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? Facebook Twitter YouTube RIETI - Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry

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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Special Feature on Economic Security List of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) rietichannel: Video in English

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RIETI Program Director and Faculty Fellow NAGAOKA Sadao Receives 5th Japan Statistical Society Takahide Nakamura Award

June 23, 2025 [Recent Activities]

The Great Trade Hack: How Trump's trade war fails and global trade moves on (Handout and Video)

June 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

MORIKAWA Masayuki's photo

Uncertainty Reduces Effectiveness of Macroeconomic Policies

June 17, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

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

Eurasian Maritime Geopolitics: The United States and China in an Age of Indo-Pacific Transformation (Handout and Video)

June 13, 2025 [Symposiums]

Greetings from the RIETI Chairman

June 10, 2025 [About RIETI]

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman)

Greetings from the President of RIETI

June 10, 2025 [ About RIETI]

TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer)

New eBook: Trump’s Great Trade Hack

June 10, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

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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)

SEKIGUCHI Yoichi's photo

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

June 5, 2025 [Column]

SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior fellow, RIETI)

Willem THORBECKE's Photo

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)

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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.

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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Papers

June 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Emissions Trading Systems on Manufacturing Installation Productivity: Evidence from Japan

LUA Guanyu (Waseda University) / TANAKA Kenta (Musashi University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

June 30, 2025 [Technical Papers (English)]

The Automation Risk Index (ARI) Database for Japan. Methodological Note

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / NAGAYA Yoshiaki (Nomura Research Institute) / Cristiano PERUGINI (University of Perugia and IZA) / Fabrizio POMPEI (University of Perugia)

Papers

June 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Value of Potential Customer Information

MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Waseda University) / YANAOKA Masaki (Tokyo Shoko Research) / YAZAWA Hirotaka (Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing) / YUKIMOTO Shinji (Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing)

Articles

June 27, 2025 [RIETI Report]

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

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

June 27, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of Corporate Tax Reform on Firm Dynamics: An empirical study of the shift from income-based to pro forma standard taxation in Japan

KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / BAMBA Yasuo (Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting) / SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

June 25, 2025 [Symposiums]

How best to Leverage Foreign Capital for Enhancing Corporate Value: An Option for Further Growth Featured in the Guidebook Published by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Events

June 25, 2025 [Symposiums]

Structural Challenges, Distribution Policies and the Direction of Growth for Japan’s Prosperous Development

About RIETI

June 23, 2025 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Program Director and Faculty Fellow NAGAOKA Sadao Receives 5th Japan Statistical Society Takahide Nakamura Award

Events

June 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

Japan's Response to U.S.-China High-Tech Friction: Insights from Comparing Innovation Systems in Three Countries

Events

June 17, 2025 [Workshops]

Exploring Asia Pacific Markets: The View of Japan

Events

June 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

The Great Trade Hack: How Trump's trade war fails and global trade moves on (Handout and Video)

Events

June 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

Economic Disparity between Men and Women in Japan and Korea: Exploring commonalities and differences

Papers

June 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Collateral Damage of US Export Control Regulations on Japanese Suppliers’ Exports to China

HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies) / ITO Keiko (Chiba University)

Articles

June 17, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Uncertainty Reduces Effectiveness of Macroeconomic Policies

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

Papers

June 16, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Ideal Type and Practical Transformation of the Statuses of Residence for Employment in Professional or Technical Fields

FUKUYAMA Hiroshi (Former Immigration Services Agency) / HASHIMOTO Yuki (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

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Papers

June 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Emissions Trading Systems on Manufacturing Installation Productivity: Evidence from Japan

LUA Guanyu (Waseda University) / TANAKA Kenta (Musashi University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

June 30, 2025 [Technical Papers (English)]

The Automation Risk Index (ARI) Database for Japan. Methodological Note

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / NAGAYA Yoshiaki (Nomura Research Institute) / Cristiano PERUGINI (University of Perugia and IZA) / Fabrizio POMPEI (University of Perugia)

Papers

June 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Value of Potential Customer Information

MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Waseda University) / YANAOKA Masaki (Tokyo Shoko Research) / YAZAWA Hirotaka (Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing) / YUKIMOTO Shinji (Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing)

Papers

June 27, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of Corporate Tax Reform on Firm Dynamics: An empirical study of the shift from income-based to pro forma standard taxation in Japan

KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / BAMBA Yasuo (Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting) / SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

June 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Collateral Damage of US Export Control Regulations on Japanese Suppliers’ Exports to China

HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies) / ITO Keiko (Chiba University)

Papers

June 16, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Ideal Type and Practical Transformation of the Statuses of Residence for Employment in Professional or Technical Fields

FUKUYAMA Hiroshi (Former Immigration Services Agency) / HASHIMOTO Yuki (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

Papers

June 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Industry Regulation Indexes

MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Waseda University) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Gakushuin University) / SHIMAMURA Yutaro (TDSE)

Papers

June 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Do IPOs Stimulate Corporate Investment? Evidence from Japan

FUKAYA Reiko (Kyoto University) / YAMADA Kazuo (Kyoto University)

Papers

June 11, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Dual Burdens of Disability and Gender Norms: Understanding disabled women’s fertility in developing countries

ZHANG Yangyang (Jinan University) / ZHENG Xinye (Renmin University of China) / MARUYAMA Shiko (University of Osaka)

Papers

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)

Papers

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)

Papers

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)

Papers

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)

Papers

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)

Papers

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)

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Events

June 25, 2025 [Symposiums]

How best to Leverage Foreign Capital for Enhancing Corporate Value: An Option for Further Growth Featured in the Guidebook Published by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Events

June 25, 2025 [Symposiums]

Structural Challenges, Distribution Policies and the Direction of Growth for Japan’s Prosperous Development

Events

June 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

Japan's Response to U.S.-China High-Tech Friction: Insights from Comparing Innovation Systems in Three Countries

Events

June 17, 2025 [Workshops]

Exploring Asia Pacific Markets: The View of Japan

Events

June 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

The Great Trade Hack: How Trump's trade war fails and global trade moves on (Handout and Video)

Events

June 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

Economic Disparity between Men and Women in Japan and Korea: Exploring commonalities and differences

Events

June 16, 2025 [Symposiums]

Politics and Public Attitudes on Immigration: Insights from international comparative research

Events

June 13, 2025 [Symposiums]

Eurasian Maritime Geopolitics: The United States and China in an Age of Indo-Pacific Transformation (Handout and Video)

Events

June 12, 2025 [Symposiums]

Industrial Policy, Economic Friction and Trade Rules: A study of the “overproduction” phenomenon in China

Events

June 11, 2025 [Symposiums]

What the Disaster Victims Database (DB) Aimed to Achieve: The Noto Peninsula Earthquake Experience

Events

June 5, 2025 [Symposiums]

White Paper on Manufacturing Industries 2025

Events

May 30, 2025 [Symposiums]

Japan's Strategy: How to Respond to Tariff Policies under the Trump Administration

Events

May 30, 2025 [Symposiums]

Energy White Paper 2025

Events

May 29, 2025 [Symposiums]

The Great Trade Hack: How Trump's trade war fails and global trade moves on

Events

May 28, 2025 [Symposiums]

Indo-Pacific and Europe: Growing partnerships in support of rules-based trade order
—How should the EU and the Indo-Pacific region cooperate for a resilient trade order?

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Articles

June 27, 2025 [RIETI Report]

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

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 17, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Uncertainty Reduces Effectiveness of Macroeconomic Policies

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

Articles

June 13, 2025 [RIETI Report]

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

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 10, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

New eBook: Trump’s Great Trade Hack

Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 9, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The global impact of AI: Mind the gap

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)

Articles

June 5, 2025 [Column]

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

SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 4, 2025 [Column]

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

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 2, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

No Retreat for the Trump Revolution

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

May 30, 2025 [RIETI Report]

Trump Tariff Policy and the Role of Economics

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

Articles

May 16, 2025 [RIETI Report]

Are Pro-productivity Policies Fit for Purpose?

Articles

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)

Articles

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)

Articles

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)

Articles

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)

Articles

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)

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