BBL Seminars FY2015

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Past BBL Reports and Summaries

  • March 18, 2016

    China's 13th Five-year Plan (2016-2020): Impact on China and the World

    • Speaker: HU Angang (Dean and Professor, Institute of Contemporary China Studies, Tsinghua University)
    • Speaker: MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Center for Industry Development and Environment Governance (CIDEG), Tsinghua University)
    • Commentator: C. H. KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)
    • Moderator: SATO Tomoya (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:45 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • March 17, 2016

    Science and Technology Innovation Policy in the Era of Transformation: The Fifth Science and Technology Basic Plan for realizing a super smart society

    • Speaker: NAKANISHI Hironori (Deputy Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office, Japan)
    • Moderator: TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • March 11, 2016

    Jokowi's Economic Policy: What will it take to reach sustainable development?

    • Speaker: Fauziah ZEN (Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
    • Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: FUKUNAGA Yoshifumi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Principal Deputy Director, Energy Supply and Demand Policy Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (METI))
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
    • Handout [PDF:1.1MB]

  • March 10, 2016

    An Analysis of FTA from the Theoretical Viewpoint

    • Speaker: ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Director-General, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • February 29, 2016

    Stronger Growth Remains Elusive: Urgent policy response is needed

  • February 26, 2016

    Fintech Overview

    • Speaker: Louis J. FORSTER (General Partner, Green Visor Capital) / Sam WEN (Venture Partner, Green Visor Capital)
    • Moderator: MATSUDA Naoko (Fellow, RIETI / Assistant Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

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  • February 25, 2016

    Global Talent Development at Kyoto University

    • Speaker: KAWAI Eriko (Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University)
    • Moderator: UENO Toru (Director of International Coordination and Public Relations & Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • February 23, 2016

    Key Issues in the Measurement of Service Sector Output and Productivity—An incomplete account

    • Speaker: Paul SCHREYER (Deputy Director, Statistics Directorate, OECD)
    • Moderator: FUKAO Kyoji (Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
    • Handout [PDF:1.6MB]

  • February 17, 2016

    Productivity: The main driver of economic growth for Japan

    • Speaker: Randall S. JONES (Senior Economist and Head of Japan/Korea Desk, Economics Department, OECD)
    • Moderator: KASHIWABARA Kyoko (Director, International Economic Affairs Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)
    • Handout [PDF:2.0MB]

  • February 10, 2016

    The Change of Business and Economy in the Era of AI

    • Speaker: YANO Kazuo (Corporate Chief Scientist, Hitachi, Ltd. Research & Development Group)
    • Commentator: YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Senior Research Advisor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Social Innovation, Seijo University)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • February 5, 2016

    Miami Marlins' Business Growth Strategy in the Local Community

    • Speaker: David SAMSON (President, Miami Marlins)
    • Moderator: MATANO Toshimichi (Deputy Director, Service Affairs Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

  • January 28, 2016

    Adoption of the Paris Agreement and Future Perspective of Domestic Measures

    • Speaker: MITSUMATA Hiroki (Deputy Director-General for Environmental Affairs, METI)
    • Moderator: KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI / Lecturer, GrasPP, the University of Tokyo / UNFCCC CDM EXECUTIVE BOARD ALTERNATE, IPCC NGGIP ENERGY L.A.)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • January 22, 2016

    The Comprehensive Reform of the Social Security and Tax System: Evaluation and challenges

    • Speaker: NISHIZAWA Kazuhiko (Senior Researcher, The Japan Research Institute, Limited)
    • Moderator: HASHIMOTO Shingo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • January 14, 2016

    Dynamics of Expected Inflation in Japan

    • Speaker: OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University)
    • Moderator: OIKAWA Keita (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-13:30 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

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  • January 7, 2016

    21st Century Policy Making : Utilizing design thinking to shift the perception

    • Speaker: SASO Kunitake (CEO and Chief Innovation Producer, biotope co., ltd.)
    • Commentator: NAGAI Kazufumi (President and Creative Director, Hakuhodo Design Inc.)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Director, Creative Industries Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • December 18, 2015

    The Determinants and Consequences of Gender Segregation in Occupation — Another major barrier to gender equality

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

    Japanese

  • December 17, 2015

    To Increase the Participation of Women and Girls in STEM: The case of National Women's Education Center

    • Speaker: UTSUMI Fusako (President, National Women's Education Center)
      URUSHI Shihoko (Principal, SHINAGAWA JOSHI GAKUIN)
    • Commentator: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, the University of Chicago)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Creative Industries Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Time: 12:15-14:00 (Registration desk and seminar room open at 12:00)

