No.85 March 28, 2002 
YAMAMOTO Kazumoto (President, Asahi Kasei Corporation)
"Can Diversified Businesses Survive?"

No.84 March 27, 2002 
Speaker: ANDO Tadao (Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Sciences, Hiroshima University)
Moderator: HARAYAMA Yuko (Fellow, RIETI)
"University-Industry Collaboration-A Challenge by Hiroshima University"

No.83 March 22, 2002 
SAKAGUCHI Masaaki (CEO, Sakaguchi Giken Co.,Ltd)
"From Mold to High-detected CO sensor-If Winter Comes, Can Spring be Far Behind?"

No.82 March 15, 2002 
Speaker: SUZUKI Koichi (President, Internet Initiative Japan Inc.)
Moderator: IKEDA Nobuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"IT Strategy and Regulatory Reform"

No.81 March 13, 2002 
John H. JACKSON (Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center)
"Can Embedded Liberalism Survive the Challenges of the 21st Century?-What Markets Need in Order to Work Properly."
Summary
Summary (Japanese)

No.80 March 8, 2002 
OGASAWARA Norio (President, Ohtsuki Seiko Co.,Ltd.)
"Competitiveness Originated in a Working Field"

No.79 March 6, 2002 
FUJII Ryuko (Information Disclosure Review Board, Cabinet Office)
"Diversification of Female Workforce and the Falling Birth Rate"

No.78 March 1, 2002 
TAKAHASHI Shigesato (Director, Population Dynamics Research Department, National Institution of Population and Social Security Research)
"Japan's Aging Society -From the latest Future Population Estimate-"

No.77 February 27, 2002 
HIGUCHI Yoshio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Keio University)
"Work Sharing: Towards Structure Reform of Work and Life"

No.76 February 22, 2002 
AKIYAMA Masahiro (CEO, ARMONICOS Co.,Ltd)
"The Wave of Three Dimensions - a scenario for revival of Manufacturing Industries"

No.75 February 21, 2002 
Patrick CRONIN (Assistant Administrator, U.S Agency for International Development)
James CLAD (Professor, Georgetown University)
"Redefining Foreign Assistance and US-Japan Cooperation in Economic and Humanitarian and Development"
Summary
Summary (Japanese)

No.74 February 15, 2002 
Cynthia MEYER (Lecturer, Department of Film, Video & Broadcasting, NYU)
"Entertainment Industry Integration Strategies"

No.73 February 12, 2002 
Ramon H. MYERS (Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution)
"The Divided China Problem"
Summary
Summary (Japanese)

No.72 February 8, 2002 
Andrew SMITHERS (Chairman, Smithers & Co.)
"Revisit of Smithers: Japan's Structural Demand and Debt Problem"
Summary
Handouts [PDF: 49KB]

No.71 February 7, 2002 
Speaker: YAMADA Hajime (Professor, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan)
"Moderator: IKEDA Nobuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)"
IPv6: Myth & Reality

No.69 February 1, 2002 
Fatih BRIOL (Economic Analysis Division Head, International Energy Agency)
"Assessing Today's Supplies to Fuel Tomorrow's Growth: Implications of Global Energy Supply Outlook"
Summary
Handouts [PDF: 993KB]

No.68 January 30, 2002 
KAWAMOTO Yuko (Senior Expert, McKinsey & Company, Inc Japan)
"Future Direction for Banks' Independent Management --Clean up of Banks' Mess--"

No.67 January 29, 2002 
LIU Xielin (Deputy Director, Research Center for the Promotion of Science and Technology Development, The Ministry of Science and Technology, P.R China)
ZHANG Fengtong (Deputy Director, Science and Technology Development Division (TLO), Tsinghua University)
WANG Juanhua (Secretary-General, the Association for the Promotion of Non-Governmental Science and Technology, China)
"Development of High-Tech Industry in China"

No.66 January 28, 2002 
TAKATSUKI Akitoshi (Professor, Meikai University)
"How to Deal with Bankrupt Banks: US-Japan Comparison"

No.65 January 25, 2002 
Amelia PORGES (Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy)
Andrew SHOYER (Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy)
"Where Do We Go from Here? -- Post-Doha Challenges for Trade Negotiators"
Summary

No.65 January 24, 2002 
KOHNO Ryuji (Professor, Yokohama National University)
"High Technology of Wireless Communication: SDR(Wireless Software) and UWB (Ultra Wide Band)"

No.63 January 23, 2002 
Speaker: Gregory F. TREVERTON (Senior Policy Analysis, RAND)
Moderator: KITANO Mitsuru (Visiting Senior Fellow, RIETI / Director, Loan Aid Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau, MOFA)
"Understanding Tomorrow's Japan from the Inside Out"
Summary

No.62 January 21, 2002 
Steven C. CLEMONS (Executive Vice President, New America Foundation)
"US-Japan Relations and 9-11: Taking Stock of US-Japan Security and Economic Relations"
Summary

No.61 January 18, 2002 
TEZUKA Kazuaki (Professor, Chiba University)
"EU Enlargement, European Unification and Structure Reform - Point of View from Germany"

No.60 January 17, 2002 
Speaker: OHTAKE Kenichiro (Director-General, the Tax Bureau, Ministry of Finance)
Commentator: NEZU Risaburo (Director, RIETI)
"Environment Facilitation for Growing NPO Activities"

