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Naoki Tanaka

たなか なおき

Tanaka Naoki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1945-09-01 (Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
political commentator, researcher, author
Active Years
1984-
Affiliations
Institute for National Economic Research, 21st Century Policy Research Institute (Chairman), Center for International Public Policy (Chairman)

Education

The University of Tokyo
Faculty of Law / Law
Degree: Bachelor
Period: 1964-1968
Year of Graduation: 1968
Country: Japan
Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Economics / Economics
Degree: Master
Period: 1971-1973
Year of Graduation: 1973
Country: Japan
Completed master's program

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Ineconomics of Armament

1982 political economy
militaryeconomics

In Search of Tangible Media: The Present Consumer Society

1986 essay
mediaconsumer society

Global Economy: Leaving the 'American Century'

1988 economic commentary
globalizationUS and the world

Solution of Markets: A Proactive Economic Order as Japan's Scenario

1991 economic policy
marketpolicy

The Age of Asia: Can Japan Avoid Isolation?

1996 international politics
AsiaJapan diplomacy

Financial Crisis: The New Global Economy and Japan's Choices

2012 economic commentary
financeglobal economy

Bibliography

  • The Ineconomics of Armament
  • In Search of Tangible Media: The Present Consumer Society
  • Global Economy: Leaving the 'American Century'
  • Japan-US Economic Friction
  • Japan's Vision
  • Solution of Markets: A Proactive Economic Order as Japan's Scenario
  • A Plan for Japan's Economy in the Last Decade
  • A Plan for Japanese Politics
  • The Age of Asia: Can Japan Avoid Isolation?
  • A Plan for a New Industrial Society
  • Japan's Economy After the Big Bang
  • Super-Structure: New Views and Ways of Thinking About the World
  • Market and Government: Designing Japan's 21st Century Economy
  • What Structural Reform Means
  • Overture to the Revival of the Japanese Economy
  • Conquering the Inner Enemy: Building Mechanisms for Economic Revival
  • Japan's New Rules
  • Birth of the 2005 System: A New Japan Begins
  • Beyond 'Anti-Japan' Asia: Beijing's Eyes, Seoul's Eyes
  • The Submerging State
  • When Money Stopped
  • Financial Crisis: The New Global Economy and Japan's Choices

Translations by Author

  • Perestroika (translation of Mikhail Gorbachev)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
clear argumentative stylepolicy-oriented essays
Recurring Motifs
globalizationrole of market and stateJapan-US relationsAsia geopolitics

Legacy

Naoki Tanaka is known as a commentator and policy thinker on Japan's political economy. With a background as a researcher, he has had influence through mass media and numerous publications addressing domestic and international economic and diplomatic issues.

Trivia

  • Born on 1945-09-01 in Aichi Prefecture.
  • Graduated from the Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo; completed a master's program at the Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
  • Translated Mikhail Gorbachev's 'Perestroika' (Kodansha, 1987).