Vice President, Global Innovation Policy Stephen Ezell profile Ezell previously worked at Peer Insight, an innovation research and consulting firm, before coming to ITIF. He advises policies focusing on science and technology, international competitiveness and trade.   One of the biggest...

(photo: Denis Makarenko / Shut terstock.com)   News ‘Joker’ Becomes a Hot Topic The “Joker” reached $988.51 million, or approximately ¥107.5 billion, at the global box office (as of Nov. 14) and became a big hit. This film became the first comic book movie to win the Gol...

  Vice President, Global Innovation Policy Stephen Ezell profile Ezell previously worked at Peer Insight, an innovation research and consulting firm, before coming to ITIF. He advises policies focusing on science and technology, international competitiveness and trade.   One of the biggest...

  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is just about at the end of his rope. His summit with Trump in February broke down, and his attempt to woo Putin into dropping sanctions during their April summit ended in failure. Sanctions are weighing heavily on North Korea as they suffer from famine and a s...

  The Question: I’m a physician who owns a private practice, and I want to create a special medical area in large cities like Osaka and Kobe. In it, I want to introduce the latest medical technology – such as regenerative medicine – and medical practices that incorporate religion. And I w...

  South Korea has overstepped the boundaries of diplomacy with Japan, and is now treating their neighbor like an enemy. There was the radar lock-on against a Japanese patrol aircraft; there was the reopening of the already-resolved dispute about Korean conscriptions in the Japanese army during ...

  Vice President, Global Innovation Policy Stephen Ezell profile Ezell previously worked at Peer Insight, an innovation research and consulting firm, before coming to ITIF. He advises policies focusing on science and technology, international competitiveness and trade.   One of the biggest...

© Wikipedia   Key points in this article: Trump wants to increase military pressure and commence talks with Iran Trump wants Iran to withdraw from the nuclear deal and accept complete denuclearization Japan is in a potential mediator position between Iran and Israel   The U.S.-Iran co...

  Key points in this article: The son of the Iran’s former Crown Prince son and pro-democracy activist, Reza Pahlavi, talks at the Hudson Institute in the U.S. Iran is a totalitarian state, he said, and expressed his support for the Iranian people. The current government must quickly unde...

  Key points in this article: The son of the Iran’s former Crown Prince son and pro-democracy activist, Reza Pahlavi, talks at the Hudson Institute in the U.S. Iran is a totalitarian state, he said, and expressed his support for the Iranian people. The current government must quickly unde...

  Beware of “GAFA Addiction” Sweeping the world through the power of AI — GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple). We asked foreign experts on the dangers that come with technological conveniences and ways to work around them in the future. You’ve heard the prophecy: Artificial...

  Key points in this article: The son of the Iran’s former Crown Prince son and pro-democracy activist, Reza Pahlavi, talks at the Hudson Institute in the U.S. Iran is a totalitarian state, he said, and expressed his support for the Iranian people. The current government must quickly unde...