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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November 19, 2018
Re-defining Creative Industries in Japan, Re-imagining the Role of the State--Within the context of global and transnational linkages in ASEAN and East Asia
- Speaker: David LEHENY (Professor, Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies)
- Speaker: NAKAJIMA Seio (Associate Professor, Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies / Director, Research Institute of Automobile and Parts Industries [RIAPI], Waseda University)
- Commentator: MIMAKI Junichiro (Director, Cool Japan Policy Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, METI)
- Moderator: AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
Japanese/English (with simultaneous interpretation)
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November 8, 2018
The Mid-Term Election in the U.S. and the Directions of the Trump Administration
- Speaker: KUBO Fumiaki (Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo)
- Moderator: TANIZAWA Atsushi (Deputy Director, Americas Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI / Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
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November 7, 2018
Purpose Led, Performance Driven -- Our Corporate Strategy to Do Well by Doing Good
- Speaker: Dimitri de VREEZE (Member of the Board, Royal DSM・Board Member CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council))
- Moderator: NOBUTANI Kazushige (Deputy Director-General for Technology and Environment, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)
- Handout [PDF:4.1MB]
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October 26, 2018
Some Aspects of Productivity Difference Among Japanese Regions
- Speaker: TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor at Faculty of Economics and Law, and Vice President of Shinshu University)
- Moderator: IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
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October 25, 2018
A View from Europe: Monetary policy, structural reforms and the rise of populist politics
- Speaker: Paola SUBACCHI (Senior Research Fellow, Global Economy and Finance, Chatham House)
- Moderator: TSURUDA Masanori (Director, Europe Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
*This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.
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October 12, 2018
Repercussions of Business & Human Rights on Trade and Investment Decisions
- Speaker: Markus LOENING (Chairperson of LI Human Rights Committee, Free Democratic Party, Germany)
- Commentator & Moderator: MATSUMOTO Kayo (Director, Corporate Accounting, Disclosure and CSR Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Handout [PDF:5.4MB]
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October 10, 2018
What's Next for Healthcare IT?
- Speaker: John D HALAMKA (International Healthcare Innovation Professor at Harvard Medical School, Chief Information Officer of the Beth Israel Deaconess Health System and a Practicing Emergency Physician)
- Moderator: NISHIKAWA Kazumi (Director, Healthcare Industries Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group,Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
- Handout [PDF:1.2MB]
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October 5, 2018
Report from the Front Line of Reconstruction Support in Fukushima
- Speaker: KADONO Nario (Director-General, Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI)
- Moderator: NII Yasuhito (Deputy Director-General for Economic and Social Policy, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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September 27, 2018
Impact of “Digital Disruption” on the Manufacturing Industry
- Speaker: KAWASE Makoto (MK&Associates, CEO)
- Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Deputy Director-General for Trade Policy, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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September 25, 2018
Autonomous Vehicles, Infrastructure Policy, and Economic Growth
- Speaker: Clifford WINSTON (Searle Freedom Trust Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution)
- Moderator: MIYOSHI Yoshiyuki (Consulting Fellow, RIETI /Deputy Counsellor, Office of Integrated Resort Regime Promotion, Government of Japan Director for MICE Promotion, Japan Tourism Agency)
- Handout [PDF:321KB]
Japanese/English (with simultaneous interpretation)
