Scheduled BBL Seminars
Time:12:15-13:15, unless otherwise stated
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September 30, 2019
The New Platform for Japan-Taiwan Relations and Advanced Technology Exchange
- Speaker: LI Shih-Hui (Professor of Program in Japan Studies College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University)
- Moderator: ANDOH Haruhiko (Vice Chairman, RIETI)
Japanese
Past BBL Seminars Reports and Summaries
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September 4, 2019
2019 Survey of Capital Investment Plans
- Speaker: TAKEGAHARA Keisuke (Executive Officer, Deputy Chief Research Officer, Development Bank of Japan Inc.)
- Moderator: AOKI Mikio (Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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August 13, 2019
Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finance 2019
- Speaker: IBARAGI Hideyuki (Deputy Director-General, Economic and Fiscal Management, Cabinet Office)
- Moderator: INOUE Seiichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
*This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.
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August 6, 2019
Adoption of Information Technology in Healthcare Services
- Speaker: Vivek GHOSAL (Department Head of Economics, Virginia and Lloyd W. Rittenhouse Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- Moderator: IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow, RIETI)
- Handout [PDF:807KB]
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July 30, 2019
Trump's Trade Wars: Where do we stand?
- Speaker: Alan V. DEARDORFF (John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics and Professor Public Policy, University of Michigan)
- Commentator: KAMATA Isao (Professor, Research Center of International Economy and Industry, University of Niigata Prefecture)
- Moderator: JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University)
- Handout [PDF:1.5MB]
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July 25, 2019
White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2019: The current global economy and challenges to free trade
- Speaker: OTA Mineko (Director, APEC Office and Former Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: ZHANG Hongyong (Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
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July 17, 2019
Using Audit Experiments to Study Political and Market Discrimination
- Speaker: James N. DRUCKMAN (Payson S. Wild Professor at Northwestern University)
- Moderator: ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Political Science, School of Law at Tohoku University)
- Handout [PDF:4.6MB]
*This BBL seminar is co-hosted by RIETI and Tohoku University.
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June 28, 2019
Disappointing Japanese Economic Growth and Word Economic Structural Changes
- Speaker: MATSUMOTO Takashi (Chairman, Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations)
- Moderator: INOUE Seiichiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Macroeconomic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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June 20, 2019
Outline of the 2019 White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri): Strategies for strengthening our manufacturing industries' competitiveness in the changing environment
- Speaker: MIZUNO Masato (Director, Manufacturing Industries Policy Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
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June 19, 2019
APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook 7th Edition: Key trends for APEC and Japan through 2050
- Speaker: IRIE Kazutomo (Managing Director, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan/President, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC))
- Speaker: WATANABE Rin (Researcher, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre)
- Moderator: ISHII Hidehiko (Deputy Director, International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
Japanese
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June 7, 2019
OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook: Strengthening SME productivity in the digital economy
- Speaker: Lucia CUSMANO (Senior Economist and Acting Head of the SME and Entrepreneurship Division at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Regions and Cities (CFE))
- Moderator: OCHI Ryota (Deputy director, Office for International Cooperation, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
- Handout [PDF:732KB]
- OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2019 (Summary in Japanese) [PDF:375KB]
- OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2019 [PDF:4.8MB]
