Past BBL Seminars Reports and Summaries
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June 7, 2023
Trade Tensions and the US Soft Power
- Speaker: WEI Shang-Jin (Professor of Finance and Economics, Professor of International Affairs, and N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy, Columbia University / Former Chief Economist of Asian Development Bank)
- Commentator: SAHASHI Ryo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo)
- Commentator: ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow and Policy Advisor, RIETI)
- Moderator: YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed) and Policy Advisor, RIETI / Associate Professor, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University / Associate Professor (Specially Appointed), Tokyo Gakugei University)
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June 2, 2023
World Economic Outlook and the Asia Pacific Region: A Rocky recovery
- Speaker: YOSHIDA Akihiko (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
- Commentator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Economic and Social Research Institute of Northeast Asia (ERINA-UNP) / Professor, Faculty of International Economic Studies, University of Niigata Prefecture)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
Japanese
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May 31, 2023
The Application of Origins of Capitalism in Japan for the New Era
- Speaker: SHIBUSAWA Ken (CEO, Shibusawa and Company, Inc.)
- Moderator: IKEYAMA Shigetoshi (Executive Officer, Director of Administration, RIETI)
Japanese
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May 26, 2023
The Invisible Truth about the Japanese Economy - There is no simple “Growth Strategy”
- Speaker: MOMMA Kazuo (Executive Economist, Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.)
- Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO), RIETI / Specially Appointed Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Japanese
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May 25, 2023
Entertainment Industry Strategy Based on Collaboration Among Government, Industry and Academia: Insights from METI’s two-year project to strengthen competitiveness for overseas expansion of Japanese content (media mix, anime, and mobile games)
- Speaker: NAKAYAMA Atsuo (Founder&CEO, Re entertainment)
- Commentator: HORI Tatsuya (Deputy Director, Media and Content Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
Japanese
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May 19, 2023
2023 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan / 2023 White Paper on Small Enterprises in Japan
- Speaker: YOSHIDA Naoki (Director, Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI and Director, Regional Economic and Industrial Research Office, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group, METI)
- Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (Research), RIETI)
Japanese
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May 17, 2023
A New Era of INVEST JAPAN - Case studies relating to the use of inbound M&A transactions (cases studies of Japanese companies that leveraged foreign capitals for corporate reforms, management enhancement and dramatic growth)
- Speaker: MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University / Chairman of The Study Group for Issues Relating to Inbound M&A Transactions and Case Studies, METI)
- Speaker: OTSUKA Hiroyuki (Managing Director and Deputy Head of the Carlyle Japan / Member of The Study Group for Issues Relating to Inbound M&A Transactions and Case Studies, METI)
- Speaker: YATAGAWA Eiji (Partner, KKR Japan Limited / Member of The Study Group for Issues Relating to Inbound M&A Transactions and Case Studies, METI)
- Speaker: KAKIMI Naohiko (Director, Investment Facilitation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: AMANO Fujiko (Director for Investment Collaboration, Investment Facilitation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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May 11, 2023
The Evolution of the U.S. Trade Agenda in the Asia-Pacific Since 2017
- Speaker: Michael BEEMAN (Visiting Scholar, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University (Former Assistant USTR for Japan, Korea and APEC))
- Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Vice Chairman, RIETI)
*This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.
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April 26, 2023
The East Asian Electronics Sector: The roles of exchange rates, technology transfer, and global value chains
- Speaker: Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Commentator: Guanie LIM (Assistant Professor, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS))
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
- Presentation (Dr. Thorbecke) [PDF:300KB]
- Comment (Dr. Lim) [PDF:112KB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
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April 19, 2023
Asia's Response to the Collapsing Consensus on Trade
- Speaker: Deborah ELMS (Founder and Executive Director, Asian Trade Centre / President, Asia Business Trade Association)
- Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman, RIETI)
- Moderator: HARAOKA Naoyuki (Executive Managing Director, Japan Economic Foundation)
- Presentation (Dr. Elms) [PDF:1.1MB]
- Comment (Dr. Urata) [PDF:244KB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)