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.

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

  • January 16, 2019

    Productivity Improvement in the Japanese Economy

    • Speaker: MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)
    • Moderator: MAEDA Shozo (Deputy Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • January 11, 2019

    Digital Innovation and Financial System

    • Speaker: KINOSHITA Nobuyuki (President & CEO, Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc.)
    • Moderator: OTA Mineko (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • January 10, 2019

    Female Candidates in the 2018 U.S. Midterm Election

    • Speaker: Barry BURDEN (Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
    • Moderator: ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Tohoku University)
    • Handout [PDF:1.5MB]

  • January 9, 2019

    Japan's Market Design

    • Speaker: Steven VOGEL (Professor, University of California, Berkeley)
    • Moderator: ITO Sadanori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • December 19, 2018

    Secular Stagnation: Is Asia also at risk?

    • Speaker: Jeremie COHEN-SETTON (Research Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics)
    • Speaker: Thomas HELBLING (Division Chief in the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department)
    • Moderator: YAMAKA Hiroshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Handout (Dr. Cohen-Setton) [PDF:5.2MB]
    • Handout (Dr. Helbling) [PDF:1.1MB]

  • December 11, 2018

    GVC Journeys When National and Territorial Comparative Advantage Differ

    • Speaker: Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva)
    • Commentator & Moderator: OKUBO Toshihiro (Professor, Keio University)
    • Handout [PDF:2.2MB]
    • Comment [PDF:1.1MB]

  • November 29, 2018

    Productivity: Misconceptions and Realities

    • Speaker: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)
    • Moderator: OIKAWA Keita (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy-Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 28, 2018

    Economics of Artificial Intelligence

    • Speaker: MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Distinguished Professor of Technology and Policy, Director, Urban Institute, School of Engineering, Kyushu University)
    • Moderator: FUKUNAGA Kai (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 22, 2018

    World and Regional Economic Outlook – Challenges to Steady Growth

    • Speaker: SUMI Chikahisa (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
    • Moderator: OHTA Mineko (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    *This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • November 21, 2018

    Forecasting the Future Mobility Industry in the Future Society and Value Creation Ecosystem -- Discussion on current trends and challenges --

    • Speaker: OTA Shino (Senior Researcher, Economic Research Institute, Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry)
    • Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Consulting Fellow, RIETI/Director General, Planning and Administration Department, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE))

    Japanese