What is RIETI?
The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) is a policy think tank established in 2001. Its mission is to conduct theoretical and empirical research, maximize synergies with those engaged in policymaking, and to make policy proposals based on evidence derived from such research activities. The institute is highly regarded both in Japan and abroad for its activity.
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How sanctions can help stabilise global oil supply
March 5, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]
Simon JOHNSON (Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship and Head of the Global Economics and Management Group, Sloan School of Management and Co-Director, co-director, Stone Center on Inequality and the Future of Work at MIT) / Łukasz RACHEL (Assistant Professor of Economics at University College London) / Catherine WOLFRAM (William Barton Rogers Professor of Energy Economics and Professor of Applied Economics, Sloan School of Management at MIT)
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Follow FDI: Production Networks and the Geography of Globalization (Handouts and Video)
March 2, 2026 [Symposiums]
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Addressing the Weak Yen Head on
February 27, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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Understanding Bond-Stock Price Comovements
February 25, 2026 [Policy Update]
Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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Geopolitical risk and supply chain diversification
February 25, 2026 [VoxEU Column]
DOAN Thi Thanh Ha (Economist at Economic Research Institute For Asean And East Asia (ERIA)) / ITO Asei (Associate professor at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo) / LUO Changyuan (Professor, Institute of World Economy at Fudan University) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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ASEAN’s Quiet Masterclass in Crisis Leadership
February 18, 2026 [East Asian Economic Strategies]
ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)
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Issues That Tend to be Overlooked in Growth Strategies
February 17, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)
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Open Door to New Era: Exploit “cutting-edge knowledge” to decide business strategies
February 12, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
SHIMIZU Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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Capital Investment Thriving in Adversity
February 5, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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How Oil Prices Impact Asian Economies: Evidence from the stock market
February 4, 2026 [Column]
Willem THORBECKE (Senior fellow, RIETI)
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Economic Security
Our society, as an international community, is at a historical turning point, as the modern era of globalization that began with the end of the Cold War comes to a close. Economic security has become an important theme as geopolitical risks increase. The security environment surrounding Japan is also becoming particularly severe. In this international context, The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) is expected to have a deep understanding of the impacts of these geopolitical risks and economic security considerations on the economy and industry through various types of economic analysis, including data-based empirical analysis, and to make recommendations for economic, trade, and industrial policies from its academic insights. For this reason, we have compiled and “visualized” the research conducted at RIETI which is relevant to these topics as a special feature.
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RIETI-ANU Symposium series
RIETI and Australian National University (ANU) have been jointly holding symposiums. Experts from the Asia-Pacific region gather to discuss various issues that are piling up in the increasingly uncertain global economy.
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Global Intelligence Series
We invite leading experts from Japan, the United States, Europe, and other Asian countries to give lectures about various global issues including economic security and regional affairs such as the U.S.-China conflict, the situation in the Middle East, the prospects of the Chinese economy, climate change, environmental and energy issues, the post-corona global trade system, supply chain risks, SDGs, etc. Many policy proposals are derived from information collected and discussed in these lectures.
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March 6, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Exiting Unawareness of Kohsetsushi among SMEs in Japan
FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)
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March 6, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Design Right Commercialization by Public Technology Transfer Organizations: Disseminating design knowledge in regional innovation systems
FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)
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March 5, 2026 [Symposiums]
France’s evolving Indo-Pacific strategy: Priorities, Challenges and Adaptation
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March 5, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]
How sanctions can help stabilise global oil supply
Simon JOHNSON (Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship and Head of the Global Economics and Management Group, Sloan School of Management and Co-Director, co-director, Stone Center on Inequality and the Future of Work at MIT) / Łukasz RACHEL (Assistant Professor of Economics at University College London) / Catherine WOLFRAM (William Barton Rogers Professor of Energy Economics and Professor of Applied Economics, Sloan School of Management at MIT)
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March 5, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
Nudges to Promote Infectious Disease Case Reporting
OHTAKE Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAKAMURA Ayaka (Wakayama University) / SUGIYAMA Takuma (Osaka University)
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March 4, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Impact of Inbound Tourism on Regional Economic Development: Evidence from Japanese commuting zone-level data
MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ENDOH Masahiro (Keio University) / SAITO Hisamitsu (Hokkaido University)
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March 4, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Structural Estimation at the Product Level: The impact of the Kobe Earthquake
HAMANO Masashige (Waseda University) / Kongphop WONGKAEW (Waseda University) / MURAKAMI Yuki (Waseda University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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March 2, 2026 [Symposiums]
Follow FDI: Production Networks and the Geography of Globalization (Handouts and Video)
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February 27, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Addressing the Weak Yen Head on
TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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February 27, 2026 [Symposiums]
Digital KANSEI as a New Foundation for Value Creation - Case studies in digital haptics & experience R&D -
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February 27, 2026 [RIETI Report]
Geopolitical risk and supply chain diversification
DOAN Thi Thanh Ha (Economist at Economic Research Institute For Asean And East Asia (ERIA)) / ITO Asei (Associate professor at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo) / LUO Changyuan (Professor, Institute of World Economy at Fudan University) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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February 25, 2026 [Policy Update]
Understanding Bond-Stock Price Comovements
Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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February 25, 2026 [VoxEU Column]
Geopolitical risk and supply chain diversification
DOAN Thi Thanh Ha (Economist at Economic Research Institute For Asean And East Asia (ERIA)) / ITO Asei (Associate professor at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo) / LUO Changyuan (Professor, Institute of World Economy at Fudan University) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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February 20, 2026 [RIETI Report]
How Oil Prices Impact Asian Economies: Evidence from the stock market
Willem THORBECKE (Senior fellow, RIETI)
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February 20, 2026 [Symposiums]
Economic Security Implementation Know-How from a Corporate Perspective: Department-specific responses
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March 6, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Exiting Unawareness of Kohsetsushi among SMEs in Japan
FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)
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March 6, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Design Right Commercialization by Public Technology Transfer Organizations: Disseminating design knowledge in regional innovation systems
FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)
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March 5, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
Nudges to Promote Infectious Disease Case Reporting
OHTAKE Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAKAMURA Ayaka (Wakayama University) / SUGIYAMA Takuma (Osaka University)
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March 4, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Impact of Inbound Tourism on Regional Economic Development: Evidence from Japanese commuting zone-level data
MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ENDOH Masahiro (Keio University) / SAITO Hisamitsu (Hokkaido University)
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March 4, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Structural Estimation at the Product Level: The impact of the Kobe Earthquake
HAMANO Masashige (Waseda University) / Kongphop WONGKAEW (Waseda University) / MURAKAMI Yuki (Waseda University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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February 19, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
Does Order Distort Evaluation? Evidence from observational data and field experiment in a large-scale piano competition
ASAKAWA Shinsuke (Saga University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YAMAGUCHI Shintaro (University of Tokyo)
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February 19, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
International Engagement and the Greenness of Manufacturing Firms
Robert J R ELLIOTT (University of Birmingham) / KUAI Wenjing (Hunan University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Ceren OZGEN (University of Birmingham / IZA)
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February 18, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
The Impact of Policy Uncertainty on Inward Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Japan’s international investment agreements
INADA Mitsuo (Miyazaki Municipal University) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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February 13, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
How Geopolitics Shapes Policy Preferences of Firms: Experimental evidence from Japan
NAOI Megumi (University of California, San Diego) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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February 13, 2026 [Non Technical Summaries]
Bond-stock Price Comovements: Evidence from the 1960s to the 1990s
Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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February 12, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
The Impact of Extreme Temperature on Chronic Absenteeism at School
GOYUDE Ryunosuke (Hitotsubashi University) / HIGUCHI Yuki (Sophia University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / UCHIDA Shinsuke (Nagoya City University)
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February 10, 2026 [Non Technical Summaries]
AI Data Centers and Electricity Demand: Taming the energy guzzlers
Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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February 10, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Reconsidering the AMU ― What is the optimal basket currency for Asia? ―
KAWASAKI Kentaro (Toyo University) / SHIMIZU Junko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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February 10, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]
Marriage, Fertility, and Female Labor Force Participation in an Aging Economy
Toama Boke Aime ARNAULD (GRIPS) / FUJIMOTO Junichi (GRIPS) / Minchung HSU (GRIPS)
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February 9, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]
Firm Heterogeneity in Responses to "Trump Tariffs 2.0": Evidence from Japanese manufacturing firms
ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAOI Megumi (University of California, San Diego)
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March 5, 2026 [Symposiums]
France’s evolving Indo-Pacific strategy: Priorities, Challenges and Adaptation
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March 2, 2026 [Symposiums]
Follow FDI: Production Networks and the Geography of Globalization (Handouts and Video)
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February 27, 2026 [Symposiums]
Digital KANSEI as a New Foundation for Value Creation - Case studies in digital haptics & experience R&D -
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February 20, 2026 [Symposiums]
Economic Security Implementation Know-How from a Corporate Perspective: Department-specific responses
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February 17, 2026 [Symposiums]
Demographic Change and Korea’s Growth Prospects: The Role of AI and Human Capital
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February 12, 2026 [Symposiums]
How XR-Based Digital Expression and the SBNR Economy Are Transforming Tourism and Regional Revitalization: Toward an era of digital experiences, meaningful connection, and shared understanding
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February 6, 2026 [Symposiums]
Economic Analysis of Carbon Pricing in Japan: The GX-ETS scheme with an economic perspective
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February 6, 2026 [Symposiums]
Challenges in the Medical Field: Female physician career choice and the wage gap
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February 6, 2026 [Symposiums]
Follow FDI: Production Networks and the Geography of Globalization
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February 4, 2026 [Symposiums]
Rising Geopolitical Risks and Foreign Direct Investment
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February 2, 2026 [Symposiums]
Italy in Turbulent Times. Connecting Atlantic, Mediterranean and Europe: Politics, economy and foreign policy (Handout and Video)
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January 28, 2026 [Symposiums]
Looking Back on Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai – What did an expo with 29.02 million visitors leave behind? Challenges in leveraging the expo mascot and related assets
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January 27, 2026 [Symposiums]
Economic Growth Strategy and Productivity: Key issues
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January 26, 2026 [Symposiums]
Economic Analysis of Supply Chain Vulnerabilities (Handouts and Video)
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March 5, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]
How sanctions can help stabilise global oil supply
Simon JOHNSON (Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship and Head of the Global Economics and Management Group, Sloan School of Management and Co-Director, co-director, Stone Center on Inequality and the Future of Work at MIT) / Łukasz RACHEL (Assistant Professor of Economics at University College London) / Catherine WOLFRAM (William Barton Rogers Professor of Energy Economics and Professor of Applied Economics, Sloan School of Management at MIT)
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February 27, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Addressing the Weak Yen Head on
TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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February 27, 2026 [RIETI Report]
Geopolitical risk and supply chain diversification
DOAN Thi Thanh Ha (Economist at Economic Research Institute For Asean And East Asia (ERIA)) / ITO Asei (Associate professor at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo) / LUO Changyuan (Professor, Institute of World Economy at Fudan University) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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February 25, 2026 [Policy Update]
Understanding Bond-Stock Price Comovements
Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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February 25, 2026 [VoxEU Column]
Geopolitical risk and supply chain diversification
DOAN Thi Thanh Ha (Economist at Economic Research Institute For Asean And East Asia (ERIA)) / ITO Asei (Associate professor at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo) / LUO Changyuan (Professor, Institute of World Economy at Fudan University) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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February 20, 2026 [RIETI Report]
How Oil Prices Impact Asian Economies: Evidence from the stock market
Willem THORBECKE (Senior fellow, RIETI)
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February 18, 2026 [East Asian Economic Strategies]
ASEAN’s Quiet Masterclass in Crisis Leadership
ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)
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February 17, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Issues That Tend to be Overlooked in Growth Strategies
MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)
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February 12, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Open Door to New Era: Exploit “cutting-edge knowledge” to decide business strategies
SHIMIZU Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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February 5, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
Capital Investment Thriving in Adversity
NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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February 4, 2026 [Column]
How Oil Prices Impact Asian Economies: Evidence from the stock market
Willem THORBECKE (Senior fellow, RIETI)
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February 3, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]
How the Fed makes decisions: Disagreement, beliefs, and the power of the Chair
Cooper HOWES (Senior Economist at Federal Reserve Board Of Governors) / Marc Dordal i CARRERAS (Assistant Professor of Economics at Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology) / Olivier COIBION (Malcolm Forsman Centennial Professor of Economics at University Of Texas At Austin) / Yuriy GORODNICHENKO (Quantedge Presidential Professor, Department of Economics at University of California, Berkeley)
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February 2, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]
What Is the Primary Cause of Inflation? – Signs of “Fiscal Inflation” Lurking in the Background
OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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January 30, 2026 [RIETI Report]
How Has Generative AI Spread among Companies: Synchronized adoption demonstrated by SMEs
KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / KUBO Takashi (Money Forward Institute of Economic Research)
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January 23, 2026 [Column]
How Has Generative AI Spread among Companies: Synchronized adoption demonstrated by SMEs
KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / KUBO Takashi (Money Forward Institute of Economic Research)
