and Susumu Kuroishi on systems theory and the formation of order. The source page links to a Japanese PDF.
Networks, Netwars, and the Fight for the Future
A Japanese translation by Yasuhide Yamanouchi of work by David Ronfeldt and John Arquilla on networks, netwar, and future conflict. The archive links to the translated document.
The Convenience of an “iPhone Newspaper”
An article by Shumpei Kumon published in Seiron on 15 January 2009, introducing the usefulness of reading newspapers on an iPhone. The source links to a Japanese PDF.
At the Start of 2009: Looking Back on 2008
Izumi Aizu reviews international travel and research in 2008, particularly discussions of Internet governance, and reflects on the coming year. The original is a personal account of research and civic engagement in the global network society.
Informatization in Japan: Political and Security Implications for Network Society
A contribution by Yasuhide Yamanouchi to Freedom and Security in Network Society, NTT Publishing, April 2005. The archive links to the Japanese document.