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:12:15-13:30, unless otherwise stated

  • May 25, 2018

    How Corporate Legal Affairs Should Be to Improve International Competitiveness

    • Speaker: KITAMURA Atsushi (Director, Competition Enhancement Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Speaker: NATORI Katsuya (Managing Partner, Natori Law Office)

    Japanese

  • May 28, 2018

    The World Economy Against the Backdrop of Increased Trade Tensions

    • Speaker: Richard BALDWIN (Professor, Graduate Institute, Geneva / President, CEPR)
    • Moderator: KOMETANI Kazumochi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / General Counsel for International Legal Affairs, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese/English (with simultaneous interpretation)

Past BBL Seminars Reports and Summaries

  • May 17, 2018

    World Economic Outlook, April 2018 -- Cyclical Upswing, Structural Change

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

    Japanese

    This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • April 11, 2018

    For Overcoming the Global "Governance Gap" --The approaches of World Economic Forum the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

    • Speaker: Murat SONMEZ (Managing Director, Head, Center for the 4th Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum (WEF))
    • Moderator: SASAKI Keisuke (Director, Fourth Industrial Revolution Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

  • March 29, 2018

    What Causes the Strong Fluctuations in the Japanese Economy Before and After the Consumption Tax Rate Hike?

    • Speaker: MORINOBU Shigeki (Research Director, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research / Professor, Chuo Law School)
    • Moderator: RYUZAKI Takatsugu (Director, Corporate Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • March 27, 2018

    Spatial Economics in the Age of Declining Population

    • Speaker: HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow and Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University)
    • Moderator: KONDO Keisuke (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • March 16, 2018

    Xi Jinping's New Economic Policy: What's next for China?

    • Speaker: MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Center for Industry Development and Environment Governance (CIDEG), Tsinghua University)
    • Commentator: Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)
    • Moderator: YODA Keiji (Deputy Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • March 8, 2018

    Disaster Recovery Captured by People's Migration Patterns

    • Speaker: OKUMURA Makoto (Professor, Tohoku University (International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Center for Northeast Asian Studies))
    • Moderator: KONDO Keisuke (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

    This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • March 7, 2018

    Going Digital -- Insights and policy implications from OECD work on digital transformation

    • Speaker: Dirk PILAT (Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD)
    • Moderator: IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow, RIETI)
    • Handout [PDF:2.8MB]

  • February 27, 2018

    America Responds to Change: Implications for globalization and the future of work

    • Speaker: Bruce STOKES (Director, Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center)
    • Moderator: IWAMOTO Koichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Handout [PDF:1.1MB]

    This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • February 7, 2018

    France's Renewed Commitment to EU Reform

    • Speaker: Laurent PIC (Ambassador of France to Japan)
    • Moderator: MINAMI Ryo (Director, Europe Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese/French (with simultaneous interpretation)

    This BBL seminar is closed to the members of the press.

  • January 12, 2018

    The Three Dilemmas Which Undermine Japan-China Relations

    • Speaker: ANAMI Yusuke (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University)
    • Moderator: HOSHINO Mitsuaki (Director, Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese