BBL Seminars

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

  • March 13, 2024

    RIETI Open BBL Webinar

    Current Trend of Chinese OEM Going Overseas

    • Speaker: Harry NA (Founding partner, Transcapital)
    • Commentator: ISHIZAWA Yoshiharu (Deputy Director, Corporate Finance and Tax Affairs Division, SME Agency, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • March 8, 2024

    DX Series

    The State of the Art in Generative AI for Manga Production: Spring 2024

    • Speaker: OZAWA Takahiro (Manga artist / Executive director of The Japan Cartoonists Association)
    • Commentator: ETOH Minoru (Professor, Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) / Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Informatics (NII))

    Japanese

  • March 1, 2024

    RIETI Open BBL Webinar

    Innovation Implemented by Public-private Co-creation: Challenges of the Regulatory Sandbox and beyond

    • Speaker: NAKAHARA Hirohiko (Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat / Former Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Speaker: SHII Taihei (Chief Executive Officer, Startbahn, Inc.)
    • Moderator: IKEDA Yoko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Secretariat of New Form of Capitalism Realization Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan)

    Japanese

  • February 22, 2024

    RIETI Open BBL Webinar

    Challenges and Possibilities for Japan as Seen in the IMD World Competitiveness Rankings

    • Speaker: TAKATSU Naoshi (Managing Partner, Northeast Asia, IMD)
    • Commentator: KAJI Naohiro (Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • February 21, 2024

    RIETI Open BBL Webinar

    Revitalizing the Local Economy Through Medical Tourism: Towards a high-value, high-profit model

    • Speaker: SHIBUYA Kenji (CEO, Medical Excellence JAPAN (MEJ))
    • Commentator: HASHIMOTO Taisuke (Director, Healthcare Industries Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • February 15, 2024

    RIETI-The 21st Century Public Policy Institute BBL Webinar

    Flexible Regional Management: Delivering sustainability over growth

    • Speaker: MARUTANI Tomoyasu (Chairman, Secoma Company, Ltd.)
    • Commentator: YOSHIMURA Takashi (Director, The 21st Century Public Policy Institute)
    • Commentator & Moderator: SATO Katsuhiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business and Finance, Waseda University)

    Japanese

  • February 14, 2024

    RIETI-EUJC Joint BBL Webinar

    The Presence of Europe in a Global Trend of Decarbonization - Lessons from Europe, leading role in energy transition

    • Speaker: NAKAJIMA Manabu (Project Director, Energy Research Division, Research and Analysis Department, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC))
    • Speaker: NODA Taichi (Director General, Business Strategy Department, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC))
    • Commentator: TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Managing Director, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation)
    • Moderator: IKEYAMA Shigetoshi (Vice Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 8, 2024

    New Directions in American Economic Statecraft

    • Speaker: Mireya SOLIS (Director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies and Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings)
    • Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman, RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    This seminar has been canceled.

  • February 7, 2024

    RIETI-METI Joint Project - "Economic Security Seminar" Series

    Recent US Trends in Economic Security

  • January 25, 2024

    DX Series

    Unlocking the Voice of the Future: Innovations and Applications of AI Voice Analysis Engines

    • Speaker: HASHIMOTO Taiichi (RevComm Inc. Research Director)
    • Commentator: SUGINOO Daisuke (Assistant Director, Information Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) / Project Researcher, Institute for Digital Observatory, The University of Tokyo)

    Japanese