RIETI - Rise and Fall of World Cities - Implications for Greater Tokyo, Japan and Asia

Events

Moderator:
	HISATAKE Masato (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Opening Remarks:

Session 1: "Rise and Fall of World/Global Cities"

Presentation:
	Allen J. SCOTT (Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Geography, The School of Public Affairs, University of California) Paper [PDF:132KB]
	Saskia SASSEN (Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago / Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics) Presentation [PDF:32KB]
	HISATAKE Masato (Senior Fellow, RIETI) Presentation [PDF:408KB]

Session 2: "Whether Greater Tokyo will be the champion, or will Japan have multiple core cities"

Session Chair:
	HISATAKE Masato (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Presentation:
	HATTA Tatsuo (Faculty Fellow and Research Counselor, RIETI / Professor, Division of International Studies, International Christian University) Presentation [PDF:168KB]
	KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo) Presentation [PDF:376KB]

Comment
	TAKAHASHI Takehide (Director-General, Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI)

Session 3: "Role of urban infrastructure development - its hard and soft aspects"

Session Chair:
	NEZU Risaburo (Director, RIETI / Senior Managing Director, Fujitsu Research Institute)

Presentation:
	KAWAGUCHI Yuichiro (Professor, Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law, Waseda University)
	KUSAKABE Satoshi (Director, Industrial Organization Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
	Ralph CHOW (Director, Japan, Hong Kong Trade Development Council) Presentation [PDF:1.4MB]

Comment:
	AOYAMA Yasushi (Professor, Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University)
	SAITO Jun (Executive Staff, Nikon Corporation / Research Fellow, RCAST, The University of Tokyo)

Session 4: Panel Discussion "Implications for Greater Tokyo, Japan and Asia"

Session Chair:
	HISATAKE Masato (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Panelists:
	AOYAMA Yasushi (Professor, Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University)
	KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)
	Saskia SASSEN (Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago / Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics)
	Allen J. SCOTT (Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Geography, The School of Public Affairs, University of California)

Closing Remarks: