Using multiple methods and datasets and including case studies from Australia, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, India and Japan, the authors focus on shedding light on the efficacy of institutional policies and reforms. From the Contents: 5. Japan: Policy Debates and the Reality of the Research Productivity of National Universities, Akiyoshi Yonezawa (Tohoku University), Yizhou Fan, Ran Nakao, Masataka Murasawa, Shinji Matsumiya (Hiroshima University).