Update
No.744  February 7, 2012   Japanese
Speaker: SAKANE Masahiro (Chairman of the Board, Komatsu Ltd.)
Moderator: FUJIKI Toshimitsu (Director, Industrial Machinery Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
"DANTOTSU Management : Working to become a company that builds on strengths from one generation to another / Having confidence in a Japan-based global company"
NOT for quotation

Update
No.745  February 10, 2012   Japanese
Speaker: NOGAMI Yoshiji (President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
Moderator: NAKATOMI Michitaka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Principal Trade Negotiator, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Outlook for World Affairs in 2012"
NOT for quotation

No.746  February 28, 2012   Japanese
Speaker: YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Research Director, the Canon Institute for Global Studies)
"Topic: TBA"

No.747  March 7, 2012   Japanese
Speaker: KANNO Masaaki (Chief Economist, JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
"Topic: TBA"

No.748  March 13, 2012   Japanese
Speaker: TAKAKURA Shigeo (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Meiji University Law School / Patent Attorney, Suzuye & Suzuye (Patent Law Firm))
"[Policy History Series] Constructing the Intellectual Property System under the WTO and Subsequent Development"

No.749  March 14, 2012   Japanese
Speaker: MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Center for Industry Development and Environment Governance (CIDEG), Tsinghua University)
Commentator: KWAN Chi Hung (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)
Moderator: TAKAGI Seiji (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Topic: TBA"

No.743  February 1, 2012   Japanese
Speaker: NISHIMURA Shuzo (Director-General, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)
Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
"Conditions for Medical and Nursing Care Service to Grow as an Industry"

No.742  January 31, 2012  
Speaker: SURIN Pitsuwan (Secretary-General of ASEAN)
Moderator: NAKATOMI Michitaka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Principal Trade Negotiator, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Commentator: ISHIKANE Kimihiro (Ambassador to ASEAN)
"ASEAN and Regional Integration"

No.741  January 27, 2012   Japanese
Speaker: TOKUSEI Kentaro (Product Management Director Geo APAC, Google Japan)
Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)
"8 Ideas about Innovation"
NOT for quotation

No.740  January 26, 2012   Japanese
Speaker: HARADA Eikoh (Chairman, President & CEO, McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.)
Moderator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)
"Reforming the Management of McDonald's"
NOT for quotation

No.739  January 18, 2012   Japanese
Speaker & Moderator: MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University)
Commentator: TANAKA Wataru (Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)
Commentator: SAITO Takuya (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto Sangyo University)
"Considering the Future of Corporate Governance in Japan : From the Olympus and Daio Paper scandals"

No.738  December 21, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Hanna Holborn Grey Professor & Chair of the Department of Sociology, the University of Chicago)
Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)
"Firms' Performance and its Relationship with Firms' Promotion of Female Human Resource Utilization and Employees' Work-Life Balance : Facts revealed from the analyses of RIETI's survey on firms."

No.737  December 20, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: MATSUYAMA Ryoichi (Chairman, Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) / Former Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Botswana)
Moderator: MORI Kiyoshi (Director, Policy Planning Division, Natural Resources and Fuel Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy / Former Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Japan's Diplomacy towards Africa"

No.736  December 13, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: MORINOBU Shigeki (Professor, Chuo Law School / Chief Research Fellow, the Tokyo Foundation)
Moderator: HOSAKA Shin (Director, Corporate Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"Introduction of Japanese Version IRA"

No.735  December 7, 2011  
Speaker: Shane GREENSTEIN (Kellogg Chair of Information Technology and Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
Commentator: NAGAOKA Sadao (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Moderator: AOKI Reiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
"Standards, Platforms, and Public Policy"
Handout [PDF:4.1MB]
Summary

No.734  December 6, 2011  
Speaker: Steven BARNETT (Assistant Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)
Moderator: TAKAGI Seiji (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"China: Economic Developments and Outlook"
Handout [PDF:4.7MB]
Summary

No.733  November 30, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: TESHIMA Ryuichi (Journalist / Writer)
Moderator: NAKATOMI Michitaka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Principal Trade Negotiator, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"A Decade of Intelligence War: From 9/11 in the U.S. to 3/11 in Fukushima"
NOT for quotation

No.732  November 29, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: FUJISAWA Kumi (Vice President, SophiaBank)
Moderator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)
"Signs of Changes in the Japanese Economy"
NOT for quotation

No.731  November 24, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: KIM Yongdok (Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University)
Commentator: SHIOTA Koichi (Director, Iron and Steel Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)
"[Policy History Series] Interrelationship between Organizational Theory and Market Theory : The case of the Japanese steel industry policy"

No.730  November 17, 2011  
Speaker: Andrew W. SHOYER (Partner, Sidley Austin LLP)
Moderator: KAZEKI Jun (Director, Office for WTO Compliance and Dispute Settlement, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"WTO Case Law on Product Standards and Labeling: New Cases, New Challenges"
Handout [PDF:633KB]
Summary

No.729  November 11, 2011  12:15-13:15 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
Speaker: Joe OLIVER (Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Canada)
Commentator: ISHII Akira (Special Adviser, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation)
Moderator: YASUNAGA Yuuko (Director, Mineral and Natural Resources Division, Natural Resources and Fuel Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
"Canada's Emergence as a Global Energy Superpower"
Speech [PDF:44KB]
Handout (Commentator) [PDF:604KB]

No.728  November 9, 2011  
Speaker: Odd Håkon HOELSÆTER (Director, Hafslund ASA/Former President & CEO, Statnett SF)
Moderator: MITA Noriyuki (Director, Policy Planning Division, Electricity and Gas Industry Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
"The liberalization process in the electricity industry in Norway and the Nordic countries"
Handout [PDF:2.26MB]
Summary

No.727  November 8, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: HATTA Shinji (Auditor, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Professional Accountancy, Aoyama Gakuin University)
Speaker: SHIBA Kenji (Professor, Graduate School of Kansai University, School of Accountancy)
Speaker: AOKI Masaaki (Professor, Tohoku University Accounting School)
Speaker: FUJINUMA Tsuguoki (Vice-Chair, Trustees of IFRS Foundation)
Moderator: HIRATSUKA Nobuyuki (Director, Corporate Accounting, Disclosure and CSR Policy Office, Economic and Industiral Policy Bureau, METI)
"Message from Accounting Profession: Toward Reconstruction and Development from Earthquake"

No.726  November 1, 2011  
Speaker: Francois-Xavier LIENHART (Deputy Delegate in charge of Japan, Saint-Gobain Asia-Pacific / President, MAG-ISOVER K.K.)
Moderator: WATANABE Shoji (Director, Housing Industry, Ceramics and Construction Materials Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
"The Implementation of an Energy-Saving Society Contributes to the Environment, People and Economy"
Handout [PDF:9.33MB]
Summary

No.725  October 31, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: SAKAI Yoshimasa (Special Assistant to Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
Moderator: MATSUDA Naoko (Fellow / Deputy Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)
"White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri), 2011: The reconstruction of the business strategy of Manufacturing Industries in Japan which fights against the change of International Manufacturing structure and the crisis after the Great East Japan Earthquake"

No.724  October 21, 2011  
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Hermann SIMON (Chairman, Simon-Kucher & Partners)
Commentator: OTA Takehiko (Director, Regional Economic Development Department, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN)
Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)
"Hidden Champions of the 21st Century - Success Strategies of Unknown Mid-sized World Market Leaders"
Summary

No.723  October 19, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: ISHII Shogo (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)
Moderator: NAKAZAWA Norio (Director of Research, RIETI)
"Global Economy and Financial Markets: Outlook and the Challenges Ahead with Slowing Growth and Rising Risks"
NOT for quotation

No.722  October 17, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: HIRATA Takeo (Professor, Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University / Former General Secretary, Japan Football Association)
Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
"Why the National Women's Soccer Team Nadeshiko Japan won the 2011 World Cup Championship? - From the perspectives of policy and a growth strategy in the sports business"

No.721  October 14, 2011  
Speaker: Mikael PALMQUIST (President & CEO, IKEA Japan K.K.)
Moderator: KURODA Junichiro (Director, Trade and Investment Facilitation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)
"IKEA Japan: Our Journey"
NOT for quotation

No.720  October 12, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: AKABA Yuji (Managing Director, Breakthrough Partners)
Moderator: SHINDO Hideo (Director, Academia-Industry Cooperation Promotion Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)
"Lean Startup and Innovation Happening in Japan under Rapidly Flourishing Smartphones and Various social Media"

No.719  October 7, 2011  12:15-14:00 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00) Japanese
Speaker: James E. AUER (Director of the Center for U.S.-Japan Studies and Cooperation, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies)
Speaker: KONNO Hidehiro (Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation)
Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)
"Looking Back at the FSX Dispute : Lessons for the Future"
Program and Handouts
Summary

No.718  October 6, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: KIKKAWA Takeo (Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University)
Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)
"[Policy History Series] Policies on Natural Resources and Energy (1973-2010)"

No.717  October 4, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: OKADA Masahiro (Associate Professor, Strategic Management, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University)
Speaker: ONO Izumi (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS))
Moderator: KOYAMA Satoru (Director for Commerce and Distribution, METI)
"Base of the economic pyramid (BOP) Business: From the viewpoints of business strategy and development"

No.716  October 3, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: TANAKA Nobuo (Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)
Moderator: MINAMI Ryo (Director, International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
"A Future Energy Scenario : Energy strategy in the post-Fukushima era"

No.715  September 21, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: TAKITA Yoichi (Editorial Committee Member, Nikkei Inc.)
Moderator: NOHARA Satoshi (Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"Catastrophic world and Japan --How to survive at this serious phase"

No.714  September 16, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: CHIDA Toshiki (Chief Researcher, Niigata City Research Institute for Public Policy and Management)
Speaker: TAMAMURA Masatoshi (Visiting Fellow, Niigata City Research Institute for Public Policy and Management / Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
Commentator: UEYAMA Shinichi (President, Niigata City Research Institute for Public Policy and Management / Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)
Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
"Analyzing Urban Social Capital and Happiness: Visualization of new concepts in the city of Niigata"

No.713  September 14, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: KAWAI Teruaki (Senior Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation)
Moderator: KONDO Tomohiro (Director, Aerospace and Defense Industries Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
"Another Challenge of Commercial Aircraft Development"

No.712  September 12, 2011  
Speaker: CAI Fang (Director and Professor, Institute of Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Moderator: KIRIYAMA Nobuo (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"China's Demographic Change and Implications for Rest of the World"
Handout [PDF:614KB]
Reference 1 [PDF:72KB]
Reference 2 [PDF:80KB]

No.711  August 31, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow & Program Director, RIETI)
Moderator: MIZUNO Masato (Director, Human Resources Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"Non-regular Employment System Reform in Japan : Changing the way people work"

No.710  July 22, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: ISHIZUKA Yasushi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Speaker: SEKIGUCHI Kunio (Deputy Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Speaker: UDA Kenjiro (Part-time Officer, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Commentator: ITO Banri (Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Department of International Economics, School of Economics, Senshu University)
Moderator: MATSUDA Naoko (Fellow / Deputy Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)
"White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2011 : Toward enhanced revitalization of the global economic network beyond the disaster"

No.709  July 21, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: MENG Jianjun (Senior Fellow, Tsinghua University, China)
Commentator: KWAN Chi Hung (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)
Moderator: TAKAGI Seiji (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"On Economic and Social Development Twelfth Five-Year Plan [2011-2015] in China"
NOT for quotation

