BBL Seminars FY2011

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Past BBL Reports and Summaries

  • March 23, 2012

    Thailand's Economy After the Great Flood

    • Speaker: Virasakdi FUTRAKUL (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Thailand to Japan )
    • Moderator: SHINODA Kunihiko (Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:115KB]

  • March 14, 2012

    Challenges Facing the Chinese Economy on the Eve of the Party Congress

    • Speaker: MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Center for Industry Development and Environment Governance (CIDEG), Tsinghua University)
    • Commentator: KWAN Chi Hung (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)
    • Moderator: TAKAGI Seiji (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • March 13, 2012

    [Policy History Series] Constructing the Intellectual Property System under the WTO and Subsequent Development

    • Speaker: TAKAKURA Shigeo (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Meiji University Law School / Patent Attorney, Suzuye & Suzuye (Patent Law Firm))
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • March 7, 2012

    Possibility of Japan Facing a Current Account Deficit and its Desired Macroeconomic Policies

    • Speaker: KANNO Masaaki (Chief Economist, JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
    • Moderator: TOMITA Hideaki (Research Coordinator, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • March 2, 2012

    Dispute Settlement at the WTO : The views of a longtime panellist, negotiator, and committee chair

    • Speaker: Christian HABERLI (Senior Research Fellow, World Trade Institute, Bern University)
    • Moderator: ARAKI Ichiro (Professor, Yokohama National University)

    NOT for quotation

  • February 28, 2012

    Issues on Japan's TPP Participation

    • Speaker: YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Research Director, the Canon Institute for Global Studies)
    • Moderator: NAKAZAWA Norio (Director of Research, RIETI)
    • Summary [RIETI Report]

    Japanese

  • February 10, 2012

    Outlook for World Affairs in 2012

    • Speaker: NOGAMI Yoshiji (President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
    • Moderator: NAKATOMI Michitaka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Principal Trade Negotiator, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • February 7, 2012

    DANTOTSU Management : Working to become a company that builds on strengths from one generation to another / Having confidence in a Japan-based global company

    • Speaker: SAKANE Masahiro (Chairman of the Board, Komatsu Ltd.)
    • Moderator: FUJIKI Toshimitsu (Director, Industrial Machinery Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • February 1, 2012

    Conditions for Medical and Nursing Care Service to Grow as an Industry

    • Speaker: NISHIMURA Shuzo (Director-General, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)
    • Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • January 31, 2012

    ASEAN and Regional Integration

    • Speaker: Surin PITSUWAN (Secretary-General of ASEAN)
    • Moderator: NAKATOMI Michitaka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Principal Trade Negotiator, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

  • January 27, 2012

    8 Ideas about Innovation

    • Speaker: TOKUSEI Kentaro (Product Management Director Geo APAC, Google Japan)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • January 26, 2012

    Reforming the Management of McDonald's

    • Speaker: HARADA Eikoh (Chairman, President & CEO, McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.)
    • Moderator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • January 18, 2012

    Considering the Future of Corporate Governance in Japan : From the Olympus and Daio Paper scandals

    • Speaker & Moderator: MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University)
    • Commentator: TANAKA Wataru (Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)
    • Commentator: SAITO Takuya (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto Sangyo University)

    Japanese

  • December 21, 2011

    Firms' Performance and its Relationship with Firms' Promotion of Female Human Resource Utilization and Employees' Work-Life Balance : Facts revealed from the analyses of RIETI's survey on firms.

    • Speaker: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Hanna Holborn Grey Professor & Chair of the Department of Sociology, the University of Chicago)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • December 20, 2011

    Japan's Diplomacy towards Africa

    • Speaker: MATSUYAMA Ryoichi (Chairman, Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) / Former Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Botswana)
    • Moderator: MORI Kiyoshi (Director, Policy Planning Division, Natural Resources and Fuel Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy / Former Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • December 13, 2011

    Introduction of Japanese Version IRA

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

    Japanese

  • December 7, 2011

    Standards, Platforms, and Public Policy

    • Speaker: Shane GREENSTEIN (Kellogg Chair of Information Technology and Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
    • Commentator: NAGAOKA Sadao (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Moderator: AOKI Reiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Handout [PDF:4.1MB]

  • December 6, 2011

    China: Economic developments and outlook

    • Speaker: Steven BARNETT (Assistant Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)
    • Moderator: TAKAGI Seiji (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:4.7MB]

  • November 30, 2011

    A Decade of Intelligence War: From 9/11 in the U.S. to 3/11 in Fukushima

    • Speaker: TESHIMA Ryuichi (Journalist / Writer)
    • Moderator: NAKATOMI Michitaka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Principal Trade Negotiator, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • November 29, 2011

    Signs of Changes in the Japanese Economy

    • Speaker: FUJISAWA Kumi (Vice President, SophiaBank)
    • Moderator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • November 24, 2011

    [Policy History Series] Interrelationship between Organizational Theory and Market Theory : The case of the Japanese steel industry policy

    • Speaker: KIM Yongdok (Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University)
    • Commentator: SHIOTA Koichi (Director, Iron and Steel Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • November 17, 2011

    WTO Case Law on Product Standards and Labeling: New Cases, New Challenges

    • Speaker: Andrew W. SHOYER (Partner, Sidley Austin LLP)
    • Moderator: KAZEKI Jun (Director, Office for WTO Compliance and Dispute Settlement, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:633KB]

  • November 11, 2011

    Canada's Emergence as a Global Energy Superpower

    • Speaker: Joe OLIVER (Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Canada)
    • Commentator: ISHII Akira (Special Adviser, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation)
    • Moderator: YASUNAGA Yuuko (Director, Mineral and Natural Resources Division, Natural Resources and Fuel Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:15 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
    • Speech [PDF:44KB]
    • Handout (Commentator) [PDF:604KB]

  • November 9, 2011

    The liberalization process in the electricity industry in Norway and the Nordic countries

    • Speaker: Odd Håkon HOELSÆTER (Director, Hafslund ASA/Former President & CEO, Statnett SF)
    • Moderator: MITA Noriyuki (Director, Policy Planning Division, Electricity and Gas Industry Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:2.26MB]

  • November 8, 2011

    Message from Accounting Profession: Toward Reconstruction and Development from Earthquake

    • Speaker: HATTA Shinji (Auditor, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Professional Accountancy, Aoyama Gakuin University)
    • Speaker: SHIBA Kenji (Professor, Graduate School of Kansai University, School of Accountancy)
    • Speaker: AOKI Masaaki (Professor, Tohoku University Accounting School)
    • Speaker: FUJINUMA Tsuguoki (Vice-Chair, Trustees of IFRS Foundation)
    • Moderator: HIRATSUKA Nobuyuki (Director, Corporate Accounting, Disclosure and CSR Policy Office, Economic and Industiral Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 1, 2011

    The Implementation of an Energy-Saving Society Contributes to the Environment, People and Economy

    • Speaker: Francois-Xavier LIENHART (Deputy Delegate in charge of Japan, Saint-Gobain Asia-Pacific / President, MAG-ISOVER K.K.)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Shoji (Director, Housing Industry, Ceramics and Construction Materials Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:9.33MB]

  • October 31, 2011

    White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri), 2011: The reconstruction of the business strategy of Manufacturing Industries in Japan which fights against the change of International Manufacturing structure and the crisis after the Great East Japan Earthquake

    • Speaker: SAKAI Yoshimasa (Special Assistant to Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: MATSUDA Naoko (Fellow / Deputy Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • October 21, 2011

    Hidden Champions of the 21st Century - Success Strategies of Unknown Mid-sized World Market Leaders

    • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Hermann SIMON (Chairman, Simon-Kucher & Partners)
    • Commentator: OTA Takehiko (Director, Regional Economic Development Department, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN)
    • Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)

  • October 19, 2011

    Global Economy and Financial Markets: Outlook and the Challenges Ahead with Slowing Growth and Rising Risks

    • Speaker: ISHII Shogo (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)
    • Moderator: NAKAZAWA Norio (Director of Research, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • October 17, 2011

    Why the National Women's Soccer Team Nadeshiko Japan won the 2011 World Cup Championship? - From the perspectives of policy and a growth strategy in the sports business

    • Speaker: HIRATA Takeo (Professor, Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University / Former General Secretary, Japan Football Association)
    • Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • October 14, 2011

    IKEA Japan: Our Journey

    • Speaker: Mikael PALMQUIST (President & CEO, IKEA Japan K.K.)
    • Moderator: KURODA Junichiro (Director, Trade and Investment Facilitation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)

    NOT for quotation

  • October 12, 2011

    Lean Startup and Innovation Happening in Japan under Rapidly Flourishing Smartphones and Various social Media

    • Speaker: AKABA Yuji (Managing Director, Breakthrough Partners)
    • Moderator: SHINDO Hideo (Director, Academia-Industry Cooperation Promotion Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • October 7, 2011

    Looking Back at the FSX Dispute : Lessons for the Future

    • Speaker: James E. AUER (Director of the Center for U.S.-Japan Studies and Cooperation, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies)
    • Speaker: KONNO Hidehiro (Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation)
    • Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-14:00 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
    • Program and Handouts

    Japanese

  • October 6, 2011

    [Policy History Series] Policies on Natural Resources and Energy (1973-2010)

    • Speaker: KIKKAWA Takeo (Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • October 4, 2011

    Base of the economic pyramid (BOP) Business: From the viewpoints of business strategy and development

    • Speaker: OKADA Masahiro (Associate Professor, Strategic Management, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University)
    • Speaker: ONO Izumi (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS))
    • Moderator: KOYAMA Satoru (Director for Commerce and Distribution, METI)

    Japanese

  • October 3, 2011

    A Future Energy Scenario : Energy strategy in the post-Fukushima era

    • Speaker: TANAKA Nobuo (Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)
    • Moderator: MINAMI Ryo (Director, International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 21, 2011

    Catastrophic world and Japan --How to survive at this serious phase

    • Speaker: TAKITA Yoichi (Editorial Committee Member, Nikkei Inc.)
    • Moderator: NOHARA Satoshi (Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 16, 2011

    Analyzing Urban Social Capital and Happiness: Visualization of new concepts in the city of Niigata

    • Speaker: CHIDA Toshiki (Chief Researcher, Niigata City Research Institute for Public Policy and Management)
    • Speaker: TAMAMURA Masatoshi (Visiting Fellow, Niigata City Research Institute for Public Policy and Management / Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
    • Commentator: UEYAMA Shinichi (President, Niigata City Research Institute for Public Policy and Management / Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)
    • Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 14, 2011

    Another Challenge of Commercial Aircraft Development

    • Speaker: KAWAI Teruaki (Senior Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation)
    • Moderator: KONDO Tomohiro (Director, Aerospace and Defense Industries Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 12, 2011

    China's Demographic Change and Implications for Rest of the World

  • August 31, 2011

    Non-regular Employment System Reform in Japan : Changing the way people work

    • Speaker: TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow & Program Director, RIETI)
    • Moderator: MIZUNO Masato (Director, Human Resources Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • July 22, 2011

    White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2011 : Toward enhanced revitalization of the global economic network beyond the disaster

    • Speaker: ISHIZUKA Yasushi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Speaker: SEKIGUCHI Kunio (Deputy Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Speaker: UDA Kenjiro (Part-time Officer, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: ITO Banri (Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Department of International Economics, School of Economics, Senshu University)
    • Moderator: MATSUDA Naoko (Fellow / Deputy Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 21, 2011

    On Economic and Social Development Twelfth Five-Year Plan [2011-2015] in China

    • Speaker: MENG Jianjun (Senior Fellow, Tsinghua University, China)
    • Commentator: KWAN Chi Hung (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)
    • Moderator: TAKAGI Seiji (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • July 12, 2011

    Philosophy of Accessible Design - Practices and observations

    • Speaker: GOTO Yoshikazu (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University)
    • Speaker: HOSHIKAWA Yasuyuki (Executive Director, the Accessible Design Foundation of Japan)
    • Commentator & Moderator: TAKEGAMI Shiro (Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University)

    Japanese

  • July 11, 2011

    2011 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan : Recovering from the disaster and overcoming growth constraints

    • Speaker: HOSHINO Mitsuaki (Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
    • Moderator: NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 6, 2011

    The Measures JR East has been taking in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the Issues to be solved in the Future

    • Speaker: TOMITA Tetsuro (Vice President / Director, Corporate Planning Headquarters, East Japan Railway Company)
    • Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Director, International Coordination and Public Relations, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 30, 2011

    [Policy History Series] Commodities Futures Market -Is It Necessary in Japan-

    • Speaker: OSAKI Yasuhiro (Professor, School of Law, Waseda University)
    • Commentator: TAKASHIMA Ryusuke (Director, Commerce Division, Commerce and Distribution Policy Group, METI)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 23, 2011

    Opening Japan - Comparisons with other G20 countries and lessons learned from international experience

    • Speaker: Dirk PILAT (Head, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology & Industry, OECD)
    • Speaker: Andrea BELTRAMELLO (Policy Analyst, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology & Industry, OECD)
    • Moderator: NAKAO Yasuhisa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, International Economic Affairs Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:1.6MB]
    • Paper (OECD Website)

  • June 16, 2011

    [Policy History Series] National Innovation System in Transition

    • Speaker: SAWAI Minoru (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
    • Commentator: FUKUSHIMA Hiroshi (Director, Research and Development Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 13, 2011

    [Policy History Series] Public Policy Focused on Community Retailing in Japan

    • Speaker: ISHIHARA Takemasa (Professor, Faculty of Commerce, University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences / Professor Emeritus, Osaka City University)
    • Commentator: FUJINO Takumi (Director, Retail and Wholesale Commerce Division, Busuiness Support Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 10, 2011

    Social Change and Democratization in the Arab World

    • Speaker: IKEUCHI Satoshi (Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: MORI Kiyoshi (Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • June 9, 2011

    Damages Caused by the Earthquake, Restoration and Issues for JX Group

    • Speaker: SUGIUCHI Kiyonobu (Director, Senior Vice President, JX Holdings, Inc.)
    • Moderator: IRINO Yasukazu (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 6, 2011

    Policy Issues on Japanese Economy - the Great Recession, Inequality, Budget Deficit and Aging -

    • Speaker: HARADA Yutaka (Councilor, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.)
    • Moderator: KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

    Japanese

  • May 12, 2011

    The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and Industrial Reconstruction : Natural disasters and changes in the spatial distribution of industries

    • Speaker: OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: NAKAMURA Yoshiaki (Director, Business Environment Promotion Division, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • May 10, 2011

    The Earthquake and Genba [Manufacturing Site] Oriented National Policies

    • Speaker: FUJIMOTO Takahiro (Executive Director, Manufacturing Management Research Center / Professor of Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: YAMAMOTO Masafumi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 26, 2011

    IMF World Economic Outlook [April 2011]

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • April 25, 2011

    Are There Any Lessons from the Past Natural Disasters? --Economic recovery and livelihood rehabilitation from the Great East Japan Earthquake

    • Speaker: SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: KONISHI Yoko (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 21, 2011

    Economic Policy After the Great Tohoku Earthquake

    • Speaker: FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
    • Moderator: NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 20, 2011

    Beyond Reconstruction: Can Japan achieve miraculous growth again?

    • Speaker: TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 7, 2011

    Proposals and Challenges for Economic Recovery Following the Great East Japan Earthquake: Focusing on financial resources for reconstruction

    • Speaker: SATO Motohiro (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Moderator: HOSAKA Shin (Director, Corporate Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese