BBL Seminars FY2013

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Past BBL Reports and Summaries

  • March 26, 2014

    Review of R&D for Next Generation Robots

    • Speaker: HIRUKAWA Hirohisa (Director of Intelligent Systems Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
    • Moderator: SUDO Osamu (Director, Industrial Machinery Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • March 20, 2014

    The Chinese Economy under the New Leadership: Challenges it faces and an assessment

    • 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: IWANAGA Masashi (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • March 18, 2014

    Technology Policy and Climate Change

    • Speaker: Adam B. JAFFE (Director and Senior Fellow Motu Economic and Public Policy Research / Fred C. Hecht Professor in Economics, Brandeis University)
    • Commentator: YASUNAGA Yuuko (Deputy Director-General for Industrial Science and Technical Regulations, Standards and Conformity Assessment Policy, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: NAGAOKA Sadao (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Time: 12:30-14:00 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:15)
    • Handout [PDF:573KB]
    • Comment [PDF:147KB]

  • March 17, 2014

    The Japanese Current Account--Post-Tohoku Earthquake

    • Speaker: Robert DEKLE (Professor of Economics, University of Southern California)
    • Moderator: MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)
    • Handout [PDF:652KB]

  • March 13, 2014

    Productivity Improvement of Service Sector: Insights from empirical studies

    • Speaker: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
    • Commentator: YASHIRO Naohiro (Visiting Professor of Economics, International Christian University)
    • Moderator: SHIRAISHI Shigeaki (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Service Affairs Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • March 7, 2014

    [Venture Series] Growth and Challenges of LINE, a Global Communication Application

    • Speaker: MORIKAWA Akira (Chief Executive Officer, LINE Corporation)
    • Moderator: ISHII Yoshiaki (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, New Business Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • March 6, 2014

    Competition Law in a Global Economy

    • Speaker: Frederic JENNY (Professor of Law and Economics, ESSEC Business School / Chairman, OECD Competition Committee / Former Supreme Court Judge (Cour de cassation, Paris France) )
    • Moderator: GOTO Akira (RIETI Faculty Fellow / Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
    • Handout [PDF:792KB]

  • February 27, 2014

    The Realities of Africa's Economy and Japan's Policy

    • Speaker: HIRANO Katsumi (Chief Senior Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies(IDE-JETRO))
    • Moderator: OKADA Kohei (Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • February 26, 2014

    Abenomics--An American view

    • Speaker: Adam S. POSEN (President, Peterson Institute for International Economics)
    • Moderator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)
    • Time: 10:15-11:15 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 10:00)
    • Handout [PDF:295KB]

  • February 19, 2014

    The Asian Economy and the Role of ADB

    • Speaker: NAKAO Takehiko (President, Asian Development Bank (ADB))
    • Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:50 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • February 14, 2014

    Kumamon as the Branding Strategy of Kumamoto Prefecture

    • Speaker: NARUO Masataka (Director, Kumamoto-Brand Promotion Division, Kumamoto Prefectural Government)
    • Moderator: KAWAZU Tsukasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director General, Consumer Affairs Agency)

    Japanese

  • February 6, 2014

    Working Hours and the Way People Work in Japan: Present situation and challenges

    • Speaker: KURODA Sachiko (Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: OGAWA Makoto (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director-General for Labour and Human Resources, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • January 31, 2014

    Current Status and Future Prospects of the TPP Negotiations

    • Speaker: Jeffrey J. SCHOTT (Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE))
    • Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: SATO Hitoshi (Fellow, RIETI / Director, Microeconomic Analysis Studies Group, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO))
    • Handout [PDF:201KB]

  • January 29, 2014

    The Current Situation and Issues of Abenomics: Implications for financial markets

    • Speaker: KUMANO Hideo (Executive Chief Economist, Dai-ichi Life Research Institute)
    • Moderator: KATAOKA Ryuichi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • January 22, 2014

    Challenges of QB House, a Specialized Salon Offering Only Haircutting Service: Changing perspectives to increase the number of faithful customers and highly-motivated stylists

    • Speaker: KITANO Yasuo (Chief Executive Officer and Director, QB Net Co., Ltd.)
    • Moderator: KONISHI Yoko (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

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  • December 20, 2013

    Japan's Growth Strategy--What can be learned from international good practices?

  • December 19, 2013

    Beyond the Arab Spring--Future of the Middle East and its relations with Japan

    • Speaker: ISHIAI Tsutomu (Foreign News Editor, The Asahi Shimbun)
    • Moderator: OKADA Kohei (Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • December 16, 2013

    The Comparative Advantage of Cities

    • Speaker: Donald R. DAVIS (Kathryn & Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Economics & International Affairs, Columbia University)
    • Moderator: SAITO Yukiko (Fellow, RIETI)

  • November 29, 2013

    Does Knowledge of Business Academics Contribute to the Industry Policy Development of Japan?

    • Speaker: IRIYAMA Akie (Associate Professor, Waseda Business School)
    • Moderator: MATANO Toshimichi (Deputy Director, Public Relations Office, Minister's Secretariat, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 22, 2013

    The Path to Higher Growth: Does Revamping Japan's Dual Labor Market Matter?

    • Speaker: Giovanni GANELLI (Senior Economist, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP))
    • Moderator: TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow and Program Director, RIETI / Professor, the Graduate School of Business & Commerce, Keio University)
    • Handout [PDF:1.3MB]

  • November 14, 2013

    'Innovator's IP Management'; A key strategic measure against unused technology and weakened IP effect

    • Speaker: WATANABE Toshiya (Professor, Todai Policy Alternatives Research Institute (PARI))
    • Moderator: KAWAKAMI Toshihiro (Director, Intellectual Property Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 8, 2013

    Global Economy and Financial Markets: Outlook and policy challenges

    • Speaker: KINOSHITA Yuko (Assistant to the Director, IMF's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP))
    • Moderator: NAKANO Takeshi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • November 7, 2013

    Is Japan a Parliamentary Democracy?

    • Speaker: NONAKA Naoto (Professor, Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • October 31, 2013

    The WTO Dispute Settlement System: Past, present & future

    • Speaker: Valerie HUGHES (Director, Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organization)
    • Moderator: ONODERA Osamu (Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:1.7MB]

  • October 25, 2013

    A New Strategy in Information and Communications Technology (IT) and Human Resources Development in the IT Sector: Utilizing the Information Technology Engineers Examination (ITEE)

    • Speaker: IWAMARU Yoshiaki (Professor, Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology / Executive Adviser for Chief Information Officer, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of JAPAN)
    • Moderator: YAMASHIRO Munehisa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director-General, Japan Information Technology Engineers Examination Center, Information-Technology Promotion Agency)

    Japanese

  • October 16, 2013

    Tripartism in Singapore

    • Speaker: LOH Khum Yean (Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Manpower, Government of Singapore)
    • Moderator: NASUNO Futoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director for Human Resources Policy, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:15 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
    • Handout [PDF:1.1MB]

    NOT for quotation

  • October 15, 2013

    Corporate Tax Reform

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

    Japanese

  • October 10, 2013

    Chinese Diplomacy: History and the present

    • Speaker: KAWASHIMA Shin (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: IWANAGA Masashi (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • October 8, 2013

    The Safe Asset Meme

    • Speaker: Richard PORTES (President, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR))
    • Moderator: Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
    • Handout [PDF:2.5MB]

  • October 7, 2013

    China's Cybersecurity Challenge

    • Speaker: James Andrew LEWIS (Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS))
    • Speaker: Christopher K. JOHNSON (Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS))
    • Moderator: UEMURA Masahiro (Director, Office for IT Security Policy, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)

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  • October 2, 2013

    Nursery School and 'Compatibility' between Work and Marriage/Childbirth

    • Speaker: UNAYAMA Takashi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Principal Economist, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance)
    • Moderator: SAKAMOTO Riwa (Director, Economic and Social Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • September 27, 2013

    The Economic and Social Policy in the Depopulation Society

    • Speaker: KATO Hisakazu (Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University)
    • Moderator: NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 26, 2013

    Successful Development of the Regional Economies in Germany: Implications for Japan

    • Speaker: IWAMOTO Koichi (Senior Analyst, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group, METI)
    • Commentator: NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Okayama University)
    • Moderator: UENO Toru (Director of International Coordination and Public Relations & Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 20, 2013

    Why Does Labour Shortage Occur in India?

    • Speaker: UCHIKAWA Shuji (Director-General, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO))
    • Moderator: AOKI Mikio (Director, Southwest Asia Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 12, 2013

    World of Sumo as a Microcosm of the Japanese Culture

    • Speaker: NAKAJIMA Takanobu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
    • Moderator: NASUNO Futoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director for Human Resources Policy, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • August 30, 2013

    The Determinants of Gender Gap in the Proportion of Managers Among White Collar Regular Workers--Unjust social disadvantages of being a woman, and policy measures to eliminate them

    • Speaker: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, the University of Chicago)
    • Moderator: SAKAMOTO Riwa (Director, Economic and Social Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • August 27, 2013

    Annual Report of the Japanese Economy and Public Finance 2013

    • Speaker: MASUJIMA Minoru (Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, Cabinet Office)
    • Moderator: KATAOKA Ryuichi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • August 8, 2013

    The Bright and Dark Sides of Indonesia as an Economic Power

    • Speaker: SATO Yuri (Director-General, Area Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO))
    • Moderator: KANEKO Minoru (Director of Administration, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 31, 2013

    Reality of Design Management: The success story of Samsung Electronics

    • Speaker: FUKUDA Tamio (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto Institute of Technology)
    • Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Legislative Affairs Office, Policy Planning and Coordination Department, Japan Patent Office, METI)

    Japanese

  • July 24, 2013

    Changes in Japan's SME Policies and Their Factors

    • Speaker: NAKATA Tetsuo (Author and Vice Editor in Chief, Vol. 12 - Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Policy / Former Professor, Graduate School of Business, Doshisha University)
    • Moderator: SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 19, 2013

    Industry-Specific Effective Exchange Rates and Japanese Firms' Competitiveness

    • Speaker: SATO Kiyotaka (Professor, Department of Economics, Yokohama National University)
    • Moderator: GOTO Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Chief Economist, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.)

    Japanese

  • July 17, 2013

    White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri), 2013

    • Speaker: TANAKA Tetsuya (Director, Machine Parts and Tooling Industries Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: YAMAUCHI Isamu (Fellow, RIETI / Vice President, Institute of Innovation and Policy Research / Affiliated Fellow, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy)

    Japanese

  • July 11, 2013

    The Economic Situation: The United States and the Major Economies

    • Speaker: Edward P. LAZEAR (Jack Steele Parker Professor of Human Resources Management and Economics, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
    • Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

  • July 10, 2013

    Eight-point Regional Growth Strategy Centering on Renewable Energy--Eight proposals and an eight-point regional vision for its realization--

    • Speaker: TANABE Toshinori (Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Economic Science, Saitama University)
    • Moderator: MOMOI Kensuke (Senior Researcher for Regional Policy, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Division, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group, METI)

    Japanese

  • July 9, 2013

    White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2013

    • Speaker: AOKI Mikio (Director, Southwest Asia Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI (former Director of Policy Planning and Research Office))
    • Moderator: SATO Hitoshi (Fellow, RIETI / Director, Microeconomic Analysis Studies Group, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) / Visiting Professor, Graduate School for International Developmand Cooperation, University of Hiroshima)

    Japanese

  • July 4, 2013

    Multilateralising 21st Century Regionalism

    • Speaker: Richard E. BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
    • Moderator: Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

  • July 3, 2013

    Consumer Intelligence--How Big Data will change marketing strategy--

    • Speaker: NISHIYAMA Keita (Deputy Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: TAKADA Shuzo (Deputy Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • June 27, 2013

    Can Abenomics Revive Japan's Economy?

    • Speaker: KUMAGAI Mitsumaru (Chief Economist, Daiwa Institute of Research)
    • Moderator: TANAKA Shogo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • June 20, 2013

    Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem: Creation of a new open innovation platform

    • Speaker: KAGAMI Shigeo (Professor and General Manager, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: YAMASHIRO Munehisa (Director of Administration, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 14, 2013

    Did Regional Productivity Differences Shrink in Japan? : An analysis based on the Regional-Level Japan Industrial Productivity Database

    • Speaker: FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow and Program Director, RIETI / Director and Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Speaker: TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Dean and Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shinshu University)
    • Moderator: MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)

    Japanese

  • June 12, 2013

    Legal Background to the Low Profitability

    • Speaker: KINOSHITA Nobuyuki (Executive Director, Bank of Japan)
    • Commentator & Moderator: FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Faculty Fellow & Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)

    Japanese

  • June 6, 2013

    Economic Education: The most powerful growth strategy

    • Speaker: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)
    • Moderator: KOBAYASHI Yohei (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 5, 2013

    A Tale of Three Economies: How advanced, emerging and developing markets view the global economy

    • Speaker: Bruce STOKES (Director, Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center)
    • Moderator: KATASE Hirofumi (Director-General for Trade Policy, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:246KB]

  • May 30, 2013

    Promoting the Mental Health Industry with a Focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    • Speaker: SHIMIZU Eiji (Professor, Department of Cognitive Behavioral Physiology and Director, Research Center for Child Mental Development, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine)
    • Moderator: SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 22, 2013

    Does Japan Really Have a Fundamental Strength?

    • Speaker: TATSUMI Takuro (Actor / Advisor to the Commissioner of Japan Tourism Agency / Visiting Professor at Kinki University, Literature and Cultural Studies / Advisor to Japan Association for the United Nations World Food Programme)
    • Moderator: UENO Toru (Director of International Coordination and Public Relations & Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • May 21, 2013

    New Form of Innovation and Venture Ecosystem

    • Speaker: ISAYAMA Gen (Partner, DCM)
    • Moderator: MATSUDA Naoko (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 16, 2013

    2013 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan: Dynamic and self-transformative SMEs and micro enterprises

    • Speaker: OYAMA Kazuhisa (Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
    • Moderator: KOBAYASHI Yohei (Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 10, 2013

    Heightened Tension in the East Asian Security Situation and Regional Challenges: Analyses from the East Asian Strategic Review 2013

    • Speaker: TAKAMIZAWA, Nobushige (President, The National Institute for Defense Studies)
    • Moderator: GOTO Hisanori (Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Trade Control Department, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • May 9, 2013

    Global Economy and Financial Markets: Outlook and the challenges ahead

    • Speaker: ISHII Shogo (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), International Monetary Fund)
    • Moderator: KATAOKA Ryuichi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • May 8, 2013

    Possibility of Reforming Public Services via Public-Private Partnerships: Outsourcing management of prisons to the private sector as case studies

    • Speaker: NISHIDA Hiroshi (Director of Correction Bureau, Ministry of Justice)
    • Moderator: YAMASHIRO Munehisa (Director of Administration, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 25, 2013

    Recent Business Reform of IHI Corporation and Request for the Government

    • Speaker: KAMA Kazuaki (Chairman of the Board, IHI Corporation)
    • Moderator: TAKADA Shuzo (Director, Manufacturing Industries Policy, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • April 18, 2013

    Changing Japanese Labor Market and Desired Policy Responses

    • Speaker: KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI/Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Moderator: NASUNO Futoshi (Director for Human Resources Policy, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • April 12, 2013

    Innovation-driven Development in China: Strategy, Policy and Practices

    • Speaker: MU Rongping (Director, Institute of Policy and Management, The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS))
    • Moderator: WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Senior Research Adviser and Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Gakushuin University / Adjunct Professor, Yokohama National University / Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)

  • April 11, 2013

    Japanese Debate on Reduced Consumption Tax Rate

    • Speaker: MORINOBU Shigeki (Professor, Chuo Law School / Senior Research Fellow, the Tokyo Foundation)
    • Moderator: FUJIKI Toshimitsu (Director, Corporate Affairs Division, METI)

    Japanese

  • April 10, 2013

    The Shale Gas Revolution and Energy Security: Message to METI

    • Speaker: TANAKA Nobuo (Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)
    • Moderator: HOSAKA Shin (Director, General Policy Division, Director-General's Secretariat, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)

    Japanese