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

  • January 20, 2022

    Foreign Entrepreneurs Preserving Japanese Culture: Fascinated by its charm

    • Speaker: Bjorn HEIBERG (CEO, Nakagawa Japan Co., Ltd)
    • Speaker: FUKANUMA Hikaru (Chief Research Fellow, Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute)
    • Commentator: ISHII Yoshiaki (Director, Startup and New Business Promotion Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • January 12, 2022

    Biden's First Year: the International and Domestic Implications for 2022

  • December 9, 2021

    Secular Stagnation of Labor Productivity and Real Wages: Analysis using the 2021 JIP database and company data

    • Speaker: FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow & Program Director, RIETI / Specially Appointed Professor, IER & Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University / President, The Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)
    • Commentator: ISHIKAWA Hiroshi (Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • December 8, 2021

    DX Series

    Japan Railway's Business Strategy and Digital Transformation (DX)

    • Speaker: URAKABE Toshimitsu (Exective Officer, Director General, Technology Innovation Headquarters, East Japan Railway Company)
    • 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

  • December 3, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    With the 50th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations, What Current and Future Contributions Can China and Japan make to the Global Community

    • Speaker: YANG Bojiang (Director, Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
    • Commentator: IWANAGA Masashi (Deputy Director-General for Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • December 1, 2021

    World Economic Outlook and the Asia Pacific Region: Recovery during a Pandemic - Health Concerns, Supply Disruptions, and Price Pressures

    • 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

  • November 19, 2021

    Design and Intellectual Property: After the Design-Driven-Management declaration

    • Speaker & Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Speaker: WASHIDA Yuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Commentator: MAEDA Ikuo (Managing Executive Officer in charge of Design and Brand Style, Mazda Motor Corporation) / HASEGAWA Yutaka (President, Sony Design Consulting Inc.) / MATANO Toshimichi (Director, Design Policy Office and Director, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, METI) / IMAMURA Wataru (Team Leader, Design-Driven Management Project Team, Japan Patent Office, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 18, 2021

    Analysis of Competitiveness and Patent Value Using Patent Information and Its Application: Responding to the publication of the Japan Patent Office Annual Report 2021 and others

    • Speaker: NISHINA Masahiro (Director, Policy Planning and Research Division, Japan Patent Office, METI)
    • Moderator: TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Institute for Future Initiatives(IFI) Visiting Researcher)

    Japanese

  • November 4, 2021

    DX Series

    Hitachi's Approach to DX

    • Speaker: NUKUI Seiichiro (Vice President and Executive Officer, CIO, and General Manager of IT Strategy & Digital Integration Division, Hitachi, Ltd.)
    • Commentator: OKITO Keisuke (Deputy Director, Software and Information Service Industry Strategy Office / Digital Transformation Promotion Office, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, 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

  • October 29, 2021

    DX Series

    The SMBC Group Digital Strategy for Continuous Transformation and Evolution

    • Speaker: TANIZAKI Katsunori (Group CDIO, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group)
    • 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