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

  • September 28, 2023

    The Digital Divide and Business Opportunities in ASEAN – Insights from the ASEAN regional fact-finding survey

    • Speaker: OIKAWA Keita (Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
    • Speaker: IWASAKI Fusanori (Director for Policy Research, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 19, 2023

    An Overview of Economic Security I: From an academic perspective

    • Speaker: SUZUKI Kazuto (Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo / Director, Institute of Geoeconomics, International House of Japan)
    • Commentator: HIRAI Hirohide (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor, Former Vice-Minister for International Affairs, METI)
    • Moderator: FUKUOKA Noriyoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Principal Deputy Director, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 15, 2023

    Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and Biodiversity in Japan 2023

    • Speaker: HIGASHIOKA Reiji (Senior Planning Officer, General Policy Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of the Environment)
    • Speaker: OI Taito (Deputy Director, Office for Promotion of Sound Material-Cycle Society, Environmental Regeneration and Material Cycles Bureau, Ministry of the Environment)
    • Speaker: MATSUNAGA Akimichi (Deputy Director, Biodiversity Strategy Office, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 6, 2023

    DX Series

    The Future of Anime: Usage of AI as a tool in anime production workflow

    • Speaker: SAKURAI Taiki (Salamander Pictures CEO)
    • Commentator: HORI Tatsuya (Deputy Director, Media and Content Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) /Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Informatics (NII))

    Japanese

    *This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • July 31, 2023

    DX Series

    Societal Impacts of Generative AI and Strategic Approaches to the AI Era

    • Speaker: ETOH Minoru (Professor, Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University)
    • Commentator: YAMANA Hayato (Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Waseda University (Vice President for IT Strategies))
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) / Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Informatics (NII))

    Japanese

  • July 19, 2023

    Innovation: A key pathway to Europe's green deal and economic security

  • July 13, 2023

    White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2023

    • Speaker: AIDA Masashi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman, RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow and Policy Advisor, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 12, 2023

    DX Series

    Use Cases and Challenges Facing Generative AI in Medical DX

    • Speaker: MIZUNO Takashi (CEO, Fast DOCTOR Co. Ltd.)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) / Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Informatics (NII))

    Japanese

  • July 7, 2023

    What is Needed to Improve Japan’s Potential Growth Rate: Analysis using the 2023 JIP database

    • Speaker: FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow & Program Director, RIETI / University Professor, IER & Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University / President, The Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)
    • Commentator: KAJI Naohiro (Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: MIZUNO Masato (Director of Research, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 5, 2023

    Consumption Analysis in Contemporary Japan: Our current status based on “Life Cycle Theory”

    • Speaker: UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
    • Moderator: KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese