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.
Select transcripts and handouts are available below.
Videos of the seminars are published on RIETI’s official YouTube channel, “rietichannel,” after each event.

Past BBL Seminars Reports and Summaries

  • October 9, 2026

    RIETI-NEDO Joint BBL Seminar Series: Emerging Industry Frontiers and Pioneering Innovation

    Reflections on Commercializing the Potential of the Marine Industry: A shift in focus from highly innovative technologies to system design

    • Speaker: YOSHIDA Hiroshi (Program Director for Marine Robotics, Technology and Innovation Strategy Center (TSC), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) / CEO, Marine System Design Co.,Ltd. / Senior Researcher, Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research (IACE), Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC))
    • Commentator: TANABE Takefumi (Director General, Technology and Innovation Strategy Center (TSC), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO))
    • Commentator: IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow, (Policy Economist), RIETI)
    • Moderator: SAKAI Yoshimasa (Director of International Coordination and PR Strategy, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 17, 2026

    Corporate Crime in Emerging Markets: Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and China

    • Speaker: IWASAKI Ichiro (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Law and Business, Okinawa University)
    • Commentator: MA Xinxin (Professor, Department of International Economics, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University)
    • Moderator: SAKAI Yoshimasa (Director of International Coordination and PR Strategy, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 15, 2026

    How Welcoming Should Japan be to Shareholder Activists?

    • Speaker: Julian FRANKS FBA (Emeritus Professor of Finance, London Business School / Fellow, Research Member, ECGI)
    • Commentator: SUZUKI Kazunori (Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Graduate School of Business and Finance, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University)

  • September 7, 2026

    Research Using Japan Customs Data and Its Contribution to Policy Recommendations and Evaluation

    • Speaker: JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University)
    • Commentator: UEDA Junji (Vice President, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance)
    • Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Director of Research and Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 2, 2026

    Revision of the Corporate Governance Code

    • Speaker: OKINA Yuri (Senior Fellow, The Japan Research Institute, Limited)
    • Commentator: UCHIGASAKI Shigeru (PRESIDENT, CEO, Human Resources Governance Leaders Co., Ltd.)
    • Commentator & Moderator: SAMESHIMA Hiroyuki (Director, Digital Agency)

    Japanese

  • July 24, 2026

    Hints for Thinking About the Impacts of Immigration

    • Speaker: TOMOHARA Akinori (Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University School of International Politics, Economics and Communication Department of International Economics)
    • Commentator: HASHIMOTO Yuki (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)
    • Moderator: INOUE Seiichiro (Vice Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 23, 2026

    Increasing Supply Chain Risks and Intensifying Competition over Emerging Economies: White paper on international economy and trade 2026

    • Speaker: YODA Keiji (Former Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Professor, Keio Economic Observatory)
    • Moderator: TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO), RIETI / Dean, Faculty of Data Science, Otsuma Women's University)

    Japanese

  • July 16, 2026

    Trust in International Trade

  • July 13, 2026

    Learning from the Postwar Defeat and Starting Over

    • Speaker: FUNABASHI Yoichi (Chairman, Global Council, International House of Japan.)
    • Moderator: SAKAI Yoshimasa (Director of International Coordination and PR Strategy, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 1, 2026

    The Rise of Populist and Nationalist Parties in Europe: Electoral trends, public opinion, and foreign policy implications