What is RIETI?
The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) is a policy think tank established in 2001. Its mission is to conduct theoretical and empirical research, maximize synergies with those engaged in policymaking, and to make policy proposals based on evidence derived from such research activities. The institute is highly regarded both in Japan and abroad for its activity.
Featured
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Japanese Emissions Trading System Set to Launch — Ensuring Liquidity of Emission Allowances is the Challenge
May 22, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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Set the Optimal Level of Cash and Deposits First
May 20, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
NAKAGAMI Yasunori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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China's "Economic Security" Growth Model, Implications for the US-China Security Dilemma and Lesson for Other Major Players (Handout and Video)
May 13, 2026 [Symposiums]
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The impact of emissions trading systems on manufacturing installation productivity: Evidence from Japan
May 13, 2026 [VoxEU Column]
LU Guanyu (Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University) / TANAKA Kenta (Professor at Musashi University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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How Much Does AI Raise Productivity?
May 13, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)
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Geopolitical oil price shocks: Why these shocks hit harder
May 11, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]
Guillermo VERDUZCO-BUSTOS (Economist at The World Bank) / Francesco ZANETTI (Professor at the University of Oxford, and David Richards Fellow at Wadham College at University Of Oxford)
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The effects of geopolitical supply chain shocks on policy preferences of firms
May 8, 2026 [VoxEU Column]
NAOI Megumi (Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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Roundtable on “What Can Japan Achieve Through Co-Creation with the Global South?”
April 13, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Participant: URATA Shujiro (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI) / Participant: OHNO Izumi (Professor Emeritus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)) / Participant: SAKANASHI Sachi (Senior Research Fellow, Director of the Japanese Institute of Middle Eastern Economies (JIME), Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)) / Participant: SHIRATO Keiichi (Professor, Ritsumeikan University) / Moderator: TOYODA Masakazu (Chairman & CEO, Japan Economic Foundation (JEF))
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Powering the digital economy: The global expansion of data centres and its energy implications
April 13, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]
Fabrizio FERRIANI (Deputy Head of International Financial Markets and Commodity Division at Bank Of Italy) / Andrea GAZZANI (Senior Economist at Bank Of Italy)
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Japanese Economic Security through Openness
April 9, 2026 [Policy Update]
ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)
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Economic Security
Our society, as an international community, is at a historical turning point, as the modern era of globalization that began with the end of the Cold War comes to a close. Economic security has become an important theme as geopolitical risks increase. The security environment surrounding Japan is also becoming particularly severe. In this international context, The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) is expected to have a deep understanding of the impacts of these geopolitical risks and economic security considerations on the economy and industry through various types of economic analysis, including data-based empirical analysis, and to make recommendations for economic, trade, and industrial policies from its academic insights. For this reason, we have compiled and “visualized” the research conducted at RIETI which is relevant to these topics as a special feature.
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RIETI-ANU Symposium series
RIETI and Australian National University (ANU) have been jointly holding symposiums. Experts from the Asia-Pacific region gather to discuss various issues that are piling up in the increasingly uncertain global economy.
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Global Intelligence Series
We invite leading experts from Japan, the United States, Europe, and other Asian countries to give lectures about various global issues including economic security and regional affairs such as the U.S.-China conflict, the situation in the Middle East, the prospects of the Chinese economy, climate change, environmental and energy issues, the post-corona global trade system, supply chain risks, SDGs, etc. Many policy proposals are derived from information collected and discussed in these lectures.
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May 22, 2026 [Symposiums]
Quantifying the Effect of AI Invention on Productivity
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May 22, 2026 [RIETI Report]
How is Policy Normalization by the Bank of Japan Affecting the Link between Monetary Policy and Stock Prices
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May 22, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Japanese Emissions Trading System Set to Launch — Ensuring Liquidity of Emission Allowances is the Challenge
ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 21, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Voter Switching and Policy Preferences: Evidence from Japan's 2025-2026 elections
YAMAMURA Eiji (Seinan Gakuin University) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 21, 2026 ［BBL Seminars]
China's "Economic Security" Growth Model, Implications for the US-China Security Dilemma and Lesson for Other Major Players (Summary)
Yeling TAN (Professor of Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford / Non-resident Senior Fellow, The Peterson Institute for International Economics) / TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Advisor RIETI / Director General JETRO Paris)
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May 20, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Picking Winners or Making Them? Evidence from the J-Startup program
KATO Masatoshi (Kwansei Gakuin University) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)
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May 20, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
Dark Triad, Promotion and Wages: A study for understanding power harassment
KUME Koichi (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SANO Shinpei (Kobe University)
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May 20, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Set the Optimal Level of Cash and Deposits First
NAKAGAMI Yasunori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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May 20, 2026 [Symposiums]
EU-Japan cooperation in Economic Security: ‘If you stand on one foot only, you are shaky’--Economic power demands comprehensive security cooperation including military field
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May 20, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Aging and Manufacturing
NISHIOKA Shuichiro (West Virginia University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TANAKA Mari (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 19, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Compete or Retreat? Evidence from aid competition between China and Western donor countries
NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 19, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
An Empirical Analysis of Gender Differences in STEM Occupations
SANO Shinpei (Kobe University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KUME Kouichi (Toyo University)
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May 19, 2026 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
The Evolution of Taiwan's Climate Change Policy: Norm adoption by an outsider to the international regime
HATTORI Takashi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / MAO Pin-Chiao (Kyoto University)
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May 18, 2026 [Symposiums]
World Economic Outlook: Global economy in the shadow of war
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May 18, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
Interfirm Networks and the Financing of Newly Established Enterprises
INOUE Koji (Japan Finance Corporation) / YAMADA Yoshimi (Surugadai University) / FUKANUMA Hikaru (Osaka University of Commerce)
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May 21, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Voter Switching and Policy Preferences: Evidence from Japan's 2025-2026 elections
YAMAMURA Eiji (Seinan Gakuin University) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 20, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Picking Winners or Making Them? Evidence from the J-Startup program
KATO Masatoshi (Kwansei Gakuin University) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)
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May 20, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
Dark Triad, Promotion and Wages: A study for understanding power harassment
KUME Koichi (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SANO Shinpei (Kobe University)
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May 20, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Aging and Manufacturing
NISHIOKA Shuichiro (West Virginia University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TANAKA Mari (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 19, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Compete or Retreat? Evidence from aid competition between China and Western donor countries
NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 19, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
An Empirical Analysis of Gender Differences in STEM Occupations
SANO Shinpei (Kobe University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KUME Kouichi (Toyo University)
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May 19, 2026 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
The Evolution of Taiwan's Climate Change Policy: Norm adoption by an outsider to the international regime
HATTORI Takashi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / MAO Pin-Chiao (Kyoto University)
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May 18, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
Interfirm Networks and the Financing of Newly Established Enterprises
INOUE Koji (Japan Finance Corporation) / YAMADA Yoshimi (Surugadai University) / FUKANUMA Hikaru (Osaka University of Commerce)
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May 15, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
A Comparative Analysis on Turnaround Alternative Dispute Resolution and Civil Rehabilitation
XU Peng (Hosei University)
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May 14, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Credit Allocation for SMEs in an Aging Economy: Evidence from the COVID-19 and Global Financial Crises in Japan
TSURUTA Daisuke (Nihon University)
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May 8, 2026 [Non Technical Summaries]
How is Policy Normalization by the Bank of Japan Affecting the Link between Monetary Policy and Stock Prices
Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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May 7, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
How is Policy Normalization by the Bank of Japan Affecting the Link between Monetary Policy and Stock Prices
Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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April 28, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
The Real Estate Channel of Unconventional Monetary Policy
HONDA Tomohito (Kobe University) / SHIMIZU Chihiro (Hitotsubashi University) / UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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April 24, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
EU’s Export Embargoes on Russia: Have they been effective?
ITO Tadashi (Gakushuin University)
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April 22, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Firm Heterogeneity in Responses to Trump Tariffs 2.0: Evidence from Japanese manufacturing firms
ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAOI Megumi (University of California)
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May 22, 2026 [Symposiums]
Quantifying the Effect of AI Invention on Productivity
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May 20, 2026 [Symposiums]
EU-Japan cooperation in Economic Security: ‘If you stand on one foot only, you are shaky’--Economic power demands comprehensive security cooperation including military field
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May 18, 2026 [Symposiums]
World Economic Outlook: Global economy in the shadow of war
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May 18, 2026 [Symposiums]
The Significance of the Newly Launched Mid-Sized Enterprise Policy and Its Future Outlook
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May 15, 2026 [Symposiums]
New Frontiers in the Trade-Economic Security Nexus in Asia
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May 15, 2026 [Symposiums]
The U.S.-China Leaders' Summit and Developments under The Trump Administration
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May 13, 2026 [Symposiums]
China's "Economic Security" Growth Model, Implications for the US-China Security Dilemma and Lesson for Other Major Players (Handout and Video)
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May 11, 2026 [Symposiums]
If You Can’t Go Up, Go Sideways!: How unconventional talent breaks new ground in Industry
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April 17, 2026 [Symposiums]
European Politics After Hungary's Election
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April 15, 2026 [Symposiums]
Russia and Ukraine: Two distinct meanings of industrial capacity competition
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April 10, 2026 [Symposiums]
Gender Inequalities in Japan and South Korea: Labor Market, Employment, and Education
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April 9, 2026 [Symposiums]
China's "Economic Security" Growth Model, Implications for the US-China Security Dilemma and Lesson for Other Major Players
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April 7, 2026 [Symposiums]
Hokkaido, the Kingdom of Food, Blazes a New Trail: Can scientific evidence be used to evaluate the functional benefits of food and applied to health promotion?
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April 7, 2026 [Workshops]
Research in Gender Inequalities in Japan and South Korea
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May 22, 2026 [RIETI Report]
How is Policy Normalization by the Bank of Japan Affecting the Link between Monetary Policy and Stock Prices
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May 22, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Japanese Emissions Trading System Set to Launch — Ensuring Liquidity of Emission Allowances is the Challenge
ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 20, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Set the Optimal Level of Cash and Deposits First
NAKAGAMI Yasunori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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May 13, 2026 [VoxEU Column]
The impact of emissions trading systems on manufacturing installation productivity: Evidence from Japan
LU Guanyu (Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University) / TANAKA Kenta (Professor at Musashi University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 13, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
How Much Does AI Raise Productivity?
MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)
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May 11, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]
Geopolitical oil price shocks: Why these shocks hit harder
Guillermo VERDUZCO-BUSTOS (Economist at The World Bank) / Francesco ZANETTI (Professor at the University of Oxford, and David Richards Fellow at Wadham College at University Of Oxford)
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May 8, 2026 [RIETI Report]
RIETI-JOGMEC-IDE-JETRO Symposium: Economic Analysis of Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
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May 8, 2026 [VoxEU Column]
The effects of geopolitical supply chain shocks on policy preferences of firms
NAOI Megumi (Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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April 24, 2026 [RIETI Report]
Demographic Change and Korea’s Growth Prospects: The Role of AI and Human Capital
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April 13, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Roundtable on “What Can Japan Achieve Through Co-Creation with the Global South?”
Participant: URATA Shujiro (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI) / Participant: OHNO Izumi (Professor Emeritus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)) / Participant: SAKANASHI Sachi (Senior Research Fellow, Director of the Japanese Institute of Middle Eastern Economies (JIME), Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)) / Participant: SHIRATO Keiichi (Professor, Ritsumeikan University) / Moderator: TOYODA Masakazu (Chairman & CEO, Japan Economic Foundation (JEF))
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April 13, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]
Powering the digital economy: The global expansion of data centres and its energy implications
Fabrizio FERRIANI (Deputy Head of International Financial Markets and Commodity Division at Bank Of Italy) / Andrea GAZZANI (Senior Economist at Bank Of Italy)
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April 10, 2026 [RIETI Report]
Subsidising the supply chain: How China’s industrial policy shapes export competitiveness
CHENG Wenyin (Economist at Asian Development Bank) / LIANG David (PhD candidate in Economics, Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University, Research Fellow) / MENG Bo (Senior Researcher at Japan’s Institute of Developing Economies) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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April 9, 2026 [Policy Update]
Japanese Economic Security through Openness
ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)
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April 7, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Being “Responsible” Means Not Leaving Policy to Chance
KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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March 31, 2026 [Column]
A New Era of Threats Revealed by the Iran Crisis: AI controlling military affairs and markets and the true weakness of Japan's energy security
MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
