Yoshihisa Godo received his PhD degree from the University of Kyoto in 1992. His areas of research include development economics and agricultural economics. Professor Godo’s Development Economics (3rd edition), co-authored with Yujiro Hayami and published by the Oxford University Press in 2005, is especially well known. His book written in Japanese, Nihon no Shoku to Nou (Food and Agriculture in Japan), received the 28th Suntory Book Prize in 2006, one of the most prestigious academic book prizes in Japan. He belongs to the International Zheng He Society as an honorary advisor.
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Rapid population aging, urbanization, and changes in family structure across Asia have reshaped social problems. Although earlier policies focused on alleviating material poverty, many Asian societies now face growing challenges related to social isolation, loneliness, and the care gap...
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The 2026 Employment for Skill Development Program, Japan’s new program for the admission of foreign laborers, is expected to bring the legal status of foreign laborers into alignment with global standards. The program provides for special, favorable treatment of foreign nationals who...
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This paper analyzes recent shifts in U.S. tariff policy toward strategic protectionism and their implications for Japanese agriculture. Japan’s heavy reliance on imported agricultural products and fertilizers, coupled with an aging farming population, exposes structural vulnerabilities...
Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa Godo received his PhD degree from the University of Kyoto in 1992. His areas of research include development economics and agricultural economics. Professor Godo’s Development Economics (3rd edition), co-authored with Yujiro Hayami and published by the Oxford University Press in 2005, is especially well known. His book written in Japanese, Nihon no Shoku to Nou (Food and Agriculture in Japan), received the 28th Suntory Book Prize in 2006, one of the most prestigious academic book prizes in Japan. He belongs to the International Zheng He Society as an honorary advisor.
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Meiji Gakuin UniversityJob Title
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godo@eco.meijigakuin.ac.jpLatest Submission from Japan
Agriculture as Social Infrastructure in Aging Societies
Employment for Skill Development Program: A Global Labor Standard for Foreign Agricultural Workers in Japan
U.S. Tariff Policy and Its Impacts on Japanese Agriculture
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