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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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.

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Events

November 30, 2023 [Symposiums]

An Overview of Economic Security (3): From an academic perspective (U.S. version) (Video)

Papers

November 30, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Automation and the Disappearance of Routine Work in Japan

KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (MIT) / FUJIWARA Ippei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SHIROTA Toyoichiro (Aoyama Gakuin University)

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November 30, 2023 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Faculty Fellow UNAYAMA Takashi was awarded the 45th Suntory Prize

Articles

November 29, 2023 [China in Transition]

Private Enterprises in China in Troubled Times
—The Need to Remove Entry Barriers and Strengthen Protection of Property Rights

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Events

November 28, 2023 [Symposiums]

Advanced country options to accelerate decarbonisation in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) (Summary)

Events

November 28, 2023 [Symposiums]

The Economics of Human Resources for Japanese Companies: Key Points and Policy Implications

Papers

November 28, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Labor Supply of Married Women, Kink-points on Tax Schedule and Social Security Premium Notch: Evidence from municipality tax records in Japan

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUKAI Taiyo (Tsukuba University)

Papers

November 27, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

SMART-EXAM: Incorporating Participants' Welfare into Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials

Xinru WANG (Duke-NUS Medical School) / Nina DELIU (University of Cambridge / Sapienza University of Rome) / NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / Bibhas CHAKRABORTY (Duke-NUS Medical School / National University of Singapore / Duke University)

Articles

November 24, 2023 [RIETI Report]

An Asian Agenda for Securing the Multilateral Rules-based Economic Order

Articles

November 22, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Perspective on the Annual Income Barrier Problem: Excessive awareness of the 1.03-million-yen barrier

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 22, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Final Report of USMCA Arbitration, US – Automobile Rules of Origin - Failure of an attempt to impose a condition that was not obtained through USMCA negotiations -

UMEJIMA Osamu (Takasaki City University of Economics)

Articles

November 22, 2023 [VoxEU Column]

Globalisation and servitisation of firms drive entry into cross-border data transfers

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 21, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of News Shock of the Openings/Expansions of Large-scale Semiconductor Plants on Local Labor Market in Japan

YAMAGUCHI Akira (RIETI)

Events

November 20, 2023 [Symposiums]

White Paper on the Labour Economy 2023

Papers

November 20, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

CEO Age, Firm Exit and Zombification amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kongphop WONGKAEW (Waseda University) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

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Papers

November 30, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Automation and the Disappearance of Routine Work in Japan

KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (MIT) / FUJIWARA Ippei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SHIROTA Toyoichiro (Aoyama Gakuin University)

Papers

November 28, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Labor Supply of Married Women, Kink-points on Tax Schedule and Social Security Premium Notch: Evidence from municipality tax records in Japan

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUKAI Taiyo (Tsukuba University)

Papers

November 27, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

SMART-EXAM: Incorporating Participants' Welfare into Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials

Xinru WANG (Duke-NUS Medical School) / Nina DELIU (University of Cambridge / Sapienza University of Rome) / NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / Bibhas CHAKRABORTY (Duke-NUS Medical School / National University of Singapore / Duke University)

Papers

November 22, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Final Report of USMCA Arbitration, US – Automobile Rules of Origin - Failure of an attempt to impose a condition that was not obtained through USMCA negotiations -

UMEJIMA Osamu (Takasaki City University of Economics)

Papers

November 21, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of News Shock of the Openings/Expansions of Large-scale Semiconductor Plants on Local Labor Market in Japan

YAMAGUCHI Akira (RIETI)

Papers

November 20, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

CEO Age, Firm Exit and Zombification amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kongphop WONGKAEW (Waseda University) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

Papers

November 17, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

What is Needed to Raise Japan's Potential Growth Rate: Analysis using the JIP Database 2023

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Gap between Researchers and Policy Makers on EBPM

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Cross-disciplinary Research for Building an Innovation Ecosystem

YANO Makoto (Kyoto University)

Papers

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

How Japanese Working Styles Changed under COVID-19: Evaluation and prospects

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Industrial Policy for the Future: Steering towards a sustainable economic society

OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Innovation Capability of Japanese Industry

NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Local Economy and Local Industrial Policy Issues

HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Transformed after the COVID-19 Pandemic

TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Policy Making Process

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

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Events

November 30, 2023 [Symposiums]

An Overview of Economic Security (3): From an academic perspective (U.S. version) (Video)

Events

November 28, 2023 [Symposiums]

Advanced country options to accelerate decarbonisation in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) (Summary)

Events

November 28, 2023 [Symposiums]

The Economics of Human Resources for Japanese Companies: Key Points and Policy Implications

Events

November 20, 2023 [Symposiums]

White Paper on the Labour Economy 2023

Events

November 17, 2023 [Symposiums]

Indo-Pacific Geoeconomics and the U.S.-China Rivalry for Global Hegemony: The Evolution of economic power in international politics

Events

November 13, 2023 [Symposiums]

Hidden Exposure: Measuring U.S. supply chain reliance

Events

November 13, 2023 [Symposiums]

What Can We Conclude from the Evidence on Minimum Wages and Employment? - Recent progress (Handout and Video)

Events

November 6, 2023 [Symposiums]

Defense of Japan 2023 (Annual White Paper)

Events

November 6, 2023 [Symposiums]

Advanced country options to accelerate decarbonisation in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) (Handouts and Video)

Events

November 6, 2023 [Symposiums]

An Asian Agenda for Securing the Multilateral Rules-based Economic Order (Summary)

Events

November 6, 2023 [Symposiums]

North Korea as a Complex Humanitarian Emergency (Summary)

Events

October 24, 2023 [Symposiums]

RIETI-SAIS Reischauer Center Joint Seminar on Global Political-Economic Transformation

Events

October 24, 2023 [Workshops]

Sustainable Economic Growth in the Post COVID Era: Prospects and Challenges

Events

October 23, 2023 [Symposiums]

World Economic Outlook and the Asia Pacific Region: Navigating global divergences

Events

October 19, 2023 [Symposiums]

Advanced country options to accelerate decarbonisation in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs)

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Articles

November 29, 2023 [China in Transition]

Private Enterprises in China in Troubled Times
—The Need to Remove Entry Barriers and Strengthen Protection of Property Rights

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

November 24, 2023 [RIETI Report]

An Asian Agenda for Securing the Multilateral Rules-based Economic Order

Articles

November 22, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Perspective on the Annual Income Barrier Problem: Excessive awareness of the 1.03-million-yen barrier

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

November 22, 2023 [VoxEU Column]

Globalisation and servitisation of firms drive entry into cross-border data transfers

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

November 14, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Growth Bound by Regulations and Rules

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

Articles

November 13, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Countering Great-Power Trade Disruption

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

November 10, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

November 9, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Economic warfare: Lessons from two World Wars

Mark HARRISON (Emeritus Professor at University Of Warwick)

Articles

October 31, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

How to Address Economic Coercion: China’s ban on Japanese seafood imports violates international law

NAKAGAWA Junji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

October 30, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The Fate of the CPTPP: Effective use case as leader in free trade

KIMURA Fukunari (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

October 27, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Are Workers with a Doctoral Degree Facing an Unfavorable Labor Market Situation? —Observations from the Employment Status Survey (2022) —

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

Articles

October 27, 2023 [From IZA]

Do institutions matter for entrepreneurial development?
In post-Soviet countries, well-functioning institutions are needed to foster productive entrepreneurial development and growth

Ruta AIDIS (George Mason University, USA)

Articles

October 26, 2023 [Column]

COVID-19 Spread and Business Entries/Exits

HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

October 25, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

South-East Asia Needs to Write a New Rule Book for the U.S. and China

Peter DRYSDALE (Emeritus Professor of economics and Head of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research and East Asia Forum at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University) / ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

October 25, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Japan Seeks to Ease US-China Tensions as G7 Chief

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

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