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

  • October 6, 2022

    Understanding and Countering Beijing’s Strategy of Economic Decoupling on Chinese Terms

    • Speaker: John LEE (Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute)
    • Commentator: NISHIMURA Hiroyuki (Commentator and Editorial Writer, Nikkei)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

  • September 30, 2022

    APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook 8th Edition - Energy trends in the APEC region and Japan to 2050

    • Speaker: IRIE Kazutomo (President, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre)
    • Speaker: CHIYOYA Reiko (Researcher, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre)
    • Moderator: EDA Reiko (Senior Expert Officer, International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 29, 2022

    The COVID-19 Crisis - A Tale of Two Economists: Balancing economic activity with infection control measures

    • Speaker: FUJII Daisuke (Research Associate, RIETI / Project Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo)
    • Speaker: NAKATA Taisuke (Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics and the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo)
    • Commentator: KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University / Research Director, Canon Institute for Global Studies / Research Director, the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research)
    • Moderator: SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, Research Coordinator (EBPM), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 14, 2022

    The Future of Japan and Singapore

  • September 8, 2022

    DX Series

    The Potential of the Metaverse and Web3

    • Speaker: AKANUMA Jun (Senior Manager, XR Innovation Office, NTT DOCOMO, Inc)
    • Commentator: OKUMURA Kotaro (Deputy Director, IT Innovation Division, 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

  • July 29, 2022

    Nagasaki Saves the World

    • Speaker: MIKAMI Kenji (Policy Director-General for Digital Strategy, Industry & Labor Department / Policy Director-General for New Industry Promotion, Policy Planning Department, Nagasaki Prefectural Government)
    • Speaker: MORITA Kouichi (Director, Dejima Infectious Diseases Research Alliance, Nagasaki University)
    • Speaker: SOYANO Kiyoshi (Professor / Director of Organization for Marine Science and Technology (OMST) (Doctor of Philosophy in Fisheries Science), Organization for Marine Science and Technology (OMST) / Institute for East China Sea Research, Nagasaki University)
    • Speaker: NOGUCHI Ichitaro (Mayor, Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • July 27, 2022

    Growth and Capitalism in the Era of Climate Change

  • July 21, 2022

    The Sword and the Shield: The economics of targeted sanctions

  • July 20, 2022

    [RIETI-SME Support, JAPAN Webinar]Listening to SMEs During the COVID Crisis: Utilizing the SME business survey

    • Speaker: KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Researcher, SME Support, JAPAN)
    • Commentator: YOSHIDA Naoki (Director, Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
    • Moderator: IHARA Makoto (Director, Information Strategy Division, Public Relations and Information Strategy Department, SME Support, JAPAN)

    Japanese

  • July 14, 2022

    Global Intelligence Series

    Japan’s Geoeconomic Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

    • Speaker: KATADA Saori N. (Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California)
    • Commentator: SUGINOHARA Masako (Professor, Faculty of Global and Intercultural Studies, Ferris University)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese