RIETI - What's New (FY2025)

NUMATA Noriko (Chiba University) / SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / BAI Yijing (Chiba University) / MIYOSHI Mirai (Chiba University) / MATSUZAWA Akari (Chiba University) / NODA Yoshikazu (Tohto University) / SASAKI Tsubasa (Chiba University) / SHIMIZU Eiji (Chiba University)

March 25, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Empirical Analysis of Succession Planning

MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / UCHIDA Konari (Waseda University) / OMORI Hirari (Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC) / ASAI Yu (Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC)

March 25, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Does Evidence Affect Policy Making? A conjoint experiment among local government officials

IGEI Kengo (Center for Evidence Co-Creation) / UMETANI Hayato (Kobe University) / KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / TAKAHASHI Ryo (Waseda University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 25, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

What Makes People Perceive Recovery? Evidence from official statistics and a nationwide survey after the Noto Peninsula earthquake

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / SAITO Takashi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / IGEI Naoya (INTAGE RESEARCH Inc.) / ITO Chiemi (INTAGE RESEARCH Inc.)

March 25, 2026 [VoxEU Column]

Subsidising the supply chain: How China’s industrial policy shapes export competitiveness

CHENG Wenyin (Economist at Asian Development Bank) / LIANG David (PhD candidate in Economics, Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University, Research Fellow) / MENG Bo (Senior Researcher at Japan’s Institute of Developing Economies) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

March 25, 2026 [Symposiums]

Refundable Tax Credits and the Taxation of Social Insurance Premiums

March 25, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: Debunking the lie of “responsible finance” championed by Japan’s ruling and opposition parties

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

: March 23, 2026 ［Public Relations]

RIETI Highlight English Edition 2026

March 23, 2026 [Symposiums]

AI Supply Chains: Geopolitical implications

March 16, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Determinants of CEO Compensation in Japan: An empirical study using individual CEO pay data

MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Takuji (Keio University) / KONNO Yasuhide (Deloitte Tohmatsu) / TSUJI Kazuma (Deloitte Tohmatsu)

March 13, 2026 [Symposiums]

Cloud Accounting and a Survey of 50,000 Users Reveals the Reality of Generative AI Adoption

March 13, 2026 [Symposiums]

Economic Analysis of Supply Chain Vulnerabilities (Summary)

March 13, 2026 [RIETI Report]

ASEAN’s Quiet Masterclass in Crisis Leadership

Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

March 12, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Oil Laundering: How did Russian oil circumvent the European Union’s embargo?

ITO Tadashi (Gakushuin University) / TANAKA Kiyoyasu (JETRO)

March 10, 2026 [Symposiums]

Demographic Change and Korea’s Growth Prospects: The Role of AI and Human Capital (Handouts and Video)

March 10, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Nudging Automatic Debit for Property Tax: Evidence from two natural field experiments

NISHIHATA Masaya (Keio University / Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting) / KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / ISHIKAWA Takayuki (Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting)

March 10, 2026 [Column]

Disability Employment Making Progress at SMEs: Effects of the levy-incentive system and existing challenges

MATSUMOTO Kodai (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

March 10, 2026 [China in Transition]

“Trump-Style G2” Will Transform the International Order and U.S.-China Relations - Toward an Era of "Division of Spheres of Influence" Based on Deal Diplomacy

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

March 10, 2026 [Symposiums]

A Society Where Discarded Electricity and CO2 Become Fuel: A new form of social infrastructure, the "Regional CO2 Loop," which recycles unused renewable energy, CO2, waste, and hydrogen

March 6, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Exiting Unawareness of Kohsetsushi among SMEs in Japan

FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)

March 6, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Design Right Commercialization by Public Technology Transfer Organizations: Disseminating design knowledge in regional innovation systems

FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)

March 5, 2026 [Symposiums]

France’s Evolving Indo-Pacific Strategy: Priorities, challenges and adaptation

March 5, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]

How sanctions can help stabilise global oil supply

Simon JOHNSON (Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship and Head of the Global Economics and Management Group, Sloan School of Management and Co-Director, co-director, Stone Center on Inequality and the Future of Work at MIT) / Łukasz RACHEL (Assistant Professor of Economics at University College London) / Catherine WOLFRAM (William Barton Rogers Professor of Energy Economics and Professor of Applied Economics, Sloan School of Management at MIT)

March 5, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Nudges to Promote Infectious Disease Case Reporting

OHTAKE Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAKAMURA Ayaka (Wakayama University) / SUGIYAMA Takuma (Osaka University)

March 4, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of Inbound Tourism on Regional Economic Development: Evidence from Japanese commuting zone-level data

MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ENDOH Masahiro (Keio University) / SAITO Hisamitsu (Hokkaido University)

March 4, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Structural Estimation at the Product Level: The impact of the Kobe Earthquake

HAMANO Masashige (Waseda University) / Kongphop WONGKAEW (Waseda University) / MURAKAMI Yuki (Waseda University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 2, 2026 [Symposiums]

Follow FDI: Production Networks and the Geography of Globalization (Handouts and Video)

February 27, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Addressing the Weak Yen Head on

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 27, 2026 [Symposiums]

Digital KANSEI as a New Foundation for Value Creation - Case studies in digital haptics & experience R&D -

February 27, 2026 [RIETI Report]

Geopolitical risk and supply chain diversification

DOAN Thi Thanh Ha (Economist at Economic Research Institute For Asean And East Asia (ERIA)) / ITO Asei (Associate professor at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo) / LUO Changyuan (Professor, Institute of World Economy at Fudan University) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 25, 2026 [Policy Update]

Understanding Bond-Stock Price Comovements

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 25, 2026 [VoxEU Column]

Geopolitical risk and supply chain diversification

February 20, 2026 [RIETI Report]

How Oil Prices Impact Asian Economies: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior fellow, RIETI)

February 20, 2026 [Symposiums]

Economic Security Implementation Know-How from a Corporate Perspective: Department-specific responses

February 19, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Does Order Distort Evaluation? Evidence from observational data and field experiment in a large-scale piano competition

ASAKAWA Shinsuke (Saga University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YAMAGUCHI Shintaro (University of Tokyo)

February 19, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

International Engagement and the Greenness of Manufacturing Firms

Robert J R ELLIOTT (University of Birmingham) / KUAI Wenjing (Hunan University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Ceren OZGEN (University of Birmingham / IZA)

February 18, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Policy Uncertainty on Inward Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Japan’s international investment agreements

INADA Mitsuo (Miyazaki Municipal University) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 18, 2026 [East Asian Economic Strategies]

ASEAN’s Quiet Masterclass in Crisis Leadership

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

February 17, 2026 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Learning Urban Economics by Walking

Written by NAKAJIMA Kentaro, TESHIMA Kensuke, YAMASAKI Junichi

February 17, 2026 ［BBL Seminars]

Italy in Turbulent Times. Connecting Atlantic, Mediterranean and Europe: Politics, economy and foreign policy (Summary)

Lorenzo CASTELLANI (Tenure Track Researcher Assistant Professor LUISS Guido Carli - History of Political Institutions) / TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Advisor RIETI / Director General JETRO Paris)

February 17, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Issues That Tend to be Overlooked in Growth Strategies

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

February 17, 2026 [Symposiums]

Demographic Change and Korea’s Growth Prospects: The Role of AI and Human Capital

February 13, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Geopolitics Shapes Policy Preferences of Firms: Experimental evidence from Japan

NAOI Megumi (University of California, San Diego) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 13, 2026 [Non Technical Summaries]

Bond-stock Price Comovements: Evidence from the 1960s to the 1990s

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 12, 2026 [Symposiums]

How XR-Based Digital Expression and the SBNR Economy Are Transforming Tourism and Regional Revitalization: Toward an era of digital experiences, meaningful connection, and shared understanding

February 12, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Extreme Temperature on Chronic Absenteeism at School

GOYUDE Ryunosuke (Hitotsubashi University) / HIGUCHI Yuki (Sophia University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / UCHIDA Shinsuke (Nagoya City University)

February 12, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Open Door to New Era: Exploit “cutting-edge knowledge” to decide business strategies

SHIMIZU Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 10, 2026 [Non Technical Summaries]

AI Data Centers and Electricity Demand: Taming the energy guzzlers

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 10, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Reconsidering the AMU ― What is the optimal basket currency for Asia? ―

KAWASAKI Kentaro (Toyo University) / SHIMIZU Junko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 10, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Marriage, Fertility, and Female Labor Force Participation in an Aging Economy

Toama Boke Aime ARNAULD (GRIPS) / FUJIMOTO Junichi (GRIPS) / Minchung HSU (GRIPS)

February 9, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Firm Heterogeneity in Responses to "Trump Tariffs 2.0": Evidence from Japanese manufacturing firms

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAOI Megumi (University of California, San Diego)

February 9, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

AI Data Centers and Electricity Demand: Taming the energy guzzlers

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 9, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Sources and Impacts of Uncertainty and Firms’ Responses in Japanese Manufacturing: Evidence from the firm survey on uncertainty and the digital economy

OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIKAWA Naoto (Keio University)

February 6, 2026 [Symposiums]

Economic Analysis of Carbon Pricing in Japan: The GX-ETS scheme with an economic perspective

February 6, 2026 [Symposiums]

Challenges in the Medical Field: Female physician career choice and the wage gap

February 6, 2026 [Symposiums]

Follow FDI: Production Networks and the Geography of Globalization

February 5, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Capital Investment Thriving in Adversity

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

February 4, 2026 [Column]

How Oil Prices Impact Asian Economies: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior fellow, RIETI)

February 4, 2026 [Symposiums]

Rising Geopolitical Risks and Foreign Direct Investment

February 3, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]

How the Fed makes decisions: Disagreement, beliefs, and the power of the Chair

Cooper HOWES (Senior Economist at Federal Reserve Board Of Governors) / Marc Dordal i CARRERAS (Assistant Professor of Economics at Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology) / Olivier COIBION (Malcolm Forsman Centennial Professor of Economics at University Of Texas At Austin) / Yuriy GORODNICHENKO (Quantedge Presidential Professor, Department of Economics at University of California, Berkeley)

February 3, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Balassa-Samuelson in the Long Run: Qualitative Success, Quantitative Limits

KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (UCSD)

February 3, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Bond-stock Price Comovements: Evidence from the 1960s to the 1990s

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 2, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Is Speedy Start-up Always Better? The role of entrepreneurs’ prior experience

KATO Masatoshi (Kwansei Gakuin University)

February 2, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What Is the Primary Cause of Inflation? – Signs of “Fiscal Inflation” Lurking in the Background

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

February 2, 2026 [Symposiums]

Italy in Turbulent Times. Connecting Atlantic, Mediterranean and Europe: Politics, economy and foreign policy (Handout and Video)

January 30, 2026 [RIETI Report]

How Has Generative AI Spread among Companies: Synchronized adoption demonstrated by SMEs

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / KUBO Takashi (Money Forward Institute of Economic Research)

January 29, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Productivity Premium of Firms Engaged in Offshoring and Service Trade with China: Evidence from a survey of Japanese firms

TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI) / KUWAHATA Hiroyuki (Nagasaki University)

January 29, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

U-shaped Association between Education and Fertility among Married Women: Evidence from Japan

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

January 29, 2026 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

MITI’s (METI’s) International Industrial Policy toward ASEAN: Developments from the 1980s to the 2000s

AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / IWASAKI Fusanori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 29, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Empirical Study on Long Term Effects of Post Disaster Reconstruction Policies after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Toyo University) / ISHIDA Mitsunari (Toyo University) / IWASAKI Yuya (Aoyama Gakuin University)

January 28, 2026 [Symposiums]

Looking Back on Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai – What did an expo with 29.02 million visitors leave behind? Challenges in leveraging the expo mascot and related assets

January 27, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Migrants to Tokyo and Total Fertility Rate

YAMAGISHI Keisuke (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 27, 2026 [Symposiums]

Economic Growth Strategy and Productivity: Key issues

January 26, 2026 [Symposiums]

Economic Analysis of Supply Chain Vulnerabilities (Handouts and Video)

January 23, 2026 [Column]

How Has Generative AI Spread among Companies: Synchronized adoption demonstrated by SMEs

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / KUBO Takashi (Money Forward Institute of Economic Research)

January 23, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Evidence on Firm Productivity, Organizational Restructuring, and Reallocation in Japan

INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 23, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Minimum Wage Increases and Firm Adjustment: Productivity, employment structure, and capital responses

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 23, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Markups and Business Dynamism: Firm-level evidence from Japan

KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 22, 2026 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Multiplicity of the Labor-market Structure and Gender Inequality: Decomposition analysis of inequality with a finite mixture model

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

January 21, 2026 [Symposiums]

Regional Strategies for the Era of the Circular Economy: The future of communities supported by organic waste and biogas plants

January 20, 2026 [Workshops]

The Future of Globalisation

January 20, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Sources of Productivity Growth by Firm Size and Causes of the Negative Exit Effect

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 20, 2026 [Symposiums]

Frontiers of Urban Economics through the Urban Landscape

January 20, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Family Firm Sellers Consider Stewardship in M&A Decisions?

KUBO Yuichiro (Kobe University) / HONDA Tomohito (Kobe University) / UCHIDA Hirofumi (Kobe University)

January 19, 2026 [Symposiums]

Strengthening Economic, Critical Mineral, and Semiconductor Security: Bridging goals and means between Europe and Japan (Video)

January 19, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Promote Intellectual Cooperation through Information Dissemination to Increase Foreign Direct Investment in Japan

TODO Yasuyuki (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 19, 2026 ［BBL Seminars]

Strengthening Economic, Critical Mineral, and Semiconductor Security: Bridging goals and means between Europe and Japan (Summary)

Joris TEER (Research Analyst for Economic Security and Technology, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) / Senior Advisor at the Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative (CHIPDIPLO)) / TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Advisor RIETI / Director General JETRO Paris)

January 16, 2026 ［BBL Seminars]

Proposal for Japan-Korea Economic Partnership Framework (Summary)

Byung-Yeon KIM (Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics, Seoul National University) / TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Advisor RIETI / Director General JETRO Paris)

: January 16, 2026 [RIETI Report]

Chips in Japan: Industrial policy, decline and renewal

January 14, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Finance Promote New Firm Creation and Growth? Evidence from regional data in Japan

HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ONO Arito (Chuo University) / TSURUTA Daisuke (Nihon University)

January 14, 2026 [Column]

Japan Sees Its First Female Prime Minister

ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 13, 2026 [Symposiums]

The Economics of Organ Transplantation: The concept of sharing organs

January 13, 2026 [Non Technical Summaries]

Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Imports from China on Employment in Japan

HANEDA Sho (Nihon University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 9, 2026 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Brexit’s slow‑burn hit to the UK economy

Nicholas BLOOM (Array, William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University) / Philip BUNN (Senior Technical Advisor in the Structural Economics Division at Bank Of England) / Paul MIZEN (Professor in Economics and Vice Dean, Research, at King’s Business School at King’s College London) / Pawel SMIETANKA (Research Economist at Bank Of England, Senior Economist at Deutsche Bundesbank) / Gregory THWAITES (Research Director at Resolution Foundation, Associate Professor at University Of Nottingham)

January 8, 2026 [From IZA]

The labor market in India since the 1990s
Despite higher output per worker and moderate unemployment, wages and job quality have not improved proportionately

Indraneel DASGUPTA (Indian Statistical Institute, India, and IZA, Germany) / Saibal KAR (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, India, and IZA, Germany)

January 8, 2026 [Symposiums]

Italy in Turbulent Times. Connecting Atlantic, Mediterranean and Europe: Politics, economy and foreign policy

January 7, 2026 [Symposiums]

APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook 9th Edition

January 7, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Inflation Expectations in Japan: Forecast revision and forecast trends

ZHAI Weiyang (Toyama University) / YOSHIDA Yushi (Shiga University)

January 6, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Affirmative Action, Competitive Intensity, and Effort: Evidence from Japanese speedboat racing

WANG Liya (Waseda University) / KITAGAWA Ritsu (Columbia University) / TAKAHASHI Takuya (Waseda University)

January 6, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Immigration and Human Capital Adjustments: Evidence from the 1990 Reform of Japan’s Immigration Act

SASAHARA Akira (Keio University) / LEE Jongkwan (Yonsei University)

January 6, 2026 [Discussion Papers (English)]

When the Last Big Arrow Was Loosed: How the One-Child Policy relaxations reshaped fertility trends in China

LI Anqi (Jinan University) / MARUYAMA Shiko (University of Osaka) / ZHANG Yangyang (Jinan University)

January 6, 2026 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: Questions hanging over the Takaichi administration’s “responsible and proactive public finances”

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 5, 2026 [Workshops]

Carbon Pricing and its impact on international competitiveness and carbon leakage: Lessons from EUETS and its implications for GX-ETS

December 26, 2025 [Symposiums]

Proposal for Japan-Korea Economic Partnership Framework (Handout and Video)

December 25, 2025 [Symposiums]

The Effects of Japan’s Investment Promotion Policies During the High-Growth Period and Their Implications for Current Industrial Policy

December 25, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Offshoring Bias in Productivity Estimates: Evidence from Japanese customs data

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI) / HORIE Tetsushi (Nihon University / Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KAWAKUBO Takafumi (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / KIM Young Gak (Senshu University / Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

December 24, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Healthcare Utilization in the Face of Illness and Costs: Evidence from Japan

Akshar SAXENA (Nanyang Technological University) / YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / Mingxuan FAN (National University of Singapore) / Wenjie WANG (Nanyang Technological University)

December 24, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effect of Innovation on Wage Increases - Japanese firm-level rent sharing analysis

YAMAGUCHI Akira (Policy Analysis Specialist / Policy Economist, RIETI) / HOSOI Keigo (Policy Analysis Specialist, RIETI) / FUKUNAGA Kai (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

December 24, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

How Do Local Government Officials Perceive and Implement EBPM? Evidence from a cross-municipality survey

December 24, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

R&D Spillovers through Buyer-supplier Networks

Matěj BAJGAR (CERGE-EI / Charles University) / ITO Keiko (Chiba University) / Jonathan TIMMIS (World Bank)

December 23, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Burden of Excellence: Endogenous efficiency paradoxes under coopetition

HATTORI Keisuke (Aoyama Gakuin University) / YOSHIKAWA Takeshi (Osaka Metropolitan University)

December 23, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Approaching the AI Life Revolution

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

December 23, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Productivity Effects of Cross-border Data Flows: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI)

December 22, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does R&D for Environmental Improvements Increase Firm Value? Evidence from Japanese manufacturing firm level data

EDAMURA Kazuma (Kanagawa University) / MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 22, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Imports from China on Employment in Japan

HANEDA Sho (Nihon University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 19, 2025 [China in Transition]

The Wave of Chinese Researchers Returning Home under the Trump Administration
―The realignment of the global science and technology power structure―

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

December 19, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Inbound Tourism on Regional Economic Development: Evidence from Japanese commuting zone-level data

MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ENDOH Masahiro (Keio University) / SAITO Hisamitsu (Hokkaido University)

December 19, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

Responses of Australian Importers to the 2018-2019 US-China Trade War: Decoupling from China?

YAMASHITA Nobuaki (Aoyama Gakuin University / Australian National University / Swinburne University of Technology) / Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

December 19, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Role of Headquarters on Product Diversification

KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Toyo University) / KIUCHI Yasuhiro (Gakushuin University / Japan Productivity Center) / MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 19, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

Chips in Japan: Industrial policy, decline and renewal

Joseph NEGRINE (The Australian National University) / Christopher FINDLAY (The Australian National University) / Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

December 18, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Perspectives on Japan’s Continuing Exorbitant Privilege

Kenneth ROGOFF (Harvard University) / TASHIRO Takeshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

December 18, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Indoor Smoking Bans and Children’s Health Outcomes in Japan

TANG Meng-Chi (Chung Cheng University) / WANG Mingyao (Hitotsubashi Univeristy) / YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

December 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Shifting Supply Chain Interdependencies among Global Automakers

GOTO Hiromitsu (Kanazawa Gakuin University) / SOUMA Wataru (Rissho University)

December 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Intergenerational Decision on Education and Migration within a Family in a Spatial Agglomeration Model

KONDO Hiroki (Sophia University)

December 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Industrial Subsidies along Domestic Value Chains and Their Impacts on China’s Exports

CHENG Wenyin (Institute of Developing Economies) / LIANG Tao (Institute of Developing Economies) / MENG Bo (Institute of Developing Economies) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

December 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Dynamic Bargaining under Ratchet Effects: Evidence from cardiac pacemakers

ISOGAWA Daiya (Osaka Metropolitan University) / OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

The Reality of the Job Market Ice Age Generation and Future Necessary Measures

December 16, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Shift Emphasis to Capital Accumulation to Expand Supply Capacity

MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 15, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Responses of Australian Importers to the 2018-2019 US-China Trade War: Decoupling from China?

YAMASHITA Nobuaki (Aoyama Gakuin University / Australian National University / Swinburne University of Technology) / Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

December 15, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Chips in Japan: Industrial policy, decline and renewal

Joseph NEGRINE (The Australian National University) / Christopher FINDLAY (The Australian National University) / Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

December 12, 2025 [RIETI Books (English)]

The Evolution of Corporate Governance in Japan

Edited by MIYAJIMA Hideaki, ARIKAWA Yasuhiro

: December 12, 2025 [RIETI Report]

RIETI-JOGMEC-IDE-JETRO Symposium "Economic Analysis of Supply Chain Vulnerabilities"

December 10, 2025 [Symposiums]

Asia’s Response to Great Power Disruption and Global Economic Disorder (Summary)

December 10, 2025 [Symposiums]

Strengthening Economic, Critical Mineral, and Semiconductor Security: Bridging goals and means between Europe and Japan

December 9, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Estimating the Impact of Capital Subsidies under Repeated Applications

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / INOUE Toshikatsu (Shiga University) / SAKASHITA Fumiyuki (RIETI) / SUMIYA Kazuhiko (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

December 9, 2025 [Policy Update]

“Learning from the Past to Inform the Present” in Economic Security — Reflections Based on an Exchange of Views with Dr. Wahlers on Japan–Germany Cooperation —

SAKAMOTO Masazumi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

December 9, 2025 [Symposiums]

What Is the Problem about the Assertion "the WTO Is Dead" - About rule makers and rule takers

December 9, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Prof. Joel Mokyr, et al. Wins the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for Elucidating Economic Growth Driven by New Technologies

OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MATSUYAMA Kiminori (Professor, Northwestern University)

December 5, 2025 [RIETI Report]

RIETI Faculty Fellow Professor Sagiri Kitao’s co-authored paper wins the 2025 JER Best Article Award

KITAO Sagiri (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 5, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

US-Japanese knowledge transfer programme in the aftermath of WWII

Michela GIORCELLI (Research Affiliate at CESifo , Research Affiliate at National Bureau Of Economic Research , Associate Professor at University Of California, Los Angeles) / HIGUCHI Yuki (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics at Nagoya City University , Project member at RIETI) / TAKAYASU Yutaro (Project Assistant Professor at University Of Tokyo) / TANAKA Mari (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 5, 2025 [Workshops]

RIETI Workshop on International Economics

December 4, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The (In)Stability of International Marriages in Japan

OKANIWA Fusae (Yamagata University) / IBUKA Yoko (Keio University) / MARUYAMA Shiko (Osaka University) / YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

December 4, 2025 [Workshops]

Geoeconomic Challenges and Strategic Responses: Rethinking trade, industry, and resilience

December 4, 2025 [Symposiums]

Proposal for Japan-Korea Economic Partnership Framework

December 4, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Viewpoint of Healthcare Expenditure Reform: Introduction of a macroeconomic slide mechanism is necessary

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

December 3, 2025 [Workshops]

Toward a New International Economic Order: Opportunities and Challenges

December 3, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Empirical Studies on the Effects of Immigration: A survey

SASAHARA Akira (Keio University)

December 3, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

European defence governance and financing

Philipp HILDEBRAND (Vice Chairman at BlackRock) / Hélène REY (Vice President at Centre for Economic Policy Research , Lord Bagri Professor of Economics at London Business School) / Moritz SCHULARICK (President at Kiel Institute For The World Economy , Professor of economics at Sciences Po Paris , Director & Professor of Economics at Universität Bonn)

December 3, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Artificial Intelligence for Detecting Price Surges Based on Network Features of Crypto Asset Transactions

IKEDA Yuichi (Kyoto University) / AOYAMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HATSUDA Tetsuo (RIKEN) / SHIRAI Tomoyuki (Kyushu University) / HASUI Taro (Kyushu University) / HIDAKA Yoshimasa (Kyoto University) / Krongtum SANKAEWTONG (Kyoto University) / IYETOMI Hiroshi (Rissho University) / YARAI Yuta (Reitaku University) / Abhijit CHAKRABORTY (Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research Tirupati) / NAKAYAMA Yasushi (SBI Financial and Economic Research Institute Co. Ltd.) / FUJIHARA Akihiro (Chiba Institute of Technology) / Pierluigi CESANA (Kyushu University) / SOUMA Wataru (Rissho University)

December 1, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Geopolitical Risk and Supply Chain Diversification: Evidence from Japanese multinational firms

DOAN Thi Thanh Ha (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)) / ITO Asei (University of Tokyo) / LUO Changyuan (Fudan University) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

December 1, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effect of Subject-area Specialization on Student Achievement: Evidence from a cluster-randomized experiment in elementary schools

IGEI Kengo (Keio University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MURAKAWA Tomoya (Harvard University) / LE Quang Chien (Embassy of Japan in Vietnam)

December 1, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effect of Subject-area Specialization on Student Achievement: Evidence from a cluster-randomized experiment in elementary schools

IGEI Kengo (Keio University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MURAKAWA Tomoya (Harvard University) / LE Quang Chien (Embassy of Japan in Vietnam)

December 1, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Population Decline and Regional Disappearance: Policy Prescriptions for Managing Smart Shrinkage
- Story 4. How order emerges in city size and location -

MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 1, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Population Decline and Regional Disappearance: Policy Prescriptions for Managing Smart Shrinkage
- Story 3. The mechanism governing the size and spatial distribution of cities -

MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 1, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Post-liberal Liberalism

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 28, 2025 ［BBL Seminars]

US-Japan Relations for a New Japanese Government and for a New Era (Summary)

William CHOU (Japan Chair Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute) / TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO), RIETI / Dean, Faculty of Data Science, Otsuma Women's University)

November 27, 2025 [Symposiums]

Regional Future Strategy Driven by Business and Inbound Tourism, Including MICE

: November 26, 2025 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Faculty Fellow Professor Sagiri Kitao’s co-authored paper wins the 2025 JER Best Article Award

November 26, 2025 [Policy Update]

SME Resilience to Disasters

NAKATA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 26, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Road to Optimal Subcontracting Transactions: A major challenge is to realize them throughout the entire supply chain

OKAMURO Hiroyuki (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

November 25, 2025 [Symposiums]

Advances in AI and Robotics Technology and Projections for the Industrial Structure in 2040

November 25, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Decoupling between Productivity and Real Wages

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

November 21, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Endogenous Migration and the Macroeconomic Impact of Foreign Workers in Japan

KITAO Sagiri (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKEDA Nozomi (University of Minnesota)

November 20, 2025 [RIETI Report]

Supply chains and free trade agreements

KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI) / NISHIYAMA Hiroyuki (Professor at the University of Hyogo)

November 19, 2025 [Symposiums]

World Economic Outlook: Global Economy in Flux, Prospects Remain Dim

November 19, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Overseas Expansion of Japanese Firms and Domestic Women’s Active Engagement

NI Bin (Hosei University) / OBASHI Ayako (Keio University) / YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

November 19, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effect of Import Shocks on Internal Migration in Japan

ENDOH Masahiro (Keio University) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SASAHARA Akira (Keio University)

November 19, 2025 [Symposiums]

Economic Analysis of Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

November 13, 2025 [Column]

Three-dimensional Aerial Optical Expression and Standards

TAMURA Suguru (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

November 13, 2025 [Symposiums]

Asia’s Response to Great Power Disruption and Global Economic Disorder (Handouts and Video)

: November 12, 2025 [Recent Activities]

Former RIETI Faculty Fellow KONDO Ayako was awarded the 47th Suntory Prize

November 12, 2025 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

The Job Market “Ice-age” Generation : Income, family formation, and inequality through data

Written by KONDO Ayako

November 12, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

AI and Employment: Emerging inequalities demand attention

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 12, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Performance of Firms Using COVID-19-related Support Policies: Ex-post evaluation

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

November 12, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Are Productivity and Wages Decoupling in Japan? Divergence between macro and micro relationships

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

: November 12, 2025 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Faculty Fellow OWAN Hideo’s Book was Awarded the 68th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

November 12, 2025 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Economics of the Gender Wage Gap

Written by OWAN Hideo

November 11, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Personality Traits and Career Success: Understanding Workplace Dynamics

WANG Liya (Waseda University) / ZHANG Yingchao (Durham University) / ASAI Yukiko (University of Chicago) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 10, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Daughters Change Their Fathers? Evidence from the first-daughter effect in Japan

CHIBA Daina (University of Macau) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 10, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Data, power and emissions: How AI’s growth may slow down the green transition

Alessandra BONFIGLIOLI (Professor of Economics (on leave) at Queen Mary University Of London, Professor of Economics at University of Bergamo) / Rosario CRINÒ (Professor of Economics at University of Bergamo) / Mattia FILOMENA (Postdoctoral researcher at University of Bergamo) / Gino GANCIA (Professor of Economics at University Of Milano Bicocca)

November 10, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Service-oriented Structural Transformation of Manufacturing Firms: An analysis using panel data for Japanese firms

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

November 10, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Compliance Costs of Government Rules and Regulations

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

November 10, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Supply chains and free trade agreements

KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI) / NISHIYAMA Hiroyuki (Professor at the University of Hyogo)

November 7, 2025 [RIETI Report]

How firms respond to import competition: Labour force reduction, product/industry switching, and off-shoring

ITO Tadashi (Professor, Faculty of International Social Sciences at Gakushuin University) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 6, 2025 [Symposiums]

Structural Transformation and Carbon Parity in Global Electric Vehicles Value Chains

November 6, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the shifting landscape of trade and investment

TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / Sean BROWN (PhD student at the National Institute of Informatics)

November 4, 2025 [Symposiums]

Productivity Dynamism in Japan: Firm Size, Resource Reallocation, and the Negative Exit Effect

October 31, 2025 [China in Transition]

“Involutional Competition” Leading to Oversupply in China
―Policy responses based on causes and impacts―

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

October 30, 2025 [Symposiums]

US-Japan Relations for a New Japanese Government and for a New Era (Handout and Video)

October 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Theoretical Model and Data for Projections of Japan’s Industrial Structure in 2040

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI) / ARAI Sonoe (RIETI) / ITAKURA Ken (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KITAO Sagiri (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAKATA Daigo (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / MAEDA Saeko (University of Tokyo / Cabinet Office) / MATSUO Takemasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / YOSHINO Akihiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

October 29, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Health Effects of Retirement Policy Changes: Evidence from Japan

XIE Mingjia (Liaoning University) / YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / USUI Emiko (Hitotsubashi University) / ZHANG Yi (Central University of Finance and Economics)

October 27, 2025 [Symposiums]

Promoting New Quality Productive Forces in China: The Development of Private Enterprises and the Return of Talent from Abroad as Key Factors

October 23, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Actual Hospital Bed Utilization by Institutional Ownership during the COVID-19 Omicron Variant Epidemic in Japan

MASUHARA Hiroaki (Shinshu University) / HOSOYA Kei (Kokugakuin University)

October 23, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Reconsidering the Essence of Independence

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 23, 2025 [Column]

Eulogy: In memory of Professor Takatoshi Ito’s great achievements

SHIMIZU Junko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 22, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Who Pays for the Minimum Wage in the Japanese Manufacturing Sector?

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

October 22, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

40 Years after the Plaza Accord: Trade performance has become bright for Germany and dark for Japan under different currency environments

SHIMIZU Junko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 21, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Service Sector Globalization and the Restructuring of Regional Employment

KAZEKAMI Sachiko (Keio University)

October 20, 2025 [Symposiums]

Systems That Foster Creativity and Discontinuous Innovation

October 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

Land Price Boom Set to Stall: Cities' true value poised to emerge

October 17, 2025 [RIETI Report]

Classroom heat widens the achievement gap

AKESAKA Mika (Associate Professor of Economics at the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University) / SHIGEOKA Hitoshi (Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) / Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University / Professor at The University of Tokyo)

October 15, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: Is the provisional gasoline tax abolition a correct decision?

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 14, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Supervisor Accuracy in Subjective Evaluations and Employee Careers

KANAYAMA Hayato (Waseda University) / KAWATA Yuji (Waseda University) / KITAGAWA Ritsu (Columbia University)

October 14, 2025 [Symposiums]

US-Japan Relations for a New Japanese Government and for a New Era

October 10, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Does the Productivity J-curve Explain Korea’s Economic Slowdown?

INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Senshu University)

October 10, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

How firms respond to import competition: Labour force reduction, product/industry switching, and off-shoring

ITO Tadashi (Professor, Faculty of International Social Sciences at Gakushuin University) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 7, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

AI and Robotics Technology and Changes in Production Structure: A formulation using the production function

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI) / MATSUO Takemasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / YOSHINO Akihiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

October 6, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

How real-time data misled policymakers during the post-COVID recovery

Domenico GIANNONE (Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Economics and Statistics at Johns Hopkins University) / Giorgio PRIMICERI (Professor of Economics at Northwestern University)

October 3, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

How Asia Can Reduce Its Dollar Dependence

WATANABE Yasuto (Director of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO)) / ITO Hiroyuki (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

October 3, 2025 [RIETI Report]

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

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

October 3, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Infrastructure diplomacy in the shadow of the Belt and Road: Lessons from Japan’s experience

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 3, 2025 [From IZA]

Intersectionality and labor market outcomes
Putting the lens on the interaction of gender, race, and other social identities since this creates unique experiences of advantage and disadvantage

Olga ALONSO-VILLAR (ECOBAS, Universidade de Vigo, Spain) / Coral del RIO OTERO (ECOBAS, Universidade de Vigo, Spain)

October 2, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Empirical Analysis of AI Use and Iits Business Impact Focusing on the Role of Complementary Assets

KIM Younggak (Senshu University) / MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 2, 2025 [Column]

Impact of the Trump Tariffs and Disparity in Responses as Indicated by a Survey of Japanese Firms

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAOI Megumi (Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego)

October 1, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Patent Information Disclosure and Market Reactions: Empirical investigation by using text-based novelty and impact indicators

DANG Jianwei (Tongji University) / MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ZHAO Quihan (University of Tokyo)

October 1, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Population Aging and Business Successions: A Macroeconomic Perspective

MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Waseda University) / OIKAWA Koki (Waseda University) / UEDA Kozo (Waseda University)

October 1, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Trump Tariffs and Risk of Collapse for the Global Trading System

URATA Shujiro (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

September 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Overseas Expansion of Japanese Firms and Domestic Women’s Empowerment

NI Bin (Hosei University) / OBASHI Ayako (Keio University) / YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

September 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Are Productivity and Wages Decoupling in Japan? Divergence between macro and micro relationships

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

September 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Fiscal Reform, Government Debt and Female Labor Supply in Japan

CUI Naiyue (Kobe University) / HSU Minchung (GRIPS) / HU Yunfang (Kobe University)

September 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Social Capital, Retirement and Cognitive Aging: Evidence from a Japanese longitudinal study

ZHAO Meng (Gakushuin University) / YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

September 30, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

80 Years after the End of WWII: Lost efforts to improve productivity

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI)

September 26, 2025 [Policy Update]

Research Trends on Hot Springs and Health in Japan

SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 25, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Military Technology Development on Innovation: Evidence from prewar and wartime Japanese secret patents

KOTANI Atsuki (University of Tokyo) / NAKAJIMA Kentaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

September 25, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Classroom heat widens the achievement gap

AKESAKA Mika (Associate Professor of Economics at the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University) / SHIGEOKA Hitoshi (Research Associate at National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER) / Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University / Professor at The University Of Tokyo)

September 25, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

US-Japanese Knowledge Transfer Program in the Aftermath of WWII

Michela GIORCELLI (University of California) / HIGUCHI Yuki (Sophia University) / TAKAYASU Yutaro (University of Tokyo) / TANAKA Mari (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 22, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Compliance Costs of Government Rules and Regulations

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

September 22, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Trends and Characteristics of “Manufacturing X”: An empirical analysis using panel data for Japanese firms

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

September 22, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Performance of Firms Using COVID-19-related Support Policies: Ex-post evaluation

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

September 22, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Inbound Tourism and Tourists’ Preferences for Accommodation Quality

SAITO Hisamitsu (Hokkaido University) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ENDOH Masahiro (Keio University)

September 19, 2025 [Symposiums]

Asia’s Response to Great Power Disruption and Global Economic Disorder

September 19, 2025 [RIETI Report]

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

AOYAMA Tatsufumi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

September 18, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

80 Years after WWII Ended: Problems for Japan, a technology-oriented nation, that are left unaddressed

OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 18, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Wage and Employment of Japanese Subsidiaries in Asia: A survey on labour cost adjustments

Jonas HJORT (University College London / University of Oslo) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / TATEISHI Yasuka (University College London) / Linda WU (University of British Columbia)

September 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Corporate Scientists Contribute to Firm Innovation? Empirical analysis by using linked dataset of research papers and patents in Japanese firms

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TSUKADA Naotoshi (Research Associate, RIETI) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

September 17, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Population Decline and Regional Disappearance: Policy Prescriptions for Managing Smart Shrinkage
- Story 2. Understanding fifty years of Japanese cities through economic theory and data -

MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 17, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Population Decline and Regional Disappearance: Policy Prescriptions for Managing Smart Shrinkage
- Story 1. Regional economies through the lens of the city -

MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Strategic Smile: Gendered facial expressions in electoral campaigns

ASANO Masahiko (Takushoku University) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ENDO Yuya (Waseda University)

September 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Progressive Child Allowance as a Countermeasure to the Declining Number of Births

ISHIDA Ryo (Ministry of Finance) / OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / YASUOKA Masaya (Kwansei Gakuin University)

September 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Why Private Firms Misbehave: An empirical investigation of organizational misconduct

ASAI Kentaro (Kyoto University) / HARADA Mitsuhiro (Tokyo Shoko Research) / KUBO Katsuyuki (Waseda University) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Waseda University) / YAMANOI Junichi (Waseda University) / YANAOKA Masaki (Tokyo Shoko Research)

September 17, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Overview of the Evolution of Corporate Governance: The impact of reforms and the future of Japanese firms

ARIKAWA Yasuhiro (Waseda University) / MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Takuji (Keio University)

September 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Synergy or Anergy? Foreign acquisition and firm productivity in Japan

TANAKA Kiyoyasu (JETRO)

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

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))

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 the Supply Chains: How Large Plant Openings Affect Local Supplier Plants

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

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))

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

August 29, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Supply Chain Issues: Recognizing historic turning points

TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI)

August 29, 2025 [Column]

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

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

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 [Newspapers & Magazines]

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

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

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 22, 2025 [RIETI Report]

The Future of AI-related Social Science

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 21, 2025 [Symposiums]

Reconsidering Two Risk-sharing Mechanisms for Promoting Innovation

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 19, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: If adopting a uniform cash handout, public money receiving accounts should be disseminated

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 19, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: Rationale for resolutely opposing consumption tax cuts

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

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 18, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

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

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)

August 18, 2025 [Column]

Assessment of Disruptive Innovation in Science and Technology Policy: Insights from meta-science research trends

MATSUMOTO Rie (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

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)

August 13, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Gender Gap in Enrollment Rates in Economics and Business Programs

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

August 13, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Business Performance in the Japanese Leisure Industry

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

August 13, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Assessing the Impact of Human Mobility on Retail Performance during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Japan

IWATA Shinichiro (Kanagawa University) / KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

August 8, 2025 [RIETI Report]

The ripple beyond borders: Indirect effects of US export controls on Japanese firms

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

August 7, 2025 [Symposiums]

How to Understand Your Company's Gender Pay Gap: Eight key checkpoints

August 6, 2025 [Column]

The Future of AI-related Social Science

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 6, 2025 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

The Underlying Causes of Rice Price Surge: The sin of reducing rice acreage in response to pressure from the Japan Agricultural Co-operatives (JA)

Written by YAMASHITA Kazuhito

August 5, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Network and language analysis of economic history

Gregori GALOFRÉ VILÀ (Ramón y Cajal Fellow at University Of Valencia) / Víctor M. GÓMEZ BLANCO (Assistant Professor)

August 5, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Tax Reforms for Growing Firms? Evidence from corporate tax filing data in Japan

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

August 5, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Business Groups and Knowledge Flows: Evidence from acquisition events

KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 4, 2025 [China in Transition]

The Urgent Need for China to Reform its Legal Frameworks on Private Enterprises
- Enactment of the “Private Economy Promotion Law” marks a major step forward -

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

August 4, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Roundtable on “Is It Possible to Strengthen the Supply Chains?”

Participant: WATANABE Mariko (Professor, Gakushuin University) / Participant: MORITA Kiyotaka (Director of international affairs at Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)) / Participant: URATA Shujiro (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI) / Moderator: TOYODA Masakazu (Chairman & CEO, Japan Economic Foundation (JEF))

August 4, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Applicant Prior Art Disclosure and Examination Performance: Evidence from Japan

KADOWAKI Makoto (Hitotsubashi University) / NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MAEDA Takahiro (Ambience)

August 1, 2025 [Symposiums]

Economic Disparity between Men and Women in Japan and Korea: Exploring commonalities and differences (Handouts and video are available in Korean)

August 1, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

The ripple beyond borders: Indirect effects of US export controls on Japanese firms

HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Overseas Research Fellow at Institute of Developing Economies) / ITO Keiko (Professor, Faculty of Commerce at Chuo University, Project Member at Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI))

: July 25, 2025 [RIETI Report]

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

July 23, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Rapid Growth and the Emergence of Pareto Tails

ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI) / YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (University of Tokyo / Ministry of Finance) / OKAMOTO Shingo (National Tax College)

July 23, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Urgently Required Economic Measures: Production capacity expansion and social insurance premium cuts

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

Touching the Air, Shaping the Standard: How Japan’s interface technology is creating the future

July 16, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

How to Handle the Tariff Man? Japan’s Strategy

URATA Shujiro (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

July 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Disentangling Economies of Density: Evidence from micro-geographic data

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

July 15, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Growth Factors of Digital Investment ― Addressing the Japan-U.S. productivity gap in the AI era ―

OIWA Hiroyuki (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

July 15, 2025 [China in Transition]

Watch Out for the Kindleberger Trap
- International order in turmoil due to a lack of leadership -

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

July 15, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Supply Chains and FTAs

KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI) / NISHIYAMA Hiroyuki (University of Hyogo)

July 15, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Ticket Pricing and Cast Size: Evidence from 2.5-dimensional musicals in Japan

AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / KAMITANI Momoka (Nara Women’s University)

July 15, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Determinants of the Rehabilitation of Defaulting Small Businesses: Are real or financial factors important?

TSURUTA Daisuke (Nihon University)

: July 11, 2025 [RIETI Report]

The Eighth World KLEMS Conference "Global Supply Chains and Productivity"

July 9, 2025 [From IZA]

The merits of teacher assessment versus external exams to measure student achievement
Are teachers best placed to assess their students or are external exams more effective?

Oliver CASSAGNEAU-FRANCIS (University College London) / Gillian WYNESS (University College London,UK; London School of Economics, UK, and IZA, Germany)

July 9, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

When supply shocks to essential inputs spur innovation: Lessons from the global rare earths disruption

Laura ALFARO (Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University) / Harald FADINGER (Professor of Economics at University Of Vienna) / Jan SCHYMIK (Acting Professor of Economics at University Of Mannheim) / Gede VIRANANDA (Predoctoral research assistant at New York University Stern School of Business)

July 9, 2025 ［BBL Seminars]

Economic Security in a World of Disruptive Power (Summary)

Beatrice WEDER DI MAURO (President, CEPR & Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute) / YAMAGUCHI Jin (Senior Director, Trade Policy Bureau, METI) / TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO) / Dean, Faculty of Data Science, Otsuma Women's University)

July 9, 2025 [Symposiums]

White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2025

July 8, 2025 [Symposiums]

A Perspective on Supporting Noto’s Recovery and Reconstruction: Report from the June Field Survey

July 8, 2025 ［BBL Seminars]

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

Kent E. CALDER (Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University) / NISHIKAWA Kazumi (Senior Director, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Trade and Economic Security Bureau, METI) / INOSE Yu (Deputy Director, Support Team for Residents Affected by Nuclear Incidents, Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters, Cabinet Office)

July 7, 2025 ［BBL Seminars]

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

Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI / Professor of International Economics, IMD Lausanne) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Fuculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Keio University) / TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO) / Dean, Faculty of Data Science, Otsuma Women's University)

July 3, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Utilization of Plurilateral Agreements and Their Limitations - Contribution to trade rules

NAKATOMI Michitaka (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

July 2, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Trade and War, Revisited

ITO Tadashi (Gakushuin University)

July 1, 2025 [Symposiums]

Exploring Education of the Future: Human-technology Symbiosis in the era of digital nature

July 1, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Technology Extension Services, Intangible Capital, and SME Productivity before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)

June 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

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

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

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)

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)

June 27, 2025 [RIETI Report]

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

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

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)

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

June 25, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

: June 23, 2025 [Recent Activities]

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

June 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

June 17, 2025 [Workshops]

Exploring Asia Pacific Markets: The View of Japan

June 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

June 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

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)

June 17, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Uncertainty Reduces Effectiveness of Macroeconomic Policies

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

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)

June 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Industry Regulation Indexes

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

June 16, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

June 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Do IPOs Stimulate Corporate Investment? Evidence from Japan

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

June 13, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

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)

June 12, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

June 11, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

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) / MARUYAMA Shiko (University of Osaka)

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

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)

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)

May 30, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

May 30, 2025 [Symposiums]

Energy White Paper 2025

May 30, 2025 [RIETI Report]

Trump Tariff Policy and the Role of Economics

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

May 29, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

May 29, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

International Comparison of Entrepreneurial Intention: Comparative survey of Japan, the UK and South Korea

YOSHIDA Yukiko (Kyoto University) / HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

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?

May 28, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Bank–firm Relationships and Innovation Outcomes: Evidence from Categories and Quality

NISHIMURA Yoichiro (Chuo University) / SUZUKI Katsushi (Gakushuin University)

May 28, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Diffusion of Robo-advisors and Changes in User Characteristics

KANEKO Mana (Gakushuin University) / SUZUKI Katsushi (Gakushuin University)

May 27, 2025 ［BBL Seminars]

Capitalism and Crises: How to Fix Them (Summary)

Colin MAYER (Emeritus Professor, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford) / TAKEI Kazuhiro (Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (GKJ)) / MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University / Executive Vice President, Waseda University / Adviser, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study)

May 26, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Media Type on Belief Variance: Evidence from a Panel Study

IWASAWA Masamune (Doshisha University) / NAKANISHI Hayato (Kanagawa University) / ONOZUKA Yuki (Otaru University of Commerce)

May 23, 2025 ［BBL Seminars]

Nurturing Entrepreneurship: What policymakers can do (Summary)

Richard KATZ (Former Carnegie Council Senior Fellow / Toyo Keizai Online / Blog: Japan Economy Watc) / TERAZAWA Tatsuya (Chairman and CEO, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan) / SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

May 22, 2025 [Symposiums]

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

May 21, 2025 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

The Data holds the Answer: Timeless visual analysis methods for researchers

Written by KONISHI Yoko

May 21, 2025 [RIETI Books (English)]

The Economics of SME Finance

Written by UESUGI Iichiro

May 21, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data

MIYAUCHI Yuhei (Boston University) / NAKAJIMA Kentaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Stephen J. REDDING (Princeton University / NBER / CEPR)

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 12, 2025 [Column]

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

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 9, 2025 [Column]

Trump Tariff Policy and the Role of Economics

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

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 9, 2025 [Column]

Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Plastic Pollution

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)

May 8, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Identifying potential Chinese export redirection in 2024 US trade data

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

May 8, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What is Necessary for Achieving Growth

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 7, 2025 [Column]

“Truth Wins” Effect in Organizational Design

KAMEI Kenju (Former Research Associate, RIETI)

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)

May 7, 2025 [Policy Update]

China’s Electronics Exports, Tariffs, and Relocating Production to the U.S.

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

April 28, 2025 [Symposiums]

World Economic Outlook “A Critical Juncture amid Policy Shifts”

April 28, 2025 [Symposiums]

Reexamining Official Statistics Utilization: An insider perspective

April 28, 2025 [Symposiums]

Capitalism and Crises: How to Fix Them (Handout and Video)

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 25, 2025 [Symposiums]

2025 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan / 2025 White Paper on Small Enterprises in Japan

April 25, 2025 [RIETI Report]

How Have Japanese Inflationary Expectations Evolved since January 2020: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior fellow, RIETI)

April 24, 2025 [Symposiums]

Unlock the Genius that will Move the World: Japan as the global startup hub

April 23, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of the Closure of Large Establishments on Regional Productivity

ADACHI Yusuke (Ritsumeikan University) / OGAWA Hikaru (University of Tokyo) / TSUBUKU Masafumi (Senshu University)

April 23, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Summary of Results from a Survey of Japanese Firms on New Aspects of Economic Relationships with China: Outsourcing, service trade, data transfer, and uncertainty

TOMIURA Eiichi (President and CRO, RIETI) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / KUWAHATA Hiroyuki (Nagasaki University)

April 22, 2025 [Symposiums]

Changing Financing Practices and Testing On-site Implementation: Towards the Establishment of Financing Practices that do not Rely on Management Guarantees

April 21, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of AI and Robots on Employment and Wages

April 21, 2025 [Symposiums]

Economic Security in a World of Disruptive Power

April 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Direct and Indirect Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on Exports to China

LI Haonan (Waseda University) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Wage and Employment of Japanese Multinational Enterprises in Vietnam

April 11, 2025 [RIETI Report]

U.S.-China High Tech Friction and Japan’s Response: Implications from comparison of innovation processes in Japan, the United States, and China

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 10, 2025 [Symposiums]

AI Development for the Benefit of Mankind – The Challenge for Microsoft Research Asia Tokyo

April 10, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Vertical Integration with Two-sided Heterogeneity and Firm-to-firm Network Structure of Production

Inga HEILAND (Norwegian University of Science and Technology / University of Oslo / CEPR / CESifo) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

April 9, 2025 [Symposiums]

Global Supply Chains and Productivity (Handouts and Video)

April 8, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Measuring Political Leader’s Geopolitical Risk Perceptions

ITO Asei (University of Tokyo) / LIM Jaehwan (Aoyama Gakuin University) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

April 7, 2025 [Symposiums]

Nurturing Entrepreneurship: What policymakers can do

April 7, 2025 [Column]

How Have Japanese Inflationary Expectations Evolved since January 2020: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior fellow, RIETI)

April 7, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Subjective Well-being and Relationship Population: A network analysis approach

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

April 4, 2025 [From IZA]

Hiring discrimination across vulnerable groups
Discrimination in hiring based on ethnicity or gender is widely debated but appears in fact less severe than discrimination based on disability, appearance, or age

Louis LIPPENS (Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Economics; Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO)) / Stijn BAERT (Ghent University) / Brecht NEYT (Ghent University)

April 4, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Trade shocks and labour market outcomes: The interplay between firm exposure and labour market competition

Jeronimo CARBALLO (Associate Professor, Department of Economics at University Of Colorado Boulder) / Richard MANSFIELD (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics at University Of Colorado Boulder)

April 4, 2025 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Analysis of Key Issues in Japan's National Security: Considering the strengthening of the defense foundation and the sustainability of defense capabilities

Edited by AKIYAMA Masahiro and OGURO Kazumasa

April 3, 2025 [China in Transition]

Economic and Political Impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative on Western Nations in Infrastructure Investment Competitions

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 1, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Balancing family and career: The effect of public childcare on fertility in Japan

FUKAI Taiyo (Gakushuin University) / TORIYABE Takahiro (Hitotsubashi University)

April 1, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Reallocating Taxing Rights and Online Trade: Pillar One as a partial formula apportionment

MUKUNOKI Hiroshi (Gakushuin University) / OKOSHI Hirofumi (Okayama University) / Dirk SCHINDLER (Erasmus University Rotterdam)