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

  • June 24, 2022

    The Latest Situation in Russia and Ukraine and Essential Thoughts on the Japan-India Relationship

    • Speaker: YAMAZOE Hiroshi (Senior Research Fellow, Regional Studies Department, National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS))
    • Speaker: FUKUOKA Noriyoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Southwest Asia Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Vice Chair, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 23, 2022

    Global Intelligence Series

    Carbon Pricing, From a Burden to an Opportunity? Testimony and shared vision from EDF, Europe’s leading electric utility

    • Speaker: Vincent DUFOUR (Senior Vice President Japan & Korea, EDF International)
    • Commentator: TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Managing Director, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation)
    • Moderator: YAMADA Satoshi (Director for International Projects Promotion, Trade Promotion Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)

  • June 16, 2022

    “New Direction” of Economic and Industrial Policies

    • Speaker: ISHIKAWA Hiroshi (Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: ITOH Motoshige (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 15, 2022

    DX Series

    Four Keywords to Understanding the Success of Silicon Valley

    • Speaker: ISHIDA Kazutoh, PhD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VIA Programs)
    • Commentator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo / Project Assistant Professor, Research Strategy Office, National Institute of Informatics (NII) / Specially Appointed Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) / Visiting Researcher, The Research Institute for Innovation Management, Hosei University)

    Japanese

  • June 14, 2022

    World Economic Outlook and the Asia Pacific Region: War sets back the global recovery

    • Speaker: SUMI Chikahisa (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
    • Commentator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Professor, University of Niigata Prefecture)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • May 11, 2022

    Realization of the Physical Internet – Overcoming the logistics crisis

    • Speaker & Panelist: NAKANO Takeshi (Director, Logistics Policy Planning Office, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, METI)
    • Panelist: ONOZUKA Masashi (Partner, Roland Berger Ltd.)
    • Panelist: HORIO Jin (Senior Corporate Fellow, General Manager, Logistics Planning Department, Food Products Division, AJINOMOTO CO.,INC.)
    • Panelist: HIRASAWA Takahiro (Director, Logistics Policy Division, Policy Bureau, MLIT)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • April 20, 2022

    Food Security and Japan's Farm Policy: Lessons from the Russian invasion of Ukraine

    • Speaker: YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI / Research Director, Canon Institute for Global Studies)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • April 19, 2022

    High Economic Growth and Finance

    • Speaker: MATSUMOTO Takashi (Chairman, Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations)
    • Commentator & Moderator: GOTO Yasuoi (RIETI Research Associate / Professor, Faculty of Social Innovation Department of Innovation Studies, Seijo University)

    Japanese

  • April 13, 2022

    Industrial Policy for the Sustainable Development Goals – Increasing the Private Sector's Contribution –

    • Speaker: KITAZAWA Kohei (Strategic Planning Expert, Executive Office, Universal Postal Union / Former policy analyst, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD)
    • Moderator: UCHIDA Ryoji (Director, International Economic Affairs Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • April 6, 2022

    DX Series

    Digital Businesses in the Post-COVID-19 Era

    • Speaker: OKAMURA Shingo (President & CEO, DeNA Co., Ltd.)
    • Commentator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo / Project Assistant Professor, Research Strategy Office, National Institute of Informatics (NII) / Specially Appointed Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) / Visiting Researcher, The Research Institute for Innovation Management, Hosei University)

    Japanese