RIETI Symposium

Fiscal Reform of Japan: Redesigning the Frame of the State

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  • Date: 11 - 12 March, 2004.
  • Venue: United Nations University
  • Language: Japanese

    • Press Release

    Fiscal Reform of Japan: Redesigning the Frame of the State
    Five proposals for complementary institutional reform: From a "compartmentalized" to a "cross-sectional" system [PDF: 122KB]

    Day 1: March 11

    Session 1: Introduction
    Session Chair: NIIHARA Hiroaki (RIETI Consulting Fellow)
    Session 2: Political and Administrative Systems and Public Finance
    Session Chair: KAINOU Kazunari (RIETI Fellow)
    Session 3: Fiscal System in Historical Context - Lessons from the Past and for the Future
    Session Chair: KADONO Nario (RIETI Consulting Fellow / Deputy Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    Session 4: Long-Term Budget Constraints in Public Finance: Tax and Government Bonds
    Session Chair: OKAZAKI Tetsuji (RIETI Faculty Fellow / Professor of Economics, University of Tokyo)

    Day 2: March 12

    Session 5: Managerial Perspective of Fiscal Reform
    Session Chair: NAKABAYASHI Mieko (RIETI Fellow)
    Session 6: How to Reform Fiscal Relations between the Central and Local Governments
    Session Chair: TSURU Kotaro (RIETI Senior Fellow)
    Session7: Long-Term Perspective of Government Finance from Public Accounting Point of View
    Session Chair: TAKIZAWA Hirokazu (RIETI Fellow)
    Session 8: Wrap-up Discussion
    Session Chair: AOKI Masahiko (RIETI President & Chief Research Officer / Professor, Stanford University)

    Reference: Policy Update

    Reference: Fellows in the Press