Hiroyuki Hosoda, a veteran lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party who was called “Dr. Election” because of his expertise in electoral system reforms, has died, it was learned on Nov. 10. He was 79.
INVITE ONLY | Melbourne Join Mr Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO of Institute of Energy Economics, Japan to discuss Australia-Asia ties in energy transition.
A video of the Japanese Envoy Hiroshi Suzuki tasting Maharashtrian-style street food in Pune has recently gone viral on social media. Suzuki, who once praised the hard work done by workers to progress the bullet train project, was seen travelling in a Mumbai local earlier this month.
Prisons are closed environments that pose severe information asymmetry problems. One regulatory mechanism commonly believed to open prisons up to scrutiny is civil prison oversight, which is seen as protecting prisoners’ human rights and promoting prison reform. Civilian monitors are sent in to visit prisons, interact with prisoners and staff, and report what they find.