BBL Seminars FY2004

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Past BBL Reports and Summaries

  • March 28, 2005

    Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade Patterns in China

    • Speaker: TAMURA Akiko (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University)
    • Speaker: XU Peng (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • March 25, 2005

    Does Japan Need A Trade Barriers Regulation?

    • Speaker: Jacques BOURGEOIS (Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP)

    Should the Singapore Issues, initially on the Doha Round, be revived? If so, when ?

    • Speaker: Marco C.E.J. BRONCKERS (Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP)
    • Moderator: YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

  • March 22, 2005

    China's Development Model: An Alternative Strategy for Technological Catch-Up

    • Speaker: Xielin LIU (Research Fellow and Professor, National Center for Science and Technology for Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, Beijing, China)
    • Moderator: MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
    • Handouts 1 [PDF: 391KB]
    • Handouts 2 [PDF: 293KB]

  • March 15, 2005

    Japan's Economic Stagnation and Policy Options: The Supply-side View

    • Speaker: FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Moderator: UEMURA Shuichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • March 3, 2005

    The Post-Kyoto Framework

    • Speaker: YAMAGUCHI Mitsutsune (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • March 1, 2005

    Program for Further Financial Reform

    • Speaker: KAWAKAMI Naotaka (Director for Policy and Communications Division, Planning and Coordination Bureau, Financial Services Agency)
    • Moderator: UEMURA Shuichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 25, 2005

    Shinsei Bank's Management Reforms

    • Speaker: YASHIRO Masamoto (Chairman, President and CEO, Shinsei Bank, Limited)
    • Moderator: TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 23, 2005

    An East Asian community

    • Speaker: YAMADA Takio (Director, Regional Policy Division, Asian and Oceanian Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 16, 2005

    Challenge for the Hydrogen Economy: Fuel Cell and its Architecture

    • Speaker: ANDO Haruhiko (Director, Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Promotion Office, METI/ANRE; Visiting Professor, the University of Electro-Communications (UEC))
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 1, 2005

    The Debate over 'Death Valley' Innovation Issues

    • Speaker: KODAMA Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Shibaura Institute of Technology)
    • Moderator: KODAMA Toshihiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • January 25, 2005

    A Historical Analysis of International Agricultural Negotiations: Suggestions for Japanese Strategies on Trade and Development Assistance

    • Speaker: ENDO Yasuo (Director, Liaison Office in Japan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
    • Moderator: YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • January 19, 2005

    Future Prospects for Japanese Trade Policy

    • Speaker: HASEGAWA Eiichi (Deputy Director-General for International Trade Policy, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • January 17, 2005

    Regional Revitalization and Local Government Management Reform: Structural Reform of 'People,' 'Things' and 'Money'

    • Speaker: UEYAMA Shinichi (Professor, Keio University)
    • Moderator: HISATAKE Masato (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • January 12, 2005

    Responding to Future Global Environmental Issues

    • Speaker: FUKANO Hiroyuki (Deputy Director-General for Environment Affairs, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • December 22, 2004

    China's Fiscal Problems and Regional Disparity: What is the Role for Bond Market?

    • Speaker: Li-Gang LIU (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 171KB]

  • December 16, 2004

    World Energy Outlook 2004

    • Speaker: Noe van HULST (Director, Long-Term Co-Operation and Policy Analysis Office, International Energy Agency (IEA))
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 833KB]

  • December 13, 2004

    Recent Financial and Economic Conditions and Monetary Policy Management

    • Speaker: UEDA Kazuo (Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan)
    • Moderator: UEMURA Shuichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • December 6, 2004

    Innovation and Competitiveness: the Role of Trade and Industry Ministries

    • Speaker: Robin YOUNG (Permanent Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, British Government)
    • Moderator: NEZU Risaburo (Director, RIETI / Senior Managing Director, Fujitsu Research Institute)

  • December 2, 2004

    Situation in Iraq

    • Speaker: MIYAKE Kunihiko (Deputy Director-General, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • November 30, 2004

    Asian Bond Market and Asian Currency

    • Speaker: YAMASAKI Tatsuo (Director, Research Division, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • November 26, 2004

    Local Government Reform Through New Public Management

    • Speaker: OSUMI Soshiro (Professor, Kanto Gakuin University)
    • Moderator: HISATAKE Masato (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • November 25, 2004

    Enhancing the Profitability of the Digital Home Appliance Industry

    • Speaker: MURAKAMI Keisuke (Deputy Director, Information Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: MATSUDA Hisakazu (Representative Director, Japan Consumer Marketing Research Institute)
    • Commentator: ONO Seiichi (Group Manager, e-Net Business Headquarters, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.)
    • Moderator: TAMADA Schumpeter (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • November 18, 2004

    Changes in the Environment for Deposit Insurance and Related Issues

    • Speaker: NAGATA Shunichi (Governor, Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan (DICJ))
    • Moderator: UEMURA Shuichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • November 16, 2004

    International Strategy of Japanese Anime and Manga

    • Speaker: KUBO Masakazu (Chief Creative Director, Character Business Center, Shogakukan Inc.)
    • Moderator: TOYA Riina (Research Associate, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • November 11, 2004

    Assessing the U.S. Elections: Changes in U.S. Policy toward Japan and Asia

    • Speaker: Barry M. HAGER (President, Hager Associates)
    • Lead Discussant: Paige COTTINGHAM-STREATER (Deputy Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation)
    • Moderator: NAKABAYASHI Mieko (Fellow, RIETI)

  • November 10, 2004

    Catching up with the rest of Europe: Challenges and Opportunities from the EU Enlargement

    • Speaker: Paola SUBACCHI (Head, International Economics Programme, Chatham House)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 133KB]

  • November 8, 2004

    Getting the Best from Knowledge Workers: How does Human Resources Management contribute?

    • Speaker: Craig A. MARSH (Professor, HR and Organisational Behaviour, Theseus International Management Institute, Sophia Antipolis)
    • Moderator: SANBONMATSU Susumu (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 305KB]

  • November 5, 2004

    European Point of View on Globalisation

    • Speaker: Jacques ATTALI (President, PlaNet Finance)
    • Moderator: Andrei HAGIU (Fellw, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 1MB]

  • November 2, 2004

    The Continuing Evolution of Corporate Governance in the United States

  • November 1, 2004

    Promise and Pitfalls of the WTO and FTAs : investment and trade in services

    • Speaker: Pierre SAUVE (Consultant, World Bank Institute in Paris)
    • Moderator: KAWAMOTO Akira (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Counsellor, Overall Strategy for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office)
    • Handouts 1 [PDF: 154KB]
    • Handouts 2 [PDF: 53KB]

  • October 28, 2004

    The Impact of the US Presidential Election on United States Trade Policy

    • Speaker: Peter COWHEY (Dean, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

  • October 26, 2004

    Realignment of Professional Baseball Teams and Design of Institutional Arrangements

    • Speaker: HIROSE Ichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Commentator: HONMA Kosuke (Director, Y's Sports Inc.)
    • Moderator: HIGUCHI Yoshio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • October 21, 2004

    The Outlook for Japanese-Chinese Relations

    • Speaker: Reinhard DRIFTE (Visiting Professor, Okuma School of Public Management, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • October 6, 2004

    Currency and Monetary Cooperation in East Asia

    • Speaker: NEMOTO Yoichi (Director, Regional Financial Cooperation Division, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance)
    • Moderator: HISATAKE Masato (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • September 30, 2004

    Japan's Incipient Transformation

    • Speaker: Robert A. MADSEN (Senior Fellow, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 217KB]
    • Paper [PDF: 16.5KB]

  • September 9, 2004

    Current Challenges faced by Japanese Enterprises and their Responses - Japanese Corporate Theory in a Knowledge Based Economy

    • Speaker: SANBONMATSU Susumu (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: KODAMA Toshihiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 8, 2004

    Japanese-Style-Management. Has It Survived? Will It Survive?

    • Speaker: Ronald DORE (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 369KB]

  • September 2, 2004

    Energy Supply-Demand Outlook in 2030 and Possible Scenario for Japan

    • Speaker: AKAISHI Koichi (Director, General Policy Division, Director-General's Secretariat, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • August 27, 2004

    Fiscal 2004 Annual Report on Japanese Economy and Pubulic Finance

    • Speaker: UMETANI Kenji (Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, Director-General for Economic Research, Cabinet Office)
    • Moderator: YOSHITOMI Masaru (President and CRO, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • August 24, 2004

    Evaluation of WTO's Framework for Establishing Modalities in Agriculture and of the Report on Agricultural Policy Reform by the Council of Food, Agriculture and Rural Area PoliciesNo.264

    • Speaker: YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: KODAMA Toshihiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Japanese Speaker: ARAKI Ichiro (Associate Professor, Yokohama National University)
    • Japanese Moderator and Speaker: KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • August 18, 2004

    Safeguards under the WTO Agreement

    • Speaker: ARAKI Ichiro (Associate Professor, Yokohama National University)
    • Moderator and Speaker: KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • August 10, 2004

    The Outline of WTO Framework Agreement

    • Speaker: OGAWA Tsunehiro (Director-General, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • August 5, 2004

    International Oil Market: Politics and Economics

    • Speaker: Michael LYNCH (President, Strategic Energy & Economic Research Inc. (SEER))
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 131KB]

  • July 27, 2004

    China's Energy and Environmental Issues

    • Speaker: LI Zhidong (Associate Professor, Department of Management and Information Systems Science, Nagaoka University of Technology)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 14, 2004

    New Currents in the United States

    • Speaker: HAYASHI Ryozo (Advisor, Japan Industrial Policy Research Institute)
    • Moderator: IRIE Kazutomo (Director of Administration, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 9, 2004

    Alternative Scenarios for Russian Economic Development

    • Speaker: Peter RUTLAND (Professor, Government Department, Wesleyan University)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

  • July 1, 2004

    Nakagawa Report - Toward a Sustainable and Competitive Industrial Structure

    • Speaker: ISHIGURO Norihiko (Director, Industrial Revitalization Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI/ ex-Director, Industrial Revitalization Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: KAINO Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 1.6MB]

    Japanese

  • June 30, 2004

    Legal Decision-Making in the Bush White House: Enron, the War on Terror, and Homeland Security

    • Speaker: Bradford A. BERENSON (Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP)
    • Moderator: Robert DUJARRIC (Visiting Scholar, RIETI)

  • June 11, 2004

    Background of Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Italy - The Case of the Textile and Fashion Industries

    • Speaker: OGAWA Hideki (Director-General for Consumer Policy Department, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: TOYA Riina (Research Associate, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 9, 2004

    New Challenges for Japanese Manufacturing Industry Gearing up for the Improved Competitiveness - White Paper on Manufacturing Industries of 2004

    • Speaker: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Special Assistant to Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 3, 2004

    North Korea's Nuclear Arsenal - Is a Libyan Solution Possible?

    • Speaker: Kenneth QUINONES (Director, Korean Peninsula Program, International Action)
    • Moderator: NAKABAYASHI Mieko (Fellow, RIETI)

  • May 26, 2004

    The 2004 Presidential Campaign and What It Means for U.S.-Japan Relations

    • Speaker: Edward LINCOLN (Senior Fellow, Asia and Economic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations)
    • Moderator: Robert DUJARRIC (Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
    • Summary (Japanese Translation)

  • May 19, 2004

    Leadership Characteristics for Global Executives

    • Speaker: David BASKERVILLE (President, Baskerville International Limited)
    • Moderator: NEZU Risaburo (Director, RIETI / Senior Executive Fellow, Economic Research Center, Fujitsu Research Institute)

  • May 18, 2004

    Comparing Institutional Reform of NPO in Japan and China

    • Speaker: Karla W. SIMON (Professor and Co-Director, Center for International Social Development, Catholic University of America)
    • Speaker: Leon E. IRISH (Visiting Professor, Catholic University of America / President, International Center for Civil Society Law)
    • Commentator: DEGUCHI Masayuki (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology)
    • Moderator: HAMABE Tetsuya (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)

  • May 12, 2004

    Choice as Regulatory Reform: The Case of Japanese Corporate Governance

    • Speaker: Curtis Milhaupt (Professor of Law, Columbia Law School)
    • Moderator: Gregory Jackson (RIETI Fellow)
    • Handouts [PDF: 125KB]

  • April 26, 2004

    What is the Impact of Academic Science on Industrial R&D in Japan? New Evidence From Co-publication and Patent Citation Data

    • Speaker: Lee BRANSTETTER (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School)
    • Moderator: TAMADA Schumpeter (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 22, 2004

    Canadian Views on the Doha Round and Perspectives on Building a National Trade Policy Consensus

    • Speaker: John GERO (Canadian Chief Trade Negotiator, WTO / Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade and Economic Policy, Department of International Trade)
    • Commentator: ARAKI Ichiro (Associate Professor, International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University)
    • Moderator: KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Fellow, RIETI)

  • April 20, 2004

    The Washington Consensus and Current Approaches to Development in Asia

    • Speaker: Peter McCAWLEY (Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute)
    • Moderator: NAKABAYASHI Mieko (Fellow, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 93KB]

  • April 14, 2004

    Is President Bush Destroying the American Empire? An Update on America's Inadvertent Empire

    • Speaker: Robert DUJARRIC (Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
    • Moderator: Andrei HAGIU (Fellow, RIETI)

  • April 8, 2004

    Economic Reform in North Korea

    • Speaker: Marcus NOLAND (Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics)
    • Moderator: Robert DUJARRIC (Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 12KB]