BBL Seminars

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RIETI's periodic Brown Bag Lunch (BBL) seminars welcome an array of guest experts to share their research and views. The sessions encourage lively discussion that contributes to dynamic policy-related debate.
Presently, BBL Seminars are not open to the public as spaces are limited. Select transcripts are available below.

Past BBL Seminars Reports and Summaries

  • September 16, 2021

    Evolution Thinking and Innovation Strategy

    • Speaker: TACHIKAWA Eisuke (NOSIGNER Representative / Evolution Thinker / Design strategist / JIDA Board chair / Keio University SDM Associate Professor / The committee member to create a basic policy for the Japan pavilion at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka)
    • Commentator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 10, 2021

    DX Thinking

    • Speaker: NISHIYAMA Keita (Visiting Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo / Former Director-General, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Speaker: IKEDA Yoko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Digital Market Competition, Cabinet Secretariat, Japanese Government)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 9, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    China-US Relations and Implications for Japan and Taiwan

    • Speaker: KANEHARA Nobukatsu (Professor, Doshisha University / Former Deputy Secretary General of National Security Secretariat and Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 8, 2021

    Food-Tech: Putting Japan's advantages in food culture to work

    • Speaker: NAKADATE Naoto (Deputy Director, Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division, Electricity and Gas Industry Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy)
    • Speaker: IDO Moeha (Deputy Director, New Business and Food Industry Policy Division, New Business and Food Industry Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

  • September 6, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    Economic Security Policy as Growth Strategy and Recent Developments in Trade Rules

  • September 1, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    Emerging Economies Going Digital: Japan's Potential as a Co-Creation Partner

    • Speaker: ITO Asei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)
    • Commentator: FUJISAWA Hideaki (Director, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: KAWAI Mai (Deputy Director, Southwest Asia Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANBAE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 15, 2021

    Energy White Paper 2021

    • Speaker: HASEGAWA Hiroshi (Director, Research and Public Relations Office, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Commissioner's Secretariat, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

  • July 8, 2021

    DX Series

    Blockchain Now: Applications of blockchain in digital ownership and data management

    • Introduction: YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI)
    • Speaker: Chris DAI (CEO, RECIKA)
    • Commentator: MURAMATSU Yoshiyuki (Deputy Director, Digital Economy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

  • July 1, 2021

    How will East Asia's Digital Transformation Change the Global Value Chain?

  • June 22, 2021

    The 2021 White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri): The new normal of manufacturing industries - resilience, green and digital

    • Speaker: YANO Tsuyoshi (Director, Manufacturing Industries Policy Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)