Endnotes
1 Francis Tang, “Trump’s tariff gambit leaves Asia stunned and scrambling,” The Japan Times , April 9, 2025. 2 Expo 2025, “Overview,” accessed May 28, 2025, https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/overview/ 3 Expo 2025, “Purpose,” accessed May 28, 2025, https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/overview/purpose/ 4 Alice French, “Trump’s DEI rollback gives Japan a chance to draw ESG inflows,” The Japan Times , April 11, 2025. 5 Interview with Ken Shibusawa, May, 2025. 6 “&Capital,” &Capital, accessed May 28, 2025, https://andcapital.jp/index.php/english/. 7 Interview with Ken Shibusawa, July 10, 2024. 8 Interview with Kotaro Sueyoshi, May, 2025. 9 Interview with Yasunobu Katsuki, March 25, 2025. 10 Gayle Peterson’s firsthand experience at the “Recalibrating U.S.-Japan Collaboration in a Time of Tumult” Conference, April 15, 2025. 11 Email exchange with Jacob Schlesinger, May, 2025. 12 Interview with Fumi Sugeno, May, 2025. 13 Japan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation (SIIF), “GSG Impact,” accessed May 28, 2025, https://www.siif.or.jp/ap proach/42967/ 14 Japan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation (SIIF), “About,” accessed May 28, 2025, https://www.siif.or.jp/en/#overview 15 Ibid. 16 Email exchange with Nanako Kudo, May, 2025. 17 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, “Section 3: Establishment of national minimum,” October 2009, https://www.mhlw.go.jp/ english/wp/wp-hw4/dl/honbun/2_2_3.pdf 18 Gwyther Rees et al., “Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth,” UNICEF, December 2023. 19 Household Statistics Office, “Summary Report of Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions 2022,” Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, July 4, 2023. 20 Takeshi Hamano, “Child welfare at the forefront of Japanese family law reform,” East Asia Forum , November 4, 2023. 21 “Japan to focus on female empowerment, support for single mothers,” Kyodo News , July 1, 2020. 22 Huaxia, “Record number of Japanese are living alone: survey,” Xinhua Net, July 5, 2024. 23 Nancy Hodgson, “Aging in Place: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships,” Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper 2020-21, March 24, 2022. 24 Takakazu Doi and Jonathan Soble, “Ageing is changing the way we move. Japan shows how transport systems can adapt,” World Economic Forum, April 9, 2021. 25 Ibid.
26 Interview with Mitsuaki Aoyagi, June 24, 2024. 27 Email exchange with Nanako Kudo, May, 2025. 28 Interview with Mitsuaki Aoyagi and Nanako Kudo, May, 2025.
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