    Japanese

  • December 15, 2015

    The Impacts of RMB Cross-border Settlement on China's Economy

    • Speaker: Qiyuan XU (Director, Economic Development Division, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS))
    • Moderator: SHIMIZU Junko (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)
    • Handout [PDF:527KB]

  • December 9, 2015

    Industrie 4.0 and Problems of Japanese Industry

    • Speaker: KIMURA Hidenori (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University / Research Advisor, RIKEN BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration Center / Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Osaka University)
    • Commentator: FUJINO Naoaki (Chief Researcher, Industrial Solution Business Development Division, Nomura Research Institute)
    • Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Creative Industries Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • December 3, 2015

    UN Sustainable Development Goals and CSR

    • Speaker: ARIMA Toshio (United Nations Global Compact Board Member / Chairman of the Board, Global Compact Network Japan / Executive Advisor, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.)
    • Commentator: ADACHI Naoki (CEO, Response Ability, Inc.)
    • Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director-General for Rules and Regulations, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 27, 2015

    Overview: 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

    • Speaker: WATANABE Tsuneo (Director, Policy Research and Senior Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation)
    • Commentator: WATANABE Yasushi (Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
    • Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director-General for Rules and Regulations, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 26, 2015

    Monetary Policy and the Japanese Economy

    • Speaker: MIYAO Ryuzo (Professor, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: NARITA Tatsuji (Director, Economic Policy Unit, Minister's Secretariat, METI)

    Japanese

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  • November 25, 2015

    The Situation of the University-Industry Collaboration in Japan

    • Speaker: YAMAMOTO Takafumi (CEO & President, TODAI TLO, Ltd.)
    • Moderator: YAMASHIRO Munehisa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director-General, Japan Information Technology Engineers Examination Center, Information-Technology Promotion Agency)

    Japanese

  • November 20, 2015

    How Restrictive are ASEAN's Rules of Origin?

    • Speaker: Lili Yan ING (Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
    • Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Economist, ERIA)
    • Handout [PDF:800KB]

  • November 19, 2015

    Energy Policy of Japan - What we should learn from preceding Europe

    • Speaker: KANEKO Shozo (Senior Cooperative Researcher, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: TOMOZAWA Takanori (Deputy Director of Energy Strategy Office, Commissioner's Secretariat, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 17, 2015

    Climate Change: Global concern, willingness to act, but continued partisan divide

    • Speaker: Bruce STOKES (Director, Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center)
    • Moderator: MITSUMATA Hiroki (Deputy Director-General for Environmental Affairs, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:964KB]

  • November 6, 2015

    World Economic Outlook - Adjusting to Lower Commodity Prices

    • Speaker: KASHIWASE Kenichiro (Economist, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund)
    • Moderator: ISHIKAWA Yasushi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 5, 2015

    Go action! Go change! To change the world —Struggle in Israel: How I made a bridge between Japan and Israel in one and a half years

    • Speaker: SAKAKIBARA Kentaro (CEO, Samurai Incubate Inc.)
    • Moderator: OKADA Kohei (Director of Trade Finance and Economic Cooperation Division and Director of International Projects Promotion Office, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • October 23, 2015

    The Road to the Iran Nuclear Deal: Trajectory of the U.S.-Iranian relations

    • Speaker: TAKAHASHI Kazuo (Professor, The Open University of Japan)
    • Moderator: OKADA Kohei (Director of Trade Finance and Economic Cooperation Division and Director of International Projects Promotion Office, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • October 22, 2015

    World Heritage - Its current status and tasks

    • Speaker: MATSUURA Koichiro (The 8th Director-General, UNESCO)
    • Moderator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • October 15, 2015

    Challenges Facing the Japanese Economy and the Ways Out

    • Speaker: OTA Hiroko (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS))
    • Moderator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • October 14, 2015

    Global Economy: Risk 4.0

    • Speaker: TAKITA Yoichi (Editorial Committee Member, Nikkei Inc.)
    • Moderator: KATAOKA Ryuichi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Counselor for the Budget Bureau, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance)

    Japanese

  • October 9, 2015

    What is Necessary for Regional Development?

