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.

Scheduled BBL Seminars

Time:12:15-13:15, unless otherwise stated

  • No events are scheduled at the present time.

Past BBL Seminars Reports and Summaries

  • November 26, 2019

    Climate Change and The Role of Finance

    • Speaker: TAMAKI Rintaro (President, Japan Center for International Finance)
    • Moderator: KAJIKAWA Fumihiro (Director, Environmental Economy Office, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 19, 2019

    The Environment Japanese Venture Capitalists Need

    • Speaker: KARIYAZONO Soichi (Managing Partner, Globis Capital Partners)
    • Moderator: SAKAMOTO Eisuke (Director, Fund Management Planning Division, Fund Management Department, SMRJ (Organization for SME and Regional Innovation, Japan))

    Japanese

  • November 14, 2019

    Indigenous People Meet the Leading Edge of Technology - Alaska Trading Company's efforts for sustainable development

    • Speaker: AOKI Masafumi (Alaska Trading Company.,Ltd CEO / Organic49Club.,Ltd CEO / Alaska Association Representative Director)
    • Moderator: HAYASHI Yotetsu (Director, Startup and New Business Promotion Division, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 13, 2019

    ADB Asian Economic Integration Report 2019 / 2020 – Demographic Change, Productivity, and the Role of Technology

    • Speaker: SAWADA Yasuyuki (Chief Economist and Director General for Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Asian Development Bank)
    • Speaker: KIKKAWA Aiko (Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Asian Development Bank)
    • Commentator: OHNO Izumi (Director, JICA Research Institute) / KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: FUJISAWA Hideaki (Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 8, 2019

    DEFENSE OF JAPAN (Annual White Paper)

    • Speaker: GOMI Takashi (Director, Policy Planning and Evaluation Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Defense)
    • Moderator: FUJI Kazuhiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

    *This BBL seminar is closed to the members of the press.

  • November 7, 2019

    Creative Work in The Times of Death-ridden Society

    • Speaker: FUJI Kazuhiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Commentator: SHIBATA Kumiko (Chairman of Japan Transition Doula Association)
    • Moderator: YAMADA Keigo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Personnel Division, Minister's Secretariat, METI)

    Japanese

  • October 25, 2019

    Made in ShenZhen, Sold on Amazon. Examining New Manufacturing with Anker Japan Co., Ltd.

    • Speaker: IDO Yoshitsune (CEO, Anker Japan Co., Ltd.)
    • Commentator: NAKADATE Naoto (Assistant Director, Global Industrial Policy Office, METI)
    • Moderator: ANDOH Haruhiko (Vice Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese

    *This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation from presentation material.

  • October 17, 2019

    The G20 and the World Economy: Performance and prospects

    • Speaker: Dale W. JORGENSON (Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University)
    • Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)
    • Handout [PDF:1.4MB]

    Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)

  • October 4, 2019

    China's Social Credit System

    • Speaker: OKAWA Tatsuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: ANDOH Haruhiko (Vice Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese

    *This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • September 30, 2019

    The New Platform for Japan-Taiwan Relations and Advanced Technology Exchange

    • Speaker: LI Shih-Hui (Professor of Program in Japan Studies College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University)
    • Moderator: ANDOH Haruhiko (Vice Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese