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.

Industrial policy and retaliatory protection under the WTO: Lessons from China

September 11, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

FENG Yusheng (Econ Ph.D. student at the University of Hong Kong) / LI Haishi "Harry" (Assistant Professor of Economics at University Of Hong Kong) / WANG Siwei (PhD candidate at Wuhan University) / ZHU Min (Research Fellow in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham / Researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP))

How Macroeconomic Shocks Impact the Japanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market

September 9, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Economic Effects to be Brought about by the Introduction of Service Robots

September 9, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

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

Life Science Human Resource Development and Career Paths: Key to forming ecosystems

September 4, 2025 [Column]

AOYAMA Tatsufumi (Consulting fellow, RIETI)

China’s electronics export juggernaut and lessons for the US

August 29, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Associate Professor at China’s Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (Senior Associate Professor in International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU))

Supply Chain Issues: Recognizing historic turning points

August 29, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI)

Economic Impact of U.S. Tariff Hikes: Significance of trade diversion effects

August 29, 2025 [Column]

KAWASAKI Kenichi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Professor, GRIPS Alliance, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS))

Has Japan‘s Corporate Tax Cut Increased Investment and Employment?

August 26, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / BAMBA Yasuo (Chief Policy Analyst, Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co.) / SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Economic Insight: Rationale for resolutely opposing consumption tax cuts

August 19, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Global shocks, institutional development, and trade restrictions: Learning from crises and recoveries between 1990 and 2022

August 18, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Joshua AIZENMAN (Research Associate at National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER), Dockson Chair in Economics and International Relations at University Of Hong Kong) / ITO Hiroyuki (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI) / Donghyun PARK (Principal Economist at the Economics and Research Department at Asian Development Bank) / Jamel SAADAOUI (Full Professor at Paris 8 University) / Gazi Salah UDDIN (Professor of Financial Economics at Linkoping University)

: 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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September 12, 2025 [Symposiums]

The Great Firewall and Knowledge Diffusion

September 12, 2025 [Symposiums]

Transforming Life and Food with Future Technologies: The frontiers of quantum medicine and plasma agriculture

September 11, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Industrial policy and retaliatory protection under the WTO: Lessons from China

September 9, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

How Macroeconomic Shocks Impact the Japanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 9, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Effects to be Brought about by the Introduction of Service Robots

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

September 9, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Macroeconomic Shocks Impact the Japanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 8, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Spillovers through Supply Chains: How large plant openings affect local supplier firms

KAWAKUBO Takafumi (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / SUZUKI Takafumi (Aichi Shukutoku University)

September 8, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

Analysis of Factors Influencing Inward Foreign Direct Investment in OECD Countries Using a Gravity Model

SEKIZAWA Kumi (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

September 8, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Earnings Inequality Analysis Using Administrative Tax Data in Japan

KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / SUZUKI Michio (Tohoku University) / YAMADA Tomoaki (Meiji University)

September 5, 2025 [RIETI Report]

China’s electronics export juggernaut and lessons for the US

September 4, 2025 [Column]

Life Science Human Resource Development and Career Paths: Key to forming ecosystems

AOYAMA Tatsufumi (Consulting fellow, RIETI)

September 4, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Analysis of Factors Influencing Inward Foreign Direct Investment in OECD Countries Using a Gravity Model

SEKIZAWA Kumi (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

September 1, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Global Market Power of Japanese Multinational Firms

YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Kagawa University) / HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Gakushuin University)

August 29, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

China’s electronics export juggernaut and lessons for the US

August 29, 2025 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Deepening Business Viability Assessment and Corporate Support: Regional financial institutions embracing new challenges

Written and edited by YAMORI Nobuyoshi

September 9, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

How Macroeconomic Shocks Impact the Japanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 9, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Macroeconomic Shocks Impact the Japanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 8, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Spillovers through Supply Chains: How large plant openings affect local supplier firms

KAWAKUBO Takafumi (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / SUZUKI Takafumi (Aichi Shukutoku University)

September 8, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

Analysis of Factors Influencing Inward Foreign Direct Investment in OECD Countries Using a Gravity Model

SEKIZAWA Kumi (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

September 8, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Earnings Inequality Analysis Using Administrative Tax Data in Japan

KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / SUZUKI Michio (Tohoku University) / YAMADA Tomoaki (Meiji University)

September 4, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Analysis of Factors Influencing Inward Foreign Direct Investment in OECD Countries Using a Gravity Model

SEKIZAWA Kumi (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

September 1, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Global Market Power of Japanese Multinational Firms

YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Kagawa University) / HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Gakushuin University)

August 28, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Nonlinear Earnings Dynamics and Inequality over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Japanese Municipal Tax Records

KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / SUZUKI Michio (Tohoku University) / YAMADA Tomoaki (Meiji University)

August 26, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effects of Social Insurance Premium on Employment, Labor Costs, and Revenue: Evidence from Japan

HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HOTEI Masaki (Daito Bunka University)

August 20, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Understanding How Exchange Rates are Perceived and How That Perception Affects Exchange Rate Forecasts

YOSHIDA Yushi (Shiga University)

August 18, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Spillover Effects of Exporting on Local Firms

HONDA Keiichiro (Prefectural University of Kumamoto) / KAWANISHI Takuya (Prefectural University of Kumamoto) / ADACHI Yusuke (Kumamoto Gakuen University)

August 14, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Learning and Spillovers in Place-Based Policy Making

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 14, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effects of School Bullying Victimization on Cognitive, Noncognitive, and Friendship Outcomes

INOUE Atsushi (Nippon Institute for Research Advancement) / TANAKA Ryuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 14, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Less Pressure, Happier Minds: The Mental Health Impact of Relaxation-Oriented Education

BAI Yu (Tohoku University) / LI Yanjun (Tohoku University) / LIU Xinyan (University of Tokyo) / TANAKA Ryuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 14, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

An Analysis of the Ordinal Rank Effect on Students’ Academic and Physical Outcomes

BESSHO Shun-ichiro (Waseda University) / TANAKA Ryuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NOGUCHI Haruko (Waseda University) / KAWAMURA Akira (Waseda University) / OIKAWA Masato (Waseda University)

September 12, 2025 [Symposiums]