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.

New eBook: Trump’s Great Trade Hack

June 10, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

The global impact of AI: Mind the gap

June 9, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Eugenio CERUTTI (Chief of the Macro-Financial Unit, SPR at International Monetary Fund) / Antonio Garcia PASCUAL (Deputy Division Chief at International Monetary Fund) / KIDO Yosuke (Economist at International Monetary Fund) / LI Longji (Research Officer at International Monetary Fund) / Giovanni MELINA (deputy Division Chief, Structural and Climate Policy division at International Monetary Fund) / Marina M. TAVARES (Senior Economist at International Monetary Fund) / Philippe WINGENDER (Senior Economist at International Monetary Fund)

Possibility of Regional Revitalization through Experience-based Return Gifts for Hometown Tax Donations

June 5, 2025 [Column]

SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior fellow, RIETI)

Exchange Rates and Tariffs: Unravelling their impacts on China's ICT exports while accounting for product sophistication

June 4, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (International Business School Suzhou) / Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Creation of New Corporate Value and Societal Contribution through Numerical Analyses of Well-being

June 4, 2025 [Column]

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

No Retreat for the Trump Revolution

June 2, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

The Economics of SME Finance

May 21, 2025 [RIETI Books (English)]

Written by UESUGI Iichiro

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)

: 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)

What's NewRSS

June 10, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

New eBook: Trump’s Great Trade Hack

Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

June 9, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The global impact of AI: Mind the gap

June 9, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Import Competition and Restructuring Strategies: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data

ITO Tadashi (Gakushuin University) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 5, 2025 [Symposiums]

White Paper on Manufacturing Industries 2025

June 5, 2025 [Column]

Possibility of Regional Revitalization through Experience-based Return Gifts for Hometown Tax Donations

SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior fellow, RIETI)

June 4, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

Exchange Rates and Tariffs: Unravelling their impacts on China's ICT exports while accounting for product sophistication

CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (International Business School Suzhou) / Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

June 4, 2025 [Column]

Creation of New Corporate Value and Societal Contribution through Numerical Analyses of Well-being

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 4, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Capital Market Conditions and the Value of Corporate Diversification for Japanese Firms

USHIJIMA Tatsuo (Keio University) / SASAKI Takafumi (Chuo University)

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Firms' GVC Participation on Wages

URATA Shujiro (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI) / BAEK Youngmin (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

A House for My Family: The impacts of down payment rate on marriage and fertility

BAI Yuting (Hunan University) / KIM Jun Hyung (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) / LI Anqi (Jinan University) / MARUYAMA Shiko (University of Osaka) / YANG Zhe (Liaoning University)

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Quantifying Congestion Externalities in Road Networks: A structural estimation approach using stochastic evolutionary model

FUJISHIMA Shota (Hitotsubashi University) / SAKAI Takara (Institute of Science Tokyo) / TAKAYAMA Yuki (Institute of Science Tokyo)

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Exchange Rates and Tariffs: Unravelling their impacts on China's ICT exports while accounting for product sophistication

CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (International Business School Suzhou) / Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Trade and Multi-product Firms

Rikard FORSLID (Stockholm University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Ethnicity and Judicial Discrimination: Exploring punitive and sympathetic sentencing mechanisms through a survey experiment in Japan

IGARASHI Akira (University of Osaka) / MORITA Hatsuru (Tohoku University) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 2, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

No Retreat for the Trump Revolution

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 9, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Import Competition and Restructuring Strategies: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data

ITO Tadashi (Gakushuin University) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 4, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

Exchange Rates and Tariffs: Unravelling their impacts on China's ICT exports while accounting for product sophistication

CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (International Business School Suzhou) / Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

June 4, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Capital Market Conditions and the Value of Corporate Diversification for Japanese Firms

USHIJIMA Tatsuo (Keio University) / SASAKI Takafumi (Chuo University)

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Firms' GVC Participation on Wages

URATA Shujiro (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI) / BAEK Youngmin (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

A House for My Family: The impacts of down payment rate on marriage and fertility

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Quantifying Congestion Externalities in Road Networks: A structural estimation approach using stochastic evolutionary model

FUJISHIMA Shota (Hitotsubashi University) / SAKAI Takara (Institute of Science Tokyo) / TAKAYAMA Yuki (Institute of Science Tokyo)

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Exchange Rates and Tariffs: Unravelling their impacts on China's ICT exports while accounting for product sophistication

CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (International Business School Suzhou) / Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

June 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]