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Policy Update offers timely comments by RIETI fellows and keynote speakers at policy symposiums and other events as well as research on a wide range of policy issues.

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042: February 23, 2011

Initial Steps Toward Regional Economic Integration in East Asia (Japan's Proposal)

FUKUYAMA Mitsuhiro

041: January 25, 2011

What is the current state of FDI regulations in the APEC industrialized economies? To what extent have they achieved the Bogor Goals with respect to free and open investment by 2010?

040: March 18, 2010

Business Strategy and rules for Globalization in the Energy Business Sector
- Considerations on the Re-organization of European Electricity and Gas Industry and Policy Perspectives -

SHIRAISHI Shigeaki

039: February 18, 2010

Environmental Policy

038: February 16, 2010

The New Global Economic Order and East Asia : From the viewpoint of spatial economics (Keynote speech at Plenary Session of the 2010 KEA Annual Meeting)

FUJITA Masahisa

037: January 18, 2010

The U.S., China, and Japan in an Integrating East Asia
(Contribution to the Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary)

036: December 28, 2009

Consumer Policy 2009

035: October 26, 2009

The 1990s in Japan and Lessons for the Current Financial Crisis

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro

034: January 28, 2009

Global Financial Crisis and Policy Issues That Need to be Addressed

YOSHINO Naoyuki

033: December 25, 2008

The Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on China's Labor-Intensive Manufacturing Exports

THORBECKE, Willem

031: December 11, 2008

Consumer Policy

030: March 2008

Subprime Loan Crisis - Lessons from Japan's Decade of Deception [PDF: 81KB]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro

029: RIETI Policy Dialogue Series: Part One

January 4, 2007
Challenges and Prospects for Resumption of DDA Negotiations

OGAWA Tsunehiro
KOTERA Akira

028: RIETI Policy Symposium: "Determinants of Total Factor Productivity and Japan’s Potential Growth: An International Perspective"

Pre-event Interview No.1 July 4, 2006
EU Playing Catch-up with Productivity Growth

Marcel TIMMER

Pre-event Interview No.2 July 14, 2006
TFP and Prospects for the Japanese Economy

Dale W. JORGENSON

027: January 2006

Expectations for Completion of Full-Fledged Agricultural Policy Reform [PDF: 135KB]

YAMASHITA Kazuhito

026: RIETI-CARF Policy Symposium: "What Financing Mechanisms and Organizations of Business Entities Best Facilitate Innovation?"

Pre-event Interview: February 20, 2006
Utilizing LLCs and New Business Forms for the Promotion of Innovation in Europe

Joseph McCAHERY

025: December 14, 2005

Agriculture and Environmental Problems in Uzbekistan

YAMASHITA Kazuhito

024: RIETI Policy Symposium: "Global Management and Innovation of Japanese Enterprises - The Strengths of Global Management and Further Challenges"

Pre-event Interview No.1: January 24, 2006
Harnessing Global Knowledge for Metanational Innovation

Pre-event Interview No.2: January 24, 2006
Ongoing Internationalization of R&D Operations

ASAKAWA Kazuhiro

023: RIETI Policy Symposium : "Japan's Pension System -Evaluating the 2004 Reform and Establishing Clear Principles for Further Reforms-"

Pre-event Interview No.1: December 9, 2005
Improving Transparency and Equity of Japanese Pension System

Olivia S. MITCHELL

Pre-event Interview No.2: December 9, 2005
Evaluating the History, Future and Lessons of Pension Reform in Sweden

Ole SETTERGREN

022: RIETI Policy Symposium: "Corporate Value Creation through the Strengthening of Intellectual Asset Management"

Pre-event Interview: November 22, 2005
Intellectual Capital in the Knowledge Economy

Ahmed BOUNFOUR

021: November 4, 2005

Push Forward Agricultural Reform and Take the Offensive in the WTO Negotiations

YAMASHITA Kazuhito

020: RIETI-CEPR Conference: "Corporate Finance and Governance: Japan-Europe Comparisons"

Pre-event Interview: September 8, 2005
The European Approach to Corporate Governance: A Model for Japan?

Colin MAYER

019: July 27, 2005

Alan A. Powell Award-Winner and Former RIETI Consulting Fellow KAWASAKI Kenichi

KAWASAKI Kenichi

018: RIETI Policy Symposium : "Prospects for the Doha Round: Major Challenges in the Multilateral Trading System and their Implications for Japan"

Pre-event Interview No.1: July 8, 2005
Developments in U.S. Trade Politics

I.M. (Mac) DESTLER

Pre-event Interview No.2: July 11, 2005
How Should the WTO Respond to a Changing International Community?

YAMAMOTO Yoshinobu

Pre-event Interview No.3: August 5, 2005
What Stance Should Japan Take in the Doha Round Agriculture Negotiations?

Pre-event Interview No.4: August 15, 2005
Institutionalization of International Relations in the Era of Globalization

Pre-event Interview No.5: September 9, 2005
Challenges and Prospects for WTO Dispute Settlement Process: What Developed Countries Must Do to Maintain the Multilateral Trading System

KAWASE Tsuyoshi

017: RIETI Policy Symposium : "Rise and Fall of World Cities - Implications for Greater Tokyo, Japan and Asia"

Pre-event Interview No.1: March 8, 2005
City-Regions: Policy Issues and the Evolution of Citizenship

Pre-event Interview No.2: March 4, 2005
Creating a 21st Century Tokyo

Pre-event Interview No.3: March 15, 2005
Global Cities: Strategic Roles and Socio-Political Implications

016: November 2, 2004

Identifying Conditions for Women's Active Participation in Society

TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki

015: October 19, 2004

Emerging Patterns of Corporate Governance in Japan

Gregory JACKSON

014: RIETI Policy Symposium : "Designing a 'Policy Mix'"

Pre-event Interview No.1: June 8, 2004
Resolving New Global and Regional Imbalances While Furthering Asian Economic Integration

YOSHITOMI Masaru

Pre-event Interview No.2: May 24, 2004
What Roles Should Japan Play in Asian Economic Integration?

013: RIETI Policy Symposium : "Fiscal Reform of Japan: Redesigning the Frame of the State"

Pre-event Report No.1: February 23, 2004
Underlying the RIETI Fiscal Reform Project: A Unique and Coherent Viewpoint

Pre-event Report No.2: March 3, 2004
Local Government Fiscal Reform from the Viewpoint of "Corporate" Governance

KITAMI Tomitaro

Pre-event Report No.3: March 5, 2004
Fiscal Reform from the Perspective of Social System Design

YOKOYAMA Yoshinori

012: September 5, 2003

Assessment of IRCJ's Selection of First Group of Candidates for Rehabilitation

011: June 16, 2003

Toward Reconstruction of Banks: Can Public Bailout of Resona Bank Become Model Case? (Part 2) - Rebuilding of Governance System -

010: June 16, 2003

Toward Reconstruction of Banks: Can Public Bailout of Resona Bank become Model Case? (Part 1) - Handling of Deferred Tax Assets and Evaluation of Financial Crisis Preventive Measures -

009: May 12, 2003

What Diplomatic Policies should Japan Pursue in the Post-Saddam Era?

008: May 12, 2003

What Lies behind Sagging Stock Prices: A Long-term View Needed to Address the Issue

007: April 8, 2003

Urgent Appeal: Opposition to the Privacy Bill that Regulates the Internet

006: January 20, 2003

New President of Korea between Anti and Pro Americanism

005: December 12, 2002

Japanese View of Nuclear Impasse of North Korea

004: December 2, 2002

Upon the Announcement of the Timetable for the Financial Revitalization Program

003: November 19, 2002

Coping with Debt Deflation in Japan

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro

002: November 14, 2002

Expansion of tax-free provisioning is bound to further delay the disposal of nonperforming loans

TAKAHASHI Yoichi

001: October 24, 2002

What to expect from the Takenaka Project Team