    • Speaker: MASUDA Hiroya (Advisor, Nomura Research Institute / Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: TAKAHASHI Jun (Director, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Division, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • October 8, 2015

    Future Developments and Issues of the 'My Number' Social Security and Tax Number System

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

    Japanese

  • October 1, 2015

    Recent Affairs in International Finance

    • Speaker: YAMASAKI Tatsuo (Former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs / Senior Professor, International University of Health and Welfare)
    • Moderator: YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Managing Executive Officer and Global Head of Credit, Assessment, and Systems Group, Japan Bank for International Cooperation)

    Japanese

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  • September 30, 2015

    Positive and Negative Sides of Abenomics

    • Speaker: FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Program Director & Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
    • Moderator: INOUE Seiichiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

  • September 25, 2015

    The Haunted Decade: A reflection by a student draftee

    • Speaker: MIYAMOTO Shiro (Lawyer / Former Director General of Industrial Policy Bureau, MITI)
    • Moderator: SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI)
    • Commentator: TAKEDA Haruhito (Program Director & Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 18, 2015

    Industrie 4.0

    • Speaker: KIMOTO Hiroshi (Former General Director, JETRO BERLIN) / IWAMOTO Koichi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Analyst for Industrial Policy, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group, METI)
    • Moderator: UENO Toru (Director of International Coordination and Public Relations & Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 17, 2015

    How China Became Capitalist

    • Speaker: WANG Ning (Senior Fellow, The Ronald Coase Institute)
    • Commentator & Moderator: WATANABE Mariko (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)
    • Handout [PDF:450KB]

  • September 9, 2015

    Outlook for Japan's Long-term Energy Supply and Demand

    • Speaker: YOSHINO Kyoji (Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
    • Moderator: HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 3, 2015

    2015 Survey of Capital Investment Plans

    • Speaker: KAWASUMI Masamitsu (General Manager, Economic & Industrial Research Department, Development Bank of Japan Inc.)
    • Moderator: IKARI Hiroshi (Research Coordinator and Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 2, 2015

    Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finance 2015

    • Speaker: MURAYAMA Yutaka (Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, Cabinet Office)
    • Moderator: INOUE Seiichiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

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  • August 18, 2015

    Arrival of Artificial Intelligence that Can Pass University Entrance Examinations: What will happen to the labor market?

    • Speaker: ARAI Noriko (Director of Research Center for Community Knowledge and Professor of Information and Society Research Division, National Institute of Informatics / Professor, Multimedia Information Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies))
      WATANABE Shoji (Director, Information Service Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • August 5, 2015

    Toward the Further Utilization of the WTO Dispute Settlement System: 2015 Report on Compliance with Trade Agreements and rule-oriented trade policy

    • Speaker: KOMETANI Kazumochi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, International Legal Affairs Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: NAKAGAWA Junji (Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director-General for Rules and Regulations, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • July 30, 2015

    The Frontier of Economic Analysis of Aging Demographics and Social Security Reforms: An introduction to the state-of-the-art macro models

    • Speaker: KITAO Sagiri (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Hunter College and Graduate Center, City University of New York)
    • Moderator: TASHIRO Takeshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Handout [PDF:1.4MB]

  • July 29, 2015

    Trends in Realignment of Japanese SMEs' Overseas Operations: From the collection of cases

    • Speaker: MOTOZAWA Junko (Former Deputy Director, Office for Overseas Business Support, Startup and New Business Promotion Division, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI / Attorney at Law, OH-EBASHI LPC & PARTNERS)
    • Commentator: TANGE Hideaki (Lead Economist, Research Institute, Japan Finance Corporation)
    • Moderator: GOTO Yasuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 23, 2015

    Trust Banks as Active Investors? An Analysis of Japan's Changing Shareholder Composition and Corporate Governance System

    • Speaker: Ulrike SCHAEDE (Professor of Japanese Business, University of California, San Diego)
    • Moderator: OKINA Yuri (Vice Chairman of the Institute, The Japan Research Institute, Limited)

  • July 22, 2015

    Bank Payment Services and Technologies for Cryptocurrency

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

    Japanese

  • July 17, 2015

    White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2015

    • Speaker: SHIMIZU Mikiharu (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: ZHANG Hongyong (Fellow, RIETI / Lecturer, School of Economics, Senshu University / Lecturer, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University)

    Japanese

  • July 13, 2015

    Do Economists Dream of Artificial Intelligence? : Average is Over and the future of the economy

    • Speaker: WAKATABE Masazumi (Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: OGAWA Kaname (Special Assistant to Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • July 10, 2015

    Immigration—The effects of media and the evolution of debate in advanced economies

    • Speakers: Giovanni FACCHINI (Professor, University of Nottingham) / Yