BBL Seminars FY2010

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Past BBL Reports and Summaries

  • March 11, 2011

    FRONTIER JAPAN --Creation of Immigration Nation--

    • Speaker: SAKANAKA Hidenori (President, Japan Immigration Policy Institute)
    • Moderator: OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

    Japanese

  • March 9, 2011

    Current State of and Prospectives for the Doha Round (tentative)

    • Speaker: KITAJIMA Shinichi (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japan in Geneva)
    • Moderator: FUJII Toshihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • February 23, 2011

    Work Life Balance for Management Strategy

    • Speaker: KOMURO Yoshie (President and CEO, Work Life Balance Co., Ltd.)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow & Director, The History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • February 9, 2011

    Japanese External Strategy

    • Speaker: TANAKA Hitoshi (Chairman, Institute for International Strategy, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd. / Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange / Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: OIKAWA Kozo (Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • January 26, 2011

    How to cope with Economic Globalization by Strengthening Industrial Alliances --Ota City's SMEs' expansion and the supporting organization's policy--

    • Speaker: YAMADA Nobuaki (Executive Director, Ota City Industrial Promotion Organization / Visiting Professor, Hosei Business School of Innovation Management)
    • Commentator: KUNO Miwako (Joyo Industrial Research Institute Ltd. / Associate Professor, Comprehensive Open Innovation Center, Saitama University)
    • Moderator: KODAMA Toshihiro (Managing Executive Officer, Japan Finance Corporation)

    Japanese

  • January 20, 2011

    Present situation of the State of Qatar and Japanese Contribution

    • Speaker: KITAZUME Yukio (Vice President, Japan Aircraft Development Corporation / Former Ambassador of Japan in the State of Qatar)
    • Moderator: KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • January 17, 2011

    Global Economic Governance in Transition: a political economic analysis and questions for Japan

    • Speaker: Yves TIBERGHIEN (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia)
    • Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)
    • Handout [PDF:475KB]

  • December 22, 2010

    Impacts of Population Aging on Economy: Less-known Findings from Japan's Experience

    • Speaker: MOTANI Kosuke (Senior Vice President, Regional Development Group, Regional Planning Department, Development Bank of Japan Inc.)
    • Moderator: NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • December 16, 2010

    APEC 2010 Japan - Pathways to FTAAP

    • Speaker: NISHIYAMA Hidehiko (Director-General for International Trade Policy, METI)
    • Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • December 13, 2010

    Analyzing Asian Integration from a Perspective of International Relations Theory

    • Speaker: TERADA Takashi (Professor, Organization for Asian Studies, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: FUKUYAMA Mitsuhiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • December 10, 2010

    Will the Euro Survive?

    • Speaker: Iain BEGG (Professorial Research Fellow, European Institute, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE))
    • Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)
    • Handout [PDF:212KB]

  • December 8, 2010

    Cabinet Office's View on the World Economy in 2011

    • Speaker: HAYASHI Tomoko (Director for Overseas Economies, Cabinet Office)
    • Moderator: GOTO Yasuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI (Adjunct) / Chief Economist, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.)

    Japanese

  • December 3, 2010

    The Future of Security Strategies: the Cases of Britain and Japan

    • Speaker: HOSOYA Yuichi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow & Director, The History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • December 2, 2010

    Looking Back Shanghai EXPO --A Good Opportunity for China to be in Harmony with International Society?-

    • Speaker: TSUKAMOTO Hiroshi (President, Institute for International Studies and Training (IIST))
    • Moderator: YURA Hideo (Director of Administration, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • November 29, 2010

    Global Scenario from European Perspective

    • Speaker: SUMITA Takayuki (Executive Director, Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment Brussels Office (JETRO Brussels Center))
    • Moderator: FUJII Toshihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • 12:15-13:40 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • November 10, 2010

    The True Nature of Smart Grid - The European Model and Smart Communities

    • Speaker: YAMAKA Kimio (Director, the Energy Strategy Institute Co., Ltd.)
    • Moderator: TOMITA Hideaki (Research Coordinator, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • November 4, 2010

    Transformation of Post-War Asia and Japan: From Bandung Conference to 21st Century

    • Speaker: MIYAGI Taizo (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University)
    • Moderator: FUKUYAMA Mitsuhiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 1, 2010

    IMF World Economic Outlook [October 2010]

    • Speaker: ISHII Shogo (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)
    • Moderator: TOMITA Hideaki (Research Coordinator, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • October 26, 2010

    Investment and Rebalancing in Asia

    NOT for quotation

  • October 20, 2010

    G20 Protectionism in the Wake of the Great Recession

    • Speaker: Gary Clyde HUFBAUER (Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE))
    • Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Councilor for APEC, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:190KB]
    • Paper [PDF:611KB]

  • October 18, 2010

    Comprehensive Asia Development Plan and Beyond: Research Activities by ERIA

    • Speaker: KIMURA Fukunari (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University / Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
    • Moderator: FUKUYAMA Mitsuhiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • October 5, 2010

    Political and Economic Situation in Brazil and Japan-Brazil Relations

    • Speaker: SHIMANOUCHI Ken (Ambassador of Japan in Brazil)
    • Moderator: TOYA Fumiaki (Deputy Director-General, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 28, 2010

    The WTO: Present Challenges and Perspectives

    • Speaker: Alejandro JARA (Deputy Director General, WTO)
    • Moderator: KAZEKI Jun (Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

  • September 22, 2010

    Strategies towards Cultural and Creative City: Geographic Agglomeration of Creative industries in Tokyo

    • Speaker: GOTO Kazuko (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Saitama University)
    • Commentator: TAKAGI Mika (Deputy Director, Creative Industries Promotion Office, Manufacturing Indeusties Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 17, 2010

    The Point of 'Personal Information Protection Act' Reform - Tax-payment Number, Social Security Number, and National ID

    • Speaker: SUZUKI Masatomo (Professor of Law, Niigata Law School, Niigata University)
    • Moderator: SUGIURA Hideaki (Director, Information Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 15, 2010

    Diversity, WLB and Corporate Value

    • Speaker: KAWAGUCHI Mariko (General Manager for CSR, Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow & Director, The History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 13, 2010

    IFRS at a Crossroads: Political and practical discussion not to be found in books

    • Speaker: SUZUKI Tomo (University Reader in Accounting, Said Business School, University of Oxford)
    • Moderator: HIRATSUKA Nobuyuki (Director for Corporate System, Corporate Affairs Division, Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:30-13:45 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:15)

    Japanese

  • August 26, 2010

    Work-life Balance as an Accelerator of the Development of Workers and Companies

    • Speaker: SASAKI Tsuneo (Special Adviser, Toray Corporate Business Research, Inc.)
    • Commentator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow & Director, The History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy, RIETI)
    • Moderator: OHNISHI Hiroshi (Deputy Director, Service Affairs Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • August 13, 2010

    New Development of Industrial Clusters as seen in TAMA Association and its Overseas Business Support Program

    • Speaker: OKAZAKI Hideto (Secretary-General, TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association Inc.)
    • Commentator: SHIBUYA Hiroshi (Director, Regional Technology Division, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group, METI)
    • Commentator: HARAYAMA Yuko (Professor, Management Science & Technology, Tohoku University / the Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management)
    • Moderator: KODAMA Toshihiro (Managing Executive Officer, Japan Finance Corporation)

    Japanese

  • July 29, 2010

    Mirrlees Review and it's implication for Japanese tax reform

    • Speaker: MORINOBU Shigeki (Professor, Chuo Law School / Chief Research Fellow, the Tokyo Foundation)
    • Speaker: SATO Motohiro (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Moderator: HOSAKA Shin (Director, Corporate Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • July 27, 2010

    Strength of Chugai's Business Model in Drastically Changing Environment of the Pharmaceutical Industry

    • Speaker: NAGAYAMA Osamu (President and CEO, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
    • Moderator: ARAKI Yukiko (Director, Bio-Industry Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • July 22, 2010

    WHITE PAPER 2010 - Information and Communications in Japan

    • Speaker: NISHIOKA Kunihiko (Director for Information Economics, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC))
    • Moderator: SAKAI Masayoshi (Senior Analyst for Grobal Strategy (Information Industry), Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • July 21, 2010

    From Modular System to Integral System - An implication of iPad

    • Speaker: TANAKA Tatsuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
    • Moderator: NEZU Risaburo (Director, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 16, 2010

    Meeting Global Challenges and Securing Energy Futures: 'The Strategic Energy Plan' of Japan and 'Energy White Paper 2010'

    • Speaker: SASAJI Ken (Director, Energy Research and Public Relations Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
    • Speaker: KUNIMINE Kosuke (Assistant Manager, Energy Supply and Demand Policy Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
    • Moderator: KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 8, 2010

    Next Steps for APEC: Options and Prospects

    • Speaker: Vinod AGGARWAL (Director and Professor, Berkeley APEC Study Center, UC Berkeley)
    • Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Councilor for APEC, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Berkeley APEC Study Center
    • Handout [PDF:576KB]

  • July 5, 2010

    Cabinet Office's View on the World Economic Trends: Recovery driven by Asia and the Greek contagion

    • Speaker: HAYASHI Tomoko (Director for Overseas Economies, Cabinet Office)
    • Moderator: KATAOKA Ryuichi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • July 2, 2010

    Establishment of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and its contribution to the community building in East Asia

    • Speaker: NISHIMURA Hidetoshi (Executive Director, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia)
    • Moderator: ITO Banri (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 28, 2010

    The Latest Results of Technological Trend Research of Patent Applications

    • Speaker: SHIMANO Kunihiko (Director, General Affairs Department, Policy Planning and Research Division, Japan Patent Office)
    • Moderator: OZAKI Masahiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • June 25, 2010

    White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2010

    • Speaker: KATAOKA Ryuichi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: ITO Koji (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 22, 2010

    On the Significance of International Investment Agreements and Its Future Prospects

    • Speaker: KOTERA Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Councilor for APEC, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • June 17, 2010

    Future Vision of Chemical Industry: From the standpoint of business Portfolio change

    • Speaker: HIRUTA Shiro (Director and Senior Advisor, Asahi Kasei Corporation)
    • Moderator: TAKADA Shuzo (Director, Chemicals Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • June 16, 2010

    Industrial Structure Vision -The way forward for Japanese Industry-

    • Speaker: YANASE Tadao (Director, Industrial Revitalization Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 14, 2010

    U.S.-Japan Economic Relations in the Aftermath of the Global Crisis

    • Speaker: William W. GRIMES (Associate Professor of International Relations, Director of the Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University)
    • Moderator: KURIHARA Jun (Liaison Officer, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Center for Business and Government & John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
    • Handout [PDF:552KB]

  • June 11, 2010

    Deregulating Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Services While Maintaining Quality: As part of the Growth Strategy

    • Speaker: Deborah ROSEVEARE (Head of Education and Training Policy Division, Directorate for Education OECD)
    • Speaker: TAGUMA Miho (Policy Analyst, Education and Training Policy Division, Directorate for Education OECD)
    • Moderator: NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI)
    • Handout [PDF:1.54MB]

  • June 8, 2010

    IMF Regional Economic Outlook [April 2010]

    • Speaker: ISHII Shogo (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)
    • Moderator: SATO Hitoshi (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • June 3, 2010

    Recovery from Stroke and Healthy Medical Welfare City Plan for Super-aging Society in Japan

    • Speaker: SAKOH Masaharu (Chairman, Dept. of Stroke Treatment, Hatsudai Rehabilitation Hospital)
    • Moderator: KOMOTO Mitsuaki (Counsellor, Regional Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan)

    Japanese

  • June 2, 2010

    Recent Developments and Trends in International Investment Agreements and Investor-State Dispute Settlement

    • Speaker: Anna JOUBIN-BRET (Senior Legal Advisor, Division on Investment and Enterprises, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD))
    • Commentator: KOTERA Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
    • Commentator: MITA Noriyuki (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Electricity Market Division, METI / Chair of the Investment Experts Group (IEG), CTI, APEC)
    • Moderator: TANAKA Kotaro (Director for Economic Partnership, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
    • Handout [PDF:197KB]

  • June 1, 2010

    Decision-making and Policy-making through Negotiation and Consensus Building: Cases in urban planning

    • Speaker: MATSUURA Masahiro (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: YURA Hideo (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 28, 2010

    The Strategies to create Universities startups in Japan -Comparative studies between US and Japan-

    • Speaker: KIMURA Yukio (Assistant Director, Industrial Technology Research Office Planning Headquarters, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
    • Speaker: OTSUKA Tokio (Lecturer, Shumei University)
    • Moderator: TOMITA Hideaki (Research Coordinator, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 25, 2010

    Renewable Energy: Overview of Global Markets and Policies and Prospects for Japan

  • May 19, 2010

    Raising Growth in Japan: What role can private consumption and investment play?

    • Speaker: Murtaza SYED (Economist, Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
    • Speaker: TOKUOKA Kiichi (Economist, Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
    • Moderator: HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    NOT for quotation

  • May 11, 2010

    Emissions Trading - Latest News From Outside Japan

    • Speaker: Henry DERWENT (President and CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA))
    • Speaker: David Lunsford (Policy Leader, Emissions Trading, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA))
    • Moderator: ARIMA Jun (Deputy Director-General for Environmental Affairs, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environmental Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30(Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
    • Handout [PDF:116KB]

  • May 10, 2010

    2010 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan

    • Speaker: HOSHINO Mitsuaki (Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
    • Speaker: AOKI Hiroki (Deputy Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
    • Moderator: TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:40 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • April 26, 2010

    Renewal and Activation of Livelihood Security

    • Speaker: MIYAMOTO Taro (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University)
    • Moderator: KAWAMOTO Akira (Deputy Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • April 22, 2010

    APEC: Where to now?

    • Speaker: Peter DRYSDALE (Emeritus Professor of Economics/Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University)
    • Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Councilor for APEC, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:30KB]

  • April 7, 2010

    Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Policy in EU

    • Speaker: Lars BRUCKNER (Chairman of the Environmental Committee, Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE) / Senior Advisor, NEC Europe)
    • Moderator: HIRATSUKA Nobuyuki (Director for Corporate System, Corporate Affairs Division, Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
    • Handout [PDF:138KB]

  • April 1, 2010

    A New Horizon for APEC Japan 2010

    • Speaker: NISHIYAMA Hidehiko (Director-General for International Trade Policy, METI)
    • Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation