RIETI - Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry

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.

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.

US misuse of tariff reciprocity and what the world should do about it

May 15, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI) / Giorgio Barba NAVARETTI (Scientific Director at Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano, Professor of Economics at University Of Milan)

Who Are The Trump Tariffs For?—How Japan Should Prepare for a “Post-Tariff” World

May 15, 2025 [Policy Update]

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI)

Conference Report: “Carbon Pricing, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and Green Transition”—Taking CBAM as an opportunity, Japan should aim to cooperate with the EU to create a global carbon market

May 14, 2025 [Column]

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Nurturing Entrepreneurship: What policymakers can do (Handout and Video)

May 12, 2025 [Symposiums]

Strategic Response from Japan Could Help Save Global Trade

May 12, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

We Must Review the Effects of Policy Measures to Counter Shrinkage of the Child Population and to Empower Women

May 12, 2025 [Column]

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Trump Tariff Policy and the Role of Economics

May 9, 2025 [Column]

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Plastic Pollution

May 9, 2025 [Column]

IWASAKI Fusanori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / KAWAMURA Reo (Director, Regional Knowledge Centre For Marine Plastic Debris, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia) / KOJIMA Michikazu (Chief Senior Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies)

Identifying potential Chinese export redirection in 2024 US trade data

May 8, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Simon EVENETT (Professor of Geopolitics and Strategy at IMD Business School)

What is Necessary for Achieving Growth

May 8, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

: 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.

: 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.

: 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.

: Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs)

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May 19, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Understanding the Rapid Growth of the ESG Bonds Issued by Japanese Companies: Commitment vs. greenwashing

UJITA Tatsuya (Waseda University / Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.) / MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 19, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Voting for Gender Balancing? The effect of a multiple-vote system on women’s representation

ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIWA Hirofumi (Gakushuin University) / KASUYA Yuko (Keio University)

May 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Structure of Supply Chains and the Impacts of Trump 1.0 Tariffs: Evidence from Japanese firms’ sales to North America

ANDO Mitsuyo (Keio University) / HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies) / KIMURA Fukunari (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Kagawa University)

: May 16, 2025 [RIETI Report]

Are Pro-productivity Policies Fit for Purpose?

May 15, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

US misuse of tariff reciprocity and what the world should do about it

Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI) / Giorgio Barba NAVARETTI (Scientific Director at Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano, Professor of Economics at University Of Milan)

May 15, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Why America is acting this way on trade: A globotics shock, a failed social policy, and middle-class fury

Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

May 15, 2025 [Policy Update]

Who Are The Trump Tariffs For?—How Japan Should Prepare for a “Post-Tariff” World

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI)

May 15, 2025 [Symposiums]

Global Supply Chains and Productivity (Summary)

May 14, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Capital Investment and Corporate Tax: Empirical investigation of recent tax reforms

TAKAOKA Ryo (Kobe University) / MIYAZAKI Tomomi (Kobe University)

May 14, 2025 [Column]

Conference Report: “Carbon Pricing, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and Green Transition”—Taking CBAM as an opportunity, Japan should aim to cooperate with the EU to create a global carbon market

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

May 14, 2025 [Column]

Report on the 26th EU-Japan Business Round Table Annual Meeting—The Evolving Japan-EU Partnership: Aiming for the "Brussels-Tokyo Effect"

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

May 12, 2025 [Symposiums]

Nurturing Entrepreneurship: What policymakers can do (Handout and Video)

May 12, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Hydrogen Infrastructure, Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, and Indirect Network Effects: Evidence from Japan

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI)

May 12, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

University Intermediation and Regional Agglomeration in Academic Entrepreneurship: Evidence from panel data in Japan

FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)

May 12, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Strategic Response from Japan Could Help Save Global Trade

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

May 19, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Understanding the Rapid Growth of the ESG Bonds Issued by Japanese Companies: Commitment vs. greenwashing

UJITA Tatsuya (Waseda University / Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.) / MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 19, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Voting for Gender Balancing? The effect of a multiple-vote system on women’s representation

ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIWA Hirofumi (Gakushuin University) / KASUYA Yuko (Keio University)

May 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Structure of Supply Chains and the Impacts of Trump 1.0 Tariffs: Evidence from Japanese firms’ sales to North America

ANDO Mitsuyo (Keio University) / HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies) / KIMURA Fukunari (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Kagawa University)

May 14, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Capital Investment and Corporate Tax: Empirical investigation of recent tax reforms

TAKAOKA Ryo (Kobe University) / MIYAZAKI Tomomi (Kobe University)

May 12, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Hydrogen Infrastructure, Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, and Indirect Network Effects: Evidence from Japan

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI)

May 12, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

University Intermediation and Regional Agglomeration in Academic Entrepreneurship: Evidence from panel data in Japan

FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)

May 9, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Green Consumption and Corporate Environmental Responsibility in North-South Trade

CHENG Haitao (Hitotsubashi University) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TARUI Nori (University of Hawaii)

May 7, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Higher Minimum Wage, Stagnant Income? The case of women's work hours in Japan

MORI Yuko (Hitotsubashi University) / OKUDAIRA Hiroko (Doshisha University)

May 7, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Agglomeration Economies, Mechanization, and Changes in Product Quality: An inquiry into the post-war development of the Sake brewery clusters in Japan, 1980-2020

AIKAWA Yuya (Doshisha University) / HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HASHINO Tomoko (Kobe University) / OTSUKA Keijiro (Asian Development Bank Institute / Kobe University)

April 25, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Intra-firm Networks during the COVID-19 Pandemic

ANDO Mitsuyo (Keio University) / HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies) / URATA Shujiro (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI) / YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Kagawa University)

April 23, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]