Past BBL Seminars Reports and Summaries
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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July 19, 2023
Innovation: A key pathway to Europe's green deal and economic security
- Speaker: H.E. Jean-Eric PAQUET (Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Japan)
- Commentator: TAMURA Akihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) Paris)
- Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Managing Director, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation)
- Presentation (H.E. Jean-Eric Paquet) [PDF:1.3MB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
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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
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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
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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
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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