Symposium to Commemorate the Completion of the History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy

Globalization and Transformation of Industrial Policy

  • Program

Information

  • Time and Date: 14:00 - 17:00, Tuesday, January 29, 2013
  • Venue: Nadao Hall, Japan National Council of Social Welfare (Zenshakyo) (Shin-Kasumigaseki Bldg Lobby Floor, 3-3-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Hosts: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Program

14:00 - 14:05 Opening Remarks

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

14:05 - 14:15 Greetings by METI

SATO Yukari (Parliamentary Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry / Member, House of Councillors)

14:15 - 14:30 Significance of the Compilation of Japan's Trade and Industrial Policy History

ODAKA Konosuke (Professor Emeritus, Hosei University / Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University)

14:30 - 15:10 Keynote Speech "Trade and Industrial Policy Principles at a Turning Point"

TAKEDA Haruto (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics and Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)

15:30 - 16:50 Panel Discussion

Moderator:

OIKAWA Kozo (Vice Chairman, Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation)

Panelists (in alphabetical order):

ISHIGURO Norihiko (Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

KONNO Hidehiro (Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation)

OHASHI Hiroshi (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo)

OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)

TAKEDA Haruto (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics and Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)

16:50 - 17:00 Closing Remarks

FUJITA Masahisa (President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI / Professor, Konan University / Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)