On 13 May 2025, the Asia Scotland Institute was honoured to host Haruko Fukuda OBE – former Joint Chair of The Japan Society and a distinguished figure in international finance – for a special evening at The New Club in Edinburgh, held in collaboration with The […]
An Evening with Haruko Fukuda OBE: Reflections on ‘My Families and Other Samurai’ Read More
Did you know, the term “Society 5.0” originally emerged as a 5-year national strategy for Japan developed by the Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation which was published in 2016? Japan has envisioned more than just a term, it’s a measure where humans and AI
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Kenneth W. Harl, Empires of the Steppe: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation (London, 2023). Wiener Neustadt is a small town in Austria, known for its chocolate-box architecture: guidebooks recommend visiting the military academy, the mineral museum, and a moderately interesting water tower. One might
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The Lantern Festival, also called the Shangyuan Festival or Yuan Xiao Jie, is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the 15th day of the first month in the lunar Chinese calendar, marking the final day of the Chinese New Year celebrations. This festival dates back
Lantern Festival 2024: Traditions, Celebrations & Significance Read More
Late last week, US and British forces launched a series of missile strikes and air raids against a dozen sites in coastal Yemen. Their targets were the men and materiel of the Houthi, a semi-tribal Shi’ite militia who have, since early November, been lobbing suicide
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To both economists and ordinary people alike, the Japanese economic story since 1945 is best thought of in cinematic terms. If the ‘miracle years’ following World War II were like watching the economic equivalent of an action movie, after the bubble burst in the early
Japanese Corporate Governance Reform: A New Economy and Society? Read More
Podcast Description We are joined by Gavin Wilkins, the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Hawksford, a leading international provider of Corporate, Private Client and Fund services, to discuss ‘Business and trade relations between Scotland and ASEAN’. Gavin brings over 20 years of experience in finance,
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News In Asia India India hosted the G20 summit in New Delhi in September, bringing to an end its year-long presidency of the multilateral club. During the conference, the US, India and the Gulf States announced a plan to build a new trade route to
