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Evolving Challenges for U.S. Businesses in the Asia Pacific Region
Washington CORE covered a webinar held by JP Morgan about the evolving challenges and needs for U.S. businesses to expand in the Asia Pacific region. JP Morgan analysts based in...
Corporate Governance Expert Bruce Aronson on Nippon Steel’s Acquisition of U.S. Steel
On June 18, 2025, Nippon Steel finally acquired U.S. Steel after approximately one and a half years of twists and turns that unexpectedly put U.S.-Japan relations in the...
Andrew Kingman on Striking Balance in U.S. Privacy Laws
Washington CORE is pleased to share that our recent interview and research on U.S. privacy legislation has been published in Nikkei Governance, one of Japan’s leading business...
Bentonville, Arkansas: Unicorn City of the U.S. South
As part of our ongoing series on the economic revitalization of mid-sized U.S. cities, Washington CORE took a closer look at Bentonville, Arkansas, a city increasingly recognized...
Exploring the AI+ Expo 2025 in Washington D.C
The 2nd annual AI+ Expo 2025, held on June 2–4, 2025 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., stood out among the nation’s premier AI events for its...
Bioeconomy on the Rise
Although the U.S. leads the world in biotechnology discoveries and investments, other countries are making investments in production-scale infrastructure that are enabling them...
Charlie Jewell on How Alpharetta Became the “Technology City of the South”
As part of our ongoing series on the economic revitalization of mid-sized U.S. cities, Washington CORE spoke with Charlie Jewell, the Economic Development Director for...
Korea’s Ombudsman Model: A New Approach to Investor-State Disputes
As global trade expands, the number of investor-state disputes is on the rise, prompting governments and investors alike to seek faster, less adversarial solutions. South Korea...
Andrew Lugg on the Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
Washington CORE recently sat down with Andrew Lugg, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to discuss his research on the evolving...
APEC STUDIES ON BUSINESS TRAVEL, FINTECH, AND GENDER IN TRANSPORT
Washington CORE has worked with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for more than a decade. In the past year, APEC has published the following three studies authored by...
U.S. Congressional Dynamics for Nikkei Digital Governance
Washington CORE wrote a 2-part series of articles about the U.S. Congressional outlook for tech policy for Nikkei Digital Governance – one of Asia’s premier publications. The...
Presenting U.S. Supply Chain Resilience at Georgetown University
Washington CORE recently presented its latest research on U.S. strategies for global supply chain resilience to Georgetown University’s Bioengineering Science and Technology...
You Don’t Know Until You Try – Lessons for the Younger Generation
Washington CORE welcomed again students from Chuo University Global Management and Law school. The students’ visit was part of a program, the Japan Global Initiative (JGI),...
KOREA’S BIOPHARMA STORYBECOMING A GLOBAL BIOPHARMA MANUFACTURING COUNTRY
Washington CORE Summer Research Intern, Yunho Lee, a student at Yonsei University of South Korea, recently delivered a presentation on South Korea's biopharma industry. He...
Supply Chain Resilience in Biopharma in the U.S.
Pallavi Bommareddy of our Summer 2024 internship class has unfortunately wrapped up her term with us this past week, although she offered a very engaging and astute presentation...
Rover Song a Big Hit at JAXA Farewell Party
Dr, Onoda at JAXA Party with Washington monumentWashington CORE invited Marsha Goodman-Wood to sing at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) farewell party for departing...
Japan Infrastructure Investment Forum in Detroit – Big Success!
Washington CORE supported the 6th Japan Infrastructure Investment Forum in Detroit, Michigan on February 8, 2024. This Forum, sponsored by Japan's Ministry of Land,...
Washington CORE Supports the Washington Japanese Language SchooL
Photo courtesy of Washington Japanese Language SchoolChiyo Kobayashi, our co-CEO, participated in a panel discussion for the Washington Japanese Language School's 65th...