Announcement
As global uncertainty continues to rise and economic security becomes increasingly important, the risks of supply chain disruptions faced by businesses are growing more diverse. This symposium will examine supply chain vulnerabilities through quantitative analysis using a range of data sources.
The sessions will feature discussions led by domestic and international experts from industry, government, and academia on the following themes: analysis of supply chain vulnerabilities using firm-level government statistics, transaction data, and customs records; structural analysis based on international input-output tables and trade data; scenario analysis focusing on East Asia; and the political economy of China.
This event is being held in affiliation with the Global Forum on Economic Security Weeks
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/economic_security/gfw/english/index.html
Information
- Time and Date: 13:00-17:50 (JST), Tuesday, December 16, 2025
- Venue: IINO Hall ＆ CONFERENCE CENTER＋Online (Live Stream)
(4F IINO BUILDING, 2-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) - Languages: Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission: Free
- Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
- Co-hosts: Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security（JOGMEC) / Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)
- Contact: Ms. MARUTAKE Conference Section, RIETI
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Program
Opening Remarks
FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI / University Professor IER, Hitotsubashi University)
TAKAHARA Ichiro (Chairman & CEO, JOGMEC)
IMAIZUMI Shinya (Executive Vice President, IDE-JETRO)
Session 1: How can we mitigate supply chain risk?
Presenters (Order of appearance)
Siyamend AL BARAZI (Head of Unit – Mineral Economics – German Mineral Resources Agency, DERA)
Simon WEIMER (Senior Manager, Raw Material Strategy and Risk Management, BMW Group)
Stephane BOURG (Director of Ofremi, BRGM)
Session Chair
HASHIMOTO Satoshi (Deputy Director General, JOGMEC)
Session 2: Firm-level data analysis on supply chain vulnerabilities
Presenters (Order of appearance)
KAWAKUBO Takafumi (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI / Assistant Professor, The University of Osaka)
Steffen MUELLER (Professor of Economics and Head of Department for Structural Change and Productivity, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), GERMANY)
Discussant
Chad P. BOWN (Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE))
Session Chair
ITO Keiko (Professor, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University)
Break 15:00-15:20
Session 3: Analysis of supply chain vulnerabilities using world input-output tables and trade data
Presenters (Order of appearance)
Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI / Professor of International Business, International Institute for Management Development (IMD))
ISONO Ikumo (Director, Economic Integration Studies Group, Development Studies Center, IDE-JETRO)
KUMAGAI Satoru (Senior Research Fellow, Development Studies Center, IDE-JETRO)
Discussant
KIM Byung-Yeon (Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics, Seoul National University)
Session Chair
TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Adviser, RIETI / Director General JETRO Paris)
Session 4: China and East Asia
Presenters (Order of appearance)
ITO Asei (Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)
Joris TEER (Research Analyst for Economic Security and Technology, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and Senior Advisor at the Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative (CHIPDIPLO))
Discussant
John COYNE (Director, National Security Programs, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI))
Session Chair
Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI / Professor of International Business, International Institute for Management Development (IMD))
Closing Remarks
TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow and Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University)
TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO), RIETI / Dean, Faculty of Data Science, Otsuma Women's University)
*Agenda is subject to change
