Past BBL Seminars Reports and Summaries
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November 7, 2024
Why Has Real Wage Been Stagnant in Japanese Labor Markets Even After the COVID-19 Crisis Cooled Down?
- Speaker: SAITO Makoto (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya University)
- Commentator: KAJI Naohiro (Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI / University Professor, IER, Hitotsubashi University)
Japanese
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October 29, 2024
A Week Before the U.S. Election: Who is up, who is down?
- Speaker: Bruce STOKES (Visiting Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
- Presentation (Mr. Stokes) [PDF:2.9MB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
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October 16, 2024
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: Issues and Prospects
- Speaker: Glen S. FUKUSHIMA (Vice Chair, U.S. Securities Investor Protection Corporation)
- Commentator: MAESHIMA Kazuhiro (Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University)
- Moderator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University /Senior Research Fellow, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
Japanese
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October 8, 2024
RIETI-ERIA Joint Project – "Perspectives on the ASEAN Economy" Series
EV Market in ASEAN: Policies, current status & a framework of possible outlook
- Speaker: Alloysius Joko PURWANTO (Energy Economist, ERIA (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia), Jakarta)
- Commentator: ITO Masamichi (Director, Automobile Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University /Senior Research Fellow, ERIA (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia))
- Presentation (Dr. Purwanto) [PDF:1.5MB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
English / Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
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October 2, 2024
The 2024 US Presidential Election and the Future of the International Order
- Speaker: KUBO Fumiaki (President, National Defense Academy of Japan, Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo)
- Commentator: TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO) and Chief EBPM Officer, RIETI)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
Japanese
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September 18, 2024
The World's Best Human Capital Management Classroom
- Speaker: ONO Hiroshi (Professor, Hitotsubashi University Business School / Co-chairman, Research Consortium on Human Capital and Corporate Value)
- Speaker: KAMINOYAMA Nobuhiro (Senior Executive Officer, Group Chief Human Resources Officer (Group CHRO) and Group Chief Digital Officer(Group CDO), Mizuho Financial Group)
- Moderator: HIRONO Ayako (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Editor, Nikkei Business / Distinguished Guest Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)
Japanese
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September 12, 2024
Considering Japan’s future after 100 years of population decline– The future of Japan’s regions, cities and families
- Speaker: MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research (KIER), Kyoto University / Visiting Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo)
- Commentator: KAJI Naohiro (Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University)
Japanese
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September 9, 2024
RIETI-DBJ Joint Webinar
The Ongoing Increase in Capital Investment and its Background
- Speaker: MIYANAGA Wataru (Executive Economist and Deputy President, Research Institute of Capital Formation, DBJ)
- Commentator: INOUE Seiichiro (Deputy Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: IKARI Hiroshi (Consulting Fellow and Research Coordinator (Research), RIETI / Senior Economist, Research Institute of Capital Formation, DBJ)
Japanese
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September 5, 2024
Research and Development in Generative AI and its Future Direction
- Speaker: HANAZAWA Ken (General Manager, Data Science Laboratories and (concurrent) Generative AI Center, NEC Corporation)
- Commentator: WATANABE Takuya (Director, Software and Information Service Industry Strategy Office, IT Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
Japanese
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August 1, 2024
Advancing Regional Economic Cooperation: Developments and perceptions in APEC
- Speaker: Rebecca Fatima STA MARIA (Executive Director, APEC Secretariat)
- Commentator: HACHIYAMA Koji (Deputy Director - General for Trade Policy, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University /Senior Research Fellow, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
- Presentation (Dr. Sta Maria) [PDF:2.9MB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)