RIETI Policy Symposium

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Japan's Economic Outlook

Information

  • Time and Date: 13:00-17:10, Wednesday, February 26, 2020
  • Venue: Iino Hall and Conference Center (2-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: ¥1,000 (Students: free)
  • Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

This symposium was held without an audience in attendance as a measure to prevent the potential spread of the novel coronavirus.

Program

13:00-13:05 Opening Remarks

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

13:05-13:10 Special Remarks (Video Message)

KAJIYAMA Hiroshi (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry)

13:10-13:40 Guest Presentation

NIIHARA Hiroaki (Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

13:40-13:50 Presentation

YANO Makoto (President and CRO, RIETI)

13:50-15:20 Session 1

Presentation 1

NAGAOKA Sadao (Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Tokyo Keizai University)

Presentation 2

OHASHI Hiroshi (Program Director, RIETI / Vice Dean, Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)

Presentation 3

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business & Commerce, Keio University)

Presentation 4

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

Moderator

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Specially Appointed Professor (Full time), Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University / Specially Appointed Professor (Research), Graduate School)

15:20-15:40 Break

15:40-17:10 Session 2

Presentation 1

FUKAO Kyoji (Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University / President, IDE-JETRO)

Presentation 2

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director, RIETI / Research Director, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research)

Presentation 3

TOMIURA Eiichi (Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)

Presentation 4

HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University)

Moderator

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)