No.708  July 12, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: GOTO Yoshikazu (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University)
Speaker: HOSHIKAWA Yasuyuki (Executive Director, the Accessible Design Foundation of Japan)
Commentator & Moderator: TAKEGAMI Shiro (Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University)
"Philosophy of Accessible Design - Practices and observations"

No.707  July 11, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: HOSHINO Mitsuaki (Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
Moderator: NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI)
"2011 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan : Recovering from the disaster and overcoming growth constraints"

No.706  July 6, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: TOMITA Tetsuro (Vice President / Director, Corporate Planning Headquarters, East Japan Railway Company)
Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)
"The Measures JR East has been taking in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the Issues to be solved in the Future"

No.705  June 30, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: OSAKI Yasuhiro (Professor, School of Law, Waseda University)
Commentator: TAKASHIMA Ryusuke (Director, Commerce Division, Commerce and Distribution Policy Group, METI)
Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)
"[Policy History Series] Commodities Futures Market -Is It Necessary in Japan-"

No.704  June 23, 2011  
Speaker: Dirk PILAT (Head, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology & Industry, OECD)
Speaker: Andrea BELTRAMELLO (Policy Analyst, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology & Industry, OECD)
Moderator: NAKAO Yasuhisa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, International Economic Affairs Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Opening Japan - Comparisons with other G20 countries and lessons learned from international experience"
Handout [PDF:1.6MB]
Summary
Paper (OECD Website)

No.703  June 16, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: SAWAI Minoru (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
Commentator: FUKUSHIMA Hiroshi (Director, Research and Development Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)
Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)
"[Policy History Series] National Innovation System in Transition"

No.702  June 13, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: ISHIHARA Takemasa (Professor, Faculty of Commerce, University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences / Professor Emeritus, Osaka City University)
Commentator: FUJINO Takumi (Director, Retail and Wholesale Commerce Division, Busuiness Support Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)
"[Policy History Series] Public Policy Focused on Community Retailing in Japan"

No.701  June 10, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: IKEUCHI Satoshi (Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: MORI Kiyoshi (Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Social Change and Democratization in the Arab World"

No.700  June 9, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: SUGIUCHI Kiyonobu (Director, Senior Vice President, JX Holdings, Inc.)
Moderator: IRINO Yasukazu (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"Damages Caused by the Earthquake, Restoration and Issues for JX Group"

No.699  June 6, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: HARADA Yutaka (Councilor, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.)
Moderator: KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
"Policy Issues on Japanese Economy - the Great Recession, Inequality, Budget Deficit and Aging -"

No.698  May 12, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: NAKAMURA Yoshiaki (Director, Business Environment Promotion Division, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and Industrial Reconstruction : Natural disasters and changes in the spatial distribution of industries"

No.697  May 10, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: FUJIMOTO Takahiro (Executive Director, Manufacturing Management Research Center / Professor of Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: YAMAMOTO Masafumi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"The Earthquake and Genba [Manufacturing Site] Oriented National Policies"

No.696  April 26, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: ISHII Shogo (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)
Moderator: TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)
"IMF World Economic Outlook [April 2011]"
NOT for quotation
World Economic Outlook April 2011 [PDF:4.2MB]

No.695  April 25, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: KONISHI Yoko (Fellow, RIETI)
"Are There Any Lessons from the Past Natural Disasters? --Economic recovery and livelihood rehabilitation from the Great East Japan Earthquake"

No.694  April 21, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
Moderator: NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI)
"Economic Policy After the Great Tohoku Earthquake"

No.693  April 20, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)
"Beyond Reconstruction: Can Japan achieve miraculous growth again?"

No.692  April 7, 2011   Japanese
Speaker: SATO Motohiro (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
Moderator: HOSAKA Shin (Director, Corporate Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"Proposals and Challenges for Economic Recovery Following the Great East Japan Earthquake: Focusing on financial resources for reconstruction"