No.59 January 15, 2002 
Speaker: Dale JORGENSON (Professor, Harvard University)
Commentator: NEZU Risaburo (Director, RIETI )
"The Information Technology Industries and the U.S. Economy"
Summary

No.58 January 11, 2002 
Bill DYMOND (Director, Centre for Trade Policy and Law)
"Trade Capacity Building"
Summary

No.57 January 9, 2002 
AOKI Masahiko (President, RIETI)
"Japan in the Process of Institutional Transformation"
Summary
Summary (Japanese)
Handouts [PDF: 104KB]

No.55 December 20, 2001 
FAN Gang (National Economic Research Institute, China Reform Foundation)
"Struggling Forward: China Comes Up"
Summary

No.52 December 12, 2001 
HOSHI Takeo (Professor, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego)
Commentator: KAWAMOTO Yuko (Senior Expert, McKinsey & Company, Inc., Japan)
"Japan's Financial System in the Future"
Summary

No.51 December 6, 2001 
T. J. PEMPEL (Professor,University of California), Ellis KRAUSS(Professor,University of California)
"Beyond Bilateralism: Japanese and U.S. Cooperation and Conflict in Multilateral Asia"
Summary

No.44 November 8, 2001 
Speaker: YOO Soo Hong (Research Director, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
Commentator: FUKAGAWA Yukiko (RIETI Faculty Fellow / Associate Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University)
"A Comparison of Venture and IT Industries in Korea and Japan"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 16KB]

No.43 November 6, 2001 
Robert FAUVER (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
"Can FDI Raise Japan's Growth Rate?"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 18KB]

No.40 October 15, 2001 
C. Fred BERGSTEN (Director, Institute for International Economics), Marcus NOLAND (Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics), ITO Takatoshi (Professor, Hitotsubashi University)
"No More Bashing: Building a New Japan-United States Economic Relationship"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 23KB]

No.39 October 10, 2001 
James MORGAN (Chairman and CEO, Applied Materials)
"The Next Billion"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 15KB]

No.38 October 5, 2001 
Jean-Louis BEFFA (Chairman and CEO, the Saint-Gobain Group)
"The Global Strategy of Saint Gobain: Experiences of a French Global Company"

No.35 September 6, 2001 
Linda LOW (Associate Professor of National University of Singapore)
"Singapore's RTA Strategy"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 13KB]

No.34 August 30, 2001 
Robert Alan FELDMAN (Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Japan)
"Into the Response Quadrant: Koizumi and the CRIC Cycle"

No.32 August 27, 2001 
Andrew SMITHERS (Chairman, Smithers & Co.)
"Japan's Structural Demand and Debt Problem"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 15KB]

No.26 July 17, 2001 
Jane SKANDERUP (Pacific Forum CSIS)
"Challenges for the US and Japan in the Regional Economy"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 21KB]

No.25 July 10, 2001 
SOEYA Yoshihide (Faculty Fellow, RIETI; Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University)
"The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance"
Summary

No.24 July 4, 2001 
Jean-Christophe GOARIN (CEO, Carrefour Japan)
"Comments on Our Experience in Japan"

No.21 June 25, 2001 
James CLAD (Professor, Georgetown University)
"The Place of India in the Reconfiguring of US Policy in Asia"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 23KB]

No.18 June 18, 2001 
Speaker: Nathan ROSENBERG (Professor, Stanford University)
Commentator: KODAMA Fumio (University of Tokyo, Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
"The Role of Graduate Schools in American Innovation System"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 36KB]

No.17 June 8, 2001 
Speaker: YANAI Tadashi (Fast Retailing Co.)
Commentator: TSUKIIZUMI Hiroshi (Seeds Co., Ltd.)
"The Secret to Uniqlo's Overwhelming Success and Japan's Textile Industry"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 31KB]

No.14 June 1, 2001 
OKIMOTO Dan (Professor, Stanford University)
"Bush Administration's Asia policy"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 24KB]

No.13 May 30, 2001 
Sabine DOEBELI (Head of Environmental and Social Research, Zurich Kantonalbank)
"Ethical Investment for Pension Funds---Overview of the Swiss Market and of the Evaluation Methods of Zurcher Kantonalbank"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 22KB]

No.11 May 24, 2001 
Ralph A. COSSA (President, Pacific Forum, CSIS)
Jane Skanderup (Assistant Director for Programs and Development, Pacific Forum, CSIS)
"The New US-Japan Relationship: Security and Economy."
Summary
Summary [PDF: 31KB]

No.9 May 21, 2001 
Richard KATZ (Senior Editor, The Oriental Economist)
"FDI: INDISPENSABLE ALLY OF REFORM"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 39KB]

No.7 May 14, 2001 
MOCHIZUKI Mike (Professor, George Washington University)
"US Policy toward China"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 34KB]

No.5 April 20, 2001 
Antony A. BUTLER (PhRMA)
"Innovation and Reward Conributing to a Healthy Economy"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 15KB]
Material

No.2 April 6, 2001 
John WALSH (Associate Professor, Illinois University)
"Survey Results on the Influence of University Research on Industrial R&D"
Summary
Summary [PDF: 22KB]