BBL Seminars FY2006

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Past BBL Reports and Summaries

  • March 27, 2007

    Intellectual Property after Gowers

    • Speaker: Ron MARCHANT (Chief Executive, UK Patent Office)
    • Moderator: MORIYA Toshimichi (Deputy Commissioner, Japan Patent Office)
    • Handouts [PDF:50KB]

  • March 19, 2007

    Banking System Reform in China: Remaining challenges and tasks toward a market oriented economy

    • Speaker: OKAZAKI Kumiko (International Visiting Fellow, Center for Asia Pacific Policy, RAND)
    • Moderator: KURODA Atsuo (Director, International Economic Affairs Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • March 09, 2007

    Global Focus on Knowledge -Sustainability

    • Speaker: MATSUSHIMA Katsumori (Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: SAKATA Ichiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Special Assistant to Director General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:30-13:45

    Japanese

  • February 28, 2007

    Present Situation and Evaluation of Japanese PFI

    • Speaker: IKUMA Hitoshi (Executive Officer, The Japan Research Institute, Limited / Director, Center for the Strategy of Emergence)
    • Moderator: TANIMOTO Toko (Web Editing Manager, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 22, 2007

    Recent Trends of M&A Laws

    • Speaker: NOMURA Shuya (Professor, Chuo Law School)
    • Moderator: NAKAHARA Hirohiko (Deputy Director, Economic and Industrial Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • February 14, 2007

    The Impact of the Economic Integration and Enlargement of the EU on Japanese Companies

    • Speaker: HORIGUCHI Hideo (Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University College of International Relations / Senior Coordinator (Europe, Russia), Planning Department, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO))
    • Moderator: IRIE Kazutomo (Director-General, Planning Department, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) / Former Director of Administration, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 06, 2007

    On Urgent and Fundamental Structural Reform of the Fisheries in Japan

    • Speaker: KOMATSU Masayuki (Executive Director, in charge of Marine Fisheries Research and Development Center (JAMARC), Fisheries Research Agency)
    • Moderator: KAWAMOTO Akira (Director of Research, RIET)

    Japanese

  • February 05, 2007

    Toward the Realization of the Service Model Innovation of the Japanese SMEs and Ventures" （Advanced Cases of New Viewpoints with Business, Function and Global Market)

    • Speaker: SANBONMATSU Susumu (Senior Researcher, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN / Visiting Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Commentator: TAKADA Nobuaki (Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)
    • Moderator: OZAKI Masashiko (Research Coordinator, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 01, 2007

    Japanese SMEs and VCs: Innovation and East Asian and Global Management (New Direction of Growth for SMEs / Venture in Goods and Service Industries)

    • Speaker: SANBONMATSU Susumu (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Researcher, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN / Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Speaker: TAKIZAWA Go (Deputy Director, Human Resource Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: ASAKAWA Kazuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University)
    • Moderator: OZAKI Masashiko (Research Coordinator, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • January 25, 2007

    Open Standards, Open Source and Open Innovation: Harnessing the Benefits of Openness

    • Speaker: Elliot E. MAXWELL (Fellow, the Communications Program, Johns Hopkins University / Distinguished Research Fellow, the eBusiness Research Center of Pennsylvania State University)
    • Moderator: NEZU Risaburo (Director, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30
    • Handouts [PDF:309KB]

  • January 22, 2007

    Japan's Diplomacy

    • Speaker: TANAKA Hitoshi (Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange)
    • Moderator: TAKAHARA Ichiro (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • January 19, 2007

    Towards Work-Life Balance Society

    • Speaker: OSAWA Machiko (Professor, Department of Studies on Contemporary Society, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Social Sciences, Japan Women's University)
    • Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration and Deputy Director of Research, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • January 17, 2007

    North Korean Nuclear Issues

    • Speaker: TAKESADA Hideshi (Director, Library, The National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS))
    • Moderator: KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • December 15, 2006

    Multilateralising Regionalism: How to make regionalism less damaging to the multilateral trade system

  • December 12, 2006

    The Evolution of and Prospects for Economic Integration in East Asia

    • Speaker: MUNAKATA Naoko (Director, Textile and Clothing Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI / Former Senior Fellow, RIETI / Former Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS), The Brookings Institution)
    • Moderator: KURODA Atsuo (Director, International Economic Affairs Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • December 04, 2006

    Future of Asset Formation in Japan

    • Speaker: MATSUMOTO Oki (President & CEO, Monex, Inc.)
    • Moderator: KAWAMOTO Akira (Director of Research, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • November 28, 2006

    Marketing Reform at Nissan Motor

    • Speaker: HOSHINO Asako (Corporate Vice President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
    • Moderator: TAKAHASHI Jun (Director, Economy and Society Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • November 09, 2006

    DDA Negotiations--where are we now and what are other developments in trade remedies area

    • Speaker: Jan WOZNOWSKI (Director, Rules Division, World Trade Organization)
    • Commentator: HIROSE Naoshi (Director, Rules/ Director, WTO Compliance and Dispute Settlement, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 68KB]

    NOT for quotation

  • November 02, 2006

    The Creation of New Businesses Led by Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration to Strengthen Japan: ZEON Corporation's New Business Development and MOT

    • Speaker: YAMAZAKI Masahiro (Representative Executive Managing Director, ZEON Corporation)
    • Moderator: YASUI Akira (Director, Fine Chemicals Office, Chemicals Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: TAJIRI Takahiro (Deputy Director, Chemicals Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • October 30, 2006

    Work-Life Balance and the Role of Management: Institutional design and its implementation

    • Speaker: SATO Hiroki (Professor, The Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration and Deputy Director of Research, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • October 27, 2006

    OMRON's MOT -Global R&D Collaboration

    • Speaker: KITAO Zenichi (Manager, Corporate Planning Headquaters, Intellectual Property Department, OMRON Corporation)
    • Moderator: SUMITA Takayuki (Director, Technology Promotion Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    (with simultaneous interpretation)

  • October 13, 2006

    Inequality in Japan

    • Speaker: OTAKE Fumio (Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)
    • Moderator: TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • October 02, 2006

    World Economic Outlook

    • Speaker: ARIYOSHI Akira (Director, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific)
    • Moderator: KIMURA Hidemi (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • September 25, 2006

    Premature Monetary Tightening: Economic Slowdown in 2007

    • Speaker: MATSUOKA Mikihiro (Chief Economist, Japan, Deutsche Securities Inc.)
    • Commentator / Moderator: MATSUNAGA Akira (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 15, 2006

    Marital Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance: A View-Point Indispensable to Mitigating Fertility Decline

    • Speaker: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Sociology, The University of Chicago)
    • Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration and Deputy Director of Research, RIETI)
    • Report

    Japanese

  • September 12, 2006

    Market, Development, and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: A Micro-Perspective

    • Speaker: SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: KIMURA Hidemi (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 07, 2006

    Diagnosing Public Service Value -Learning from Osaka City Government Reform Project

    • Speaker: UEYAMA Shinichi (Professor of Public Management, Keio University (Faculty of Media and Governance))
    • Speaker: INOSHITA Yasutomo (Manager for Project Evaluation, Reform Promotion Division, Office of City Reforms, Osaka City Government)
    • Moderator: HISATAKE Masato (Former Senior Fellow, RIETI / Director, Research and Statistics Department, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30

    Japanese

  • September 05, 2006

    VINNOVA and its Role in the Swedish Innovation System: Accomplishments Since the Start in 2001 and Ambitions Forward

  • August 10, 2006

    Potential Risks in Global Economy

    • Speaker: KOMATSU Keiichiro (Senior Fellow, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), London / Representative, Komatsu Research & Advisory (in U.K.))
    • Commentator: IRIE Kazutomo (Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO))
    • Moderator: KAWAMOTO Akira (Director of Research, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 26, 2006

    Corporate Governance in the Global Economy: Roles and Responsibilities of Corporate Directors

    • Speaker: Roger W. RABER (President & CEO, National Association of Corporate Directors)
    • Moderator: KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Fellow, RIETI)

  • July 19, 2006

    East Asian Regional Financial and Trade Architectures

    • *EnglishSpeaker: Saori N. Katada (Associate Professor School of International Relations University of Southern California)
    • Moderator: KAWAMOTO Akira (Director of Research, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 217KB]

  • July 13, 2006

    Korea's FTA Policy: Focusing on the Japan-Korea FTA and US-Korea FTA

    • Speaker: AHN, Se-Young (Professor, Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, Sogang University)
    • Moderator: KAWAMOTO Akira (Director of Research, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 1.7MB]

  • July 10, 2006

    Aeon's Business Innovation - Making the Most of Information Technologies

    • Speaker: AGATA Atsunobu (Senior Vice President, Information Technology, AEON Co., Ltd.)
    • Commentator: Watanabe Tetsuya (Director, Commerce and Distribution Policy Group, METI)
    • Moderator: KAWAZU Tsukasa (Director of Administration, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • July 07, 2006

    An Approach for the Business Turnaround and its Implication

    • Speaker: ANDO Yasushi ( Chief Investment Officer, Phoenix Capital Co., Ltd. / CEO, Horizon Holdings Co., Ltd.)
    • Commentator: ISHII Yoshiaki (Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN / Former Deputy Director, Industrial Organizetion Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI / Former Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: HOSOYA Yuji (Director of Research, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 06, 2006

    Foreign Investment Protection under International Treaties

    • Speaker: Daniel M. PRICE (Partner, Sidley Austin LLP)
    • Speaker: Andrew W. SHOYER (Partner, Sidley Austin LLP)
    • Commentator: KOTERA Akira (Former, Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: MATSUMOTO Kayo (Fellow, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 92.3KB]

  • June 29, 2006

    White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2006 - Toward Sustained Potential for Growth:Enhanced Productivity through Globalization and Japan as an Investment Powerhouse

    • Speaker: SHIRAISHI Shigeaki (Director, Policy Planning and Research Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30
    • Report

    Japanese

  • June 23, 2006

    On the Roadmap, Off the Roadmap, or Beyond the Roadmap? That is the Question.

    • Speaker: YASUNAGA Yuuko ( Director, Research and Development Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: KAWAMOTO Akira (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office)

    Japanese

  • June 22, 2006

    China Risks and Implications for the Global Community

    • Speaker: Harry HARDING (Eurasia Group)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

  • June 13, 2006

    Cluster-Based Industrial Development: Evidence from Wenzhou and Chongqing

    • Speaker: OTSUKA Keijiro (Professorial Fellow, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development)
    • Moderator: KIMURA Hidemi (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 09, 2006

    Current Issues in the Development of Cross-Agency Governance

    • Speaker: Jane E. FOUNTAIN (Director of National Center for Digital Government and Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
    • Moderator: NEZU Risaburo (Director, RIETI)
    • Handouts [PDF: 640KB]

  • May 31, 2006

    IT Strategy for Revitalization of SMEs

    • Speaker: MATSUSHIMA Shigeru (Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University)
    • Moderator: MIYAMOTO Takeshi (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Director, The History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (HJTIP))

    Japanese

  • May 24, 2006

    Resources Inflation and Japan's Response

    • Speaker: SHIBATA Akio (Chief Economist and Director, Marubeni Research Institute)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 23, 2006

    The Structure of Intra-Group Ties: Innovation in Taiwanese Business Groups

    • Speaker: Ishtiaq MAHMOOD (Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore Business School)
    • Moderator: ASAKAWA Kazuhiro (Faculty Fellow / Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University)
    • Handouts [PDF: 288KB]

  • May 15, 2006

    The 2006 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan: Japanese Small and Medium Enterprises at a Turning Point of Deepening Crossborder Economic Interdependence and Decreasing Domestic Population

    • Speaker: HANAKI Izuru (Director, Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI))
    • Moderator: UESUGI Iichiro (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 12, 2006

    Global Developments in Corporate Responsibility from a European Perspective

  • May 11, 2006

    Difficulties in Value Capture due to Commoditization: Case of Digital Appliances

    • Speaker: NOBEOKA Kentaro (Former Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration of Kobe University)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 08, 2006

    Are High Oil Prices Here to Stay?

    • Speaker: Leo P. DROLLAS (Deputy Executive Director & Chief Economist, CGES (Centre for Global Energy Studies))
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30
    • Handouts [PDF: 5.09MB]

  • April 28, 2006

    Fiscal Sustainability and Japan's Fiscal Reconstruction with Tax Increase: Reconsidering Broda and Weinstein's Estimate

    • Speaker: DOI Takero (Former Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
    • Moderator: KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Fellow, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:30-13:45

    Japanese

  • April 21, 2006

    The Olympic Arbitration and Contemporary Sports World

    • Speaker: KOTERA Akira (Former Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 18, 2006

    The Outline of the Committee, Japanesque-modern Actions

    • Speaker: KASHIBA Hirotsugu (Secretary-General, The Committee Japanesque Modern)
    • Commentator: YOSHIKAWA Hisashi (Director, Service Affairs Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yashuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • April 14, 2006

    Optimal Division of Roles between the Public and Private Sectors under a Decentralized Regime

    • Speaker: AKAI Nobuo (Former Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, University of Hyogo)
    • Commentator: KATAYAMA Hiromu (Former Director, Council for Decentralization Reform, Cabinet Office)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 12, 2006

    The Nordic Countries Leaders in the New Economy? ICT, Innovation and Economic Performance"(originally announced as "Innovation and Growth: Challenges for Nordic and other European Countries")

  • April 10, 2006

    U.S.-Japan Relationship: the View at Washington DC

    • Speaker: TADA Yukio (Chairman, Center for Professional Exchange(CEPEX))
    • Moderator: KIMURA Hidemi (Fellow, RIETI)
    • Handout [PDF:896KB]
    • Report

    Japanese

  • April 07, 2006

    Japanese

  • April 06, 2006

    New Economic Growth Strategy

    • Speaker: SAITO Keisuke (Director, Industrial Revitalization Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Speaker: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Former Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: TANABE Yasuo (Vice-President, RIETI)

    Japanese