Scheduled BBL Seminars
Time:12:15-13:15, unless otherwise stated
No events are scheduled at the present time.
Past BBL Seminars Reports and Summaries
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May 20, 2019
Potential of Kansai Economy and Issues for World Expo 2025 in Osaka-Kansai: A case study of corrective action for the current economic concentration in Tokyo
- Speaker: MORI Kiyoshi (Director-General, Kansai Bureau of Economy Trade and Industry, METI)
- Moderator: UENO Toru (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
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April 15, 2019
Outlook for the Asian Economy and Roles of the Asian Development Bank
- Speaker: NAKAO Takehiko (President, Asian Development Bank (ADB))
- Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)
Japanese
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April 11, 2019
Carbon Recycling Based on the Photocatalysis Technology
- Speaker: FUJISHIMA Akira (Distinguished Professor, Director of Photocatalysis International Research Center, Tokyo University of Science)
- Moderator: WAKUDA Hajime (Director, Policy Planning Division, Natural Resources and Fuel Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
Japanese
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April 10, 2019
Blockchain Foundations and Theory to Real Use Cases Explained by Silicon Valley Based Venture Capital Firm
- Speaker: Katerina STROPONIATI (Monday Capital)
- Speaker: Yiannis VARELAS (Monday Capital)
- Moderator: MOGI Takashi (Deputy Director, Finance Division, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
- Handout [PDF:1.7MB]
Japanese/English (with simultaneous interpretation)
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April 8, 2019
Urgent and Important: Improving WTO performance by revisiting working practices
- Speaker: Bernard HOEKMAN (Professor and Director, Global Economics, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute)
- Moderator: UENO Asako (Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
- Handout [PDF:467KB]
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March 28, 2019
Challenges facing China in the rapidly shifting international environment
- Speaker: MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Center for Industry Development and Environment Governance (CIDEG), Tsinghua University)
- Commentator: Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)
- Moderator: KOBAYASHI Koji (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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March 14, 2019
Can Big Data Change Official Statistics: Learning from advanced overseas cases
- Speaker: KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Moderator: MUKAI Kentaro (Deputy Director, General Coordination Office, Research and Statistics Department, METI)
Japanese
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February 28, 2019
Recent Movements in Indices of Economic Policy Uncertainty
- Speaker: ITO Arata (Fellow, RIETI)
- Moderator: YAMAKA Hiroshi (Deputy Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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February 20, 2019
The latest information on Chinese Start-ups
- Speaker: OKAWA Tatsuo (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Representative Office in Beijing Chief Representative)
- Commentator: MURAGUCHI Kazutaka (General Partner, Nippon Technology Venture Partners (NTVP))
- Moderator: ANDO Haruhiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director-General for International Projects Promotion, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau)
Japanese
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February 18, 2019
The North Korean Economy and Effects of Marketization
- Speaker: Byung Yeon KIM (Professor in Department of Economics, Seoul National University / Visiting Professor, Kyoto University)
- Moderator: Hyeog Ug KWON (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, College of Economics, Nihon University)
Japanese/English (with simultaneous interpretation)
