Shiblee Noman

University of Dhaka · Department of Japanese Studies

Bangladesh is aspiring to become a developed country under the ‘Vision 2041’. However, materialization of this development vision requires huge amount of fund. Regrettably, country’s dependency on foreign aid is still more than 35%. Internal borrowing is also increasing considerably, where as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can make a significant c...

This study investigates Japan’s contribution to attaining Bangladesh’s development visions in the last fifty years. As a development partner of Bangladesh, Japan has been playing a significant role in achieving Bangladesh’s desired economic goals. During the most challenging time, immediately after independence, the war-torn country got generou...

This chapter attempts to reveal the history of the Department of Japanese Studies at Dhaka University. This is a primary research work based on the interviews of the key informants and document analysis. Japan Study Circle, established in 1994, was turned into Japan Study Centre in 2002. It has since started offering different courses and programs...

The research paper analyzes Bangladesh’s potential new labor market and its challenges in the wake of the new immigration policy promulgated to address population decrease and skilled workforce crisis in Japan. Historically, Japan has been kind of restricted in accepting foreign workers. But in recent times, acute population crisis and the lack of...

The study attempts to look into the state of skilled and unskilled migrants in Japan from Philippines to analyze the scope of the citizens of Bangladesh who are aspiring to migrate to Japan. This is a qualitative study based on the analysis of current scenario of migrants in Japan from Philippines. Data has been collected mostly from secondary sour...

Since area studies is quite a new phenomenon in Bangladesh, searching the state of Japanese studies in the country would set the benchmark of such studies for further research of this kind. Despite huge emphasis on area studies by the top academic institutions all over the world for deeper understanding of the society, politics, economy business an...

This paper attempts to investigate the practice of corporate governance in Japan since it has largely contributed to the country’s financial management. That, in turn, led to the unprecedented economic boom of Japan. The practice and objective of corporate governance have got a different momentum in Japan despite its origin from the firm’s Anglo-Am...

This paper attempts to investigate the practice of corporate governance in Japan since it has largely contributed to the country’s financial management. That, in turn, led to the unprecedented economic boom of Japan. The practice and objective of corporate governance have got a different momentum in Japan despite its origin from the firm’s Anglo-Am...

The Abe administration has redefined Japan's relationship with the South Asian countries for economic and geo-strategic interests and introduced country-specific strategies for success. However, Chinese influence in the region is increasing. On the other hand, Japan's South Asia policy is India focused, and mainly to counter China, regionally and g...

The assertiveness of China in South and South East Asia has been a matter of concern for the global actors like, USA, India and Japan etc. The pervasive presence of China in South Asia pushes its politico-economic contestant Japan come forward to bag some opportunities from the given circumstances. Since Bangladesh plays an active role in different...

Corporate governance has largely contributed to the financial management of Japan leading it to the unprecedented economic boom. The practice and objective of corporate governance have got a different momentum in Japan despite its origin from the Anglo-American theories of the firm particularly ‘Agency theory’. The convergence and divergence in cor...

Representative governments, particularly in the post-colonial independent states are deemed as outcomes of colonial rule and popular demand in the respective areas. Representative government in India, whether an ascription by the British colonial rulers or it had evolved gradually in course of time through introduction of different Acts by the then...

Japan, a country of East Asia is one of the pivotal actors in Asian as well as global politics. In the post-WWII era, Japan has gradually transformed its position from a low-profile posture to a proactive contributor to peace policy. Southeast Asia was the first region where Japan, for the first time, tested her independent foreign policy and used...