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

  • 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

  • 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))

    English / Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • August 1, 2024

    Advancing Regional Economic Cooperation: Developments and perceptions in APEC

  • July 24, 2024

    What Companies Can Do to Eliminate the Gender Wage Gap - Information Disclosure and the Use of People Analytics

    • Speaker: OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University)
    • Commentator: SOMA Tomoko (Director, Economic and Social Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)

    Japanese

  • July 23, 2024

    White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2024

    • Speaker: AIDA Masashi (Former Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • 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