RIETI's periodic Brown Bag Lunch (BBL) seminars welcome an array of guest experts to share their research and views. The sessions encourage lively discussion that contributes to dynamic policy-related debate.
Presently, BBL Seminars are not open to the public as spaces are limited. Select transcripts are available below.
Scheduled BBL (Time:12:15-13:45, unless otherwise stated)
New
No.667 September 13, 2010 12:30-13:45 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:15) Japanese
Speaker: SUZUKI Tomo (University Reader in Accounting, Said Business School, University of Oxford)
Moderator: HIRATSUKA Nobuyuki (Director for Corporate System, Corporate Affairs Division, Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"IFRS at a Crossroads: Political and practical discussion not to be found in books"
No.668 September 15, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: KAWAGUCHI Mariko (General Manager for CSR, Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.)
Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow & Director, The History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy, RIETI)
"Diversity, WLB and Corporate Value"
No.669 September 17, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: SUZUKI Masatomo (Professor of Law, Niigata Law School, Niigata University)
Moderator: SUGIURA Hideaki (Director, Information Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
"The Point of 'Personal Information Protection Act' Reform - Tax-payment Number, Social Security Number, and National ID"
No.670 September 22, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: GOTO Kazuko (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Saitama University)
Commentator: TAKAGI Mika (Deputy Director, Creative Industries Promotion Office, Manufacturing Indeusties Bureau, METI)
Moderator: TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)
"Strategies towards Cultural and Creative City : Geographic Agglomeration of Creative industries in Tokyo"
No.671 September 28, 2010
Speaker: Alejandro JARA (Deputy Director General, WTO)
Moderator: KAZEKI Jun (Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"The Multilateral Trading System: Prospects and Challenges"
No.672 October 18, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: KIMURA Fukunari (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University / Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
Moderator: FUKUYAMA Mitsuhiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Topic: TBA"
Update
No.673 November 1, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: ISHII Shogo (irector, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)
Speaker: ISHIZUKA Yasushi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"IMF World Economic Outlook [October 2010]"
NOT for quotation
No.674 November 4, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: MIYAGI Taizo (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University)
Moderator: FUKUYAMA Mitsuhiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Topic: TBA"
Past BBL Reports and Summaries
No.666 August 26, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: SASAKI Tsuneo (Special Adviser, Toray Corporate Business Research, Inc.)
Commentator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow & Director, The History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy, RIETI)
Moderator: OHNISHI Hiroshi (Deputy Director, Service Affairs Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
"Work-life Balance as an Accelerator of the Development of Workers and Companies"
No.665 August 13, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: OKAZAKI Hideto (Secretary-General, TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association Inc.)
Commentator: SHIBUYA Hiroshi (Director, Regional Technology Division, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group, METI)
Commentator: HARAYAMA Yuko (Professor, Management Science & Technology, Tohoku University / the Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management)
Moderator: KODAMA Toshihiro (Managing Executive Officer, Japan Finance Corporation)
"New Development of Industrial Clusters as seen in TAMA Association and its Overseas Business Support Program"
No.664 July 29, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: MORINOBU Shigeki (Professor, Chuo Law School / Chief Research Fellow, the Tokyo Foundation)
Speaker: SATO Motohiro (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
Moderator: HOSAKA Shin (Director, Corporate Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"Mirrlees Review and it's implication for Japanese tax reform"
No.663 July 27, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: NAGAYAMA Osamu (President and CEO, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
Moderator: ARAKI Yukiko (Director, Bio-Industry Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
"Strength of Chugai's Business Model in Drastically Changing Environment of the Pharmaceutical Industry"
No.662 July 22, 2010 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00) Japanese
Speaker: NISHIOKA Kunihiko (Director for Information Economics, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC))
Moderator: SAKAI Masayoshi (Senior Analyst for Grobal Strategy (Information Industry), Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
"WHITE PAPER 2010 - Information and Communications in Japan"
No.661 July 21, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: TANAKA Tatsuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
Moderator: NEZU Risaburo (Director, RIETI)
"From Modular System to Integral System - An implication of iPad"
No.660 July 16, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: SASAJI Ken (Director, Energy Research and Public Relations Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
Speaker: KUNIMINE Kosuke (Assistant Manager, Energy Supply and Demand Policy Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
Moderator: KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
"Meeting Global Challenges and Securing Energy Futures: 'The Strategic Energy Plan' of Japan and 'Energy White Paper 2010'"
No.659 July 8, 2010
Speaker: Vinod AGGARWAL (Director and Professor, Berkeley APEC Study Center, UC Berkeley)
Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Councilor for APEC, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Next Steps for APEC: Options and Prospects"
Handout [PDF:576KB]
Berkeley APEC Study Center
Summary
No.658 July 5, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: HAYASHI Tomoko (Director for Overseas Economies, Cabinet Office)
Moderator: KATAOKA Ryuichi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Cabinet Office's View on the World Economic Trends: Recovery driven by Asia and the Greek contagion"
No.657 July 2, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: NISHIMURA Hidetoshi (Executive Director, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia)
Moderator: ITO Banri (Fellow, RIETI)
"Establishment of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and its contribution to the community building in East Asia"
No.656 June 28, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: SHIMANO Kunihiko (Director, General Affairs Department, Policy Planning and Research Division, Japan Patent Office)
Moderator: OZAKI Masahiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"The Latest Results of Technological Trend Research of Patent Applications"
NOT for quotation
No.655 June 25, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: KATAOKA Ryuichi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Moderator: TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)
Commentator: ITO Koji (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2010"
No.654 June 22, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: KOTERA Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Councilor for APEC, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"On the Significance of International Investment Agreements and Its Future Prospects"
No.653 June 17, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: HIRUTA Shiro (Director and Senior Advisor, Asahi Kasei Corporation)
Moderator: TAKADA Shuzo (Director, Chemicals Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
"Future Vision of Chemical Industry: From the standpoint of business Portfolio change"
No.652 June 16, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: YANASE Tadao (Director, Industrial Revitalization Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)
"Industrial Structure Vision -The way forward for Japanese Industry-"
No.651 June 14, 2010
Speaker: William W. GRIMES (Associate Professor of International Relations, Director of the Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University)
Moderator: KURIHARA Jun (Liaison Officer, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Center for Business and Government & John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
"U.S.-Japan Economic Relations in the Aftermath of the Global Crisis"
Handout [PDF:552KB]
Summary
No.650 June 11, 2010
Speaker: Deborah ROSEVEARE (Head of Education and Training Policy Division, Directorate for Education OECD)
Speaker: TAGUMA Miho (Policy Analyst, Education and Training Policy Division, Directorate for Education OECD)
Moderator: NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI)
"Deregulating Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Services While Maintaining Quality: As part of the Growth Strategy"
Handout [PDF:1.54MB]
No.649 June 8, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: ISHII Shogo (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)
Moderator: SATO Hitoshi (Fellow, RIETI)
"IMF Regional Economic Outlook [April 2010]"
NOT for quotation
No.648 June 3, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: SAKOH Masaharu (Chairman, Dept. of Stroke Treatment, Hatsudai Rehabilitation Hospital)
Moderator: KOMOTO Mitsuaki (Counsellor, Regional Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan)
"Recovery from Stroke and Healthy Medical Welfare City Plan for Super-aging Society in Japan"
No.647 June 2, 2010 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
Speaker: Anna JOUBIN-BRET (Senior Legal Advisor, Division on Investment and Enterprises, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD))
Commentator: KOTERA Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
Commentator: MITA Noriyuki (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Electricity Market Division, METI / Chair of the Investment Experts Group (IEG), CTI, APEC)
Moderator: TANAKA Kotaro (Director for Economic Partnership, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Recent Developments and Trends in International Investment Agreements and Investor-State Dispute Settlement"
Handout [PDF:197KB]
Summary
No.646 June 1, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: MATSUURA Masahiro (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: YURA Hideo (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)
"Decision-making and Policy-making through Negotiation and Consensus Building: Cases in urban planning"
No.645 May 28, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: KIMURA Yukio (Assistant Director, Industrial Technology Research Office Planning Headquarters, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Speaker: OTSUKA Tokio (Lecturer, Shumei University)
Moderator: TOMITA Hideaki (Research Coordinator, RIETI)
"The Strategies to create Universities startups in Japan -Comparative studies between US and Japan-"
No.644 May 25, 2010 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
Speaker: Eric MARTINOT (Senior Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP))
Moderator: MASUYAMA Toshikazu (Director, Policy Planning Division, Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
"Renewable Energy: Overview of Global Markets and Policies and Prospects for Japan"
Handout [PDF:14.5MB]
Reference 1 [PDF:489KB]
Reference 2 [PDF:883KB]
Reference 3 [PDF:1.0MB]
Summary
No.643 May 19, 2010 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
Speaker: Murtaza SYED (Economist, Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
Speaker: TOKUOKA Kiichi (Economist, Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
Moderator: HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)
"Raising Growth in Japan: What role can private consumption and investment play?"
NOT for quotation
Summary
No.642 May 11, 2010 12:15-13:30(Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
Speaker: Henry DERWENT (President and CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA))
Moderator: ARIMA Jun (Deputy Director-General for Environmental Affairs, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environmental Bureau, METI)
Speaker: David Lunsford (Policy Leader, Emissions Trading, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA))
"Emissions Trading - Latest News From Outside Japan"
Handout [PDF:116KB]
Summary
No.641 May 10, 2010 12:15-13:40 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00) Japanese
Speaker: HOSHINO Mitsuaki (Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
Speaker: AOKI Hiroki (Deputy Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
Moderator: TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)
"2010 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan"
No.640 April 26, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: MIYAMOTO Taro (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University)
Moderator: KAWAMOTO Akira (Deputy Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"Renewal and Activation of Livelihood Security"
No.639 April 22, 2010
Speaker: Peter DRYSDALE (Emeritus Professor of Economics/Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University)
Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Councilor for APEC, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"APEC: Where to now?"
Handout [PDF:30KB]
Summary
No.638 April 7, 2010 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
Speaker: Lars BRUCKNER (Chairman of the Environmental Committee, Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE) / Senior Advisor, NEC Europe)
Moderator: HIRATSUKA Nobuyuki (Director for Corporate System, Corporate Affairs Division, Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Policy in EU"
Handout [PDF:138KB]
Summary
No.637 April 1, 2010 Japanese
Speaker: NISHIYAMA Hidehiko (Director-General for International Trade Policy, METI)
Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)
Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University)
"A New Horizon for APEC Japan 2010"
NOT for quotation
