OBJECTIVES

From the outset, PBRC has embraced several distinct objectives: PBRC’s work is to carry out an extensive research program, but without a resident staff for that purpose; it confines its geographical scope to Asia and the Pacific Basin, yet the subjects studied are of global significance; it is a free-standing and independent unit focusing on developing and diffusing knowledge, but it does not engage in direct classroom teaching.

The Pacific Basin Research Center hopes to reaffirm some of the fundamental values that are espoused by its parent institution, Soka University of America, especially in terms of providing research aimed at creating value.