- Date and Time:
December 15, 2005; 9:30-17:45
December 16, 2005; 9:15-11:50 - Venue: Golden Room, 11th Floor, Keidanren Kaikan (1-9-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
- Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Handouts
| Conference Chair: | |
 NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI) |
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Opening Remarks:
Session 1: "Evaluating the 2004 Reform and Identifying the Remaining Issues"
| Session Chair: | |
 NOGUCHI Haruko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Science, Toyo Eiwa University) |
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| Presentation: | |
| "The Basic Questions on the 2004 Pension Reforms in Japan" | |
 KOSHIRO Kazutoshi (Emeritus Professor, Yokohama National University / Vice-Chair of the Pension Council of the Social Security Deliberation Council, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2002-2004))Presentation [PDF:148KB] / Reference (in Japanese) [PDF:32KB] |
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Olivia S. MITCHELL (Professor of Insurance & Risk Management, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.)
John PIGGOTT (Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia)Session 2: "Establishing Clear Principles to Promote Further Pension Reforms in Japan"
| Session Chair: | |
 KUROSAWA Masako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) |
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FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)Session 3: "Learning from Pension Reforms in Foreign Countries"
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 SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) |
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| "Learning from Pension Reforms in Foreign Countries - Sweden" | |
 Ole SETTERGREN (Director of the Department of Pensions, Swedish Social Insurance Agency, Sweden)Presentation [PDF:148KB] Reference [PDF:168KB] |
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YAMAZAKI Nobuhiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Actuarial Affairs Division, Pension Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW))Session 4: "Impact of the 2004 Reform on Employment and the Reality of the Japanese Elderly"
| Session Chair: | |
 KANEKO Yoshihiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Department of Empirical Social Security Research, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research) |
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| "What Further Reforms of the Pension System Can Promote the Labor Force Participation of the Elderly in Japan?" (Tentative) | |
 HIGUCHI Yoshio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University) |
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KUROSAWA Masako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) |
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| Comments: | |
 OHASHI Isao (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)Presentation (in Japanese) [PDF:1.5MB] |
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ICHIMURA Hidehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Graduate School in Economics, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)
TAKEISHI Emiko (Head Senior Analyst, Social Development Research Group, NLI Research Institute)Recapitulative Panel Discussion: "Establishing New Principles for Further Reforms of the Japanese Pension System"
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 YOSHITOMI Masaru (President and CRO, RIETI)Presentation (Discussion Issues) (in Japanese) [PDF:40KB] Presentation (Data) (in Japanese) [PDF:140KB] |
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TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki (Faculty Fellow and Research Counselor, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University)
ASO Yoshibumi (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University)Closing Remarks:
OIKAWA Kozo (Chairman, RIETI)* The agenda is subject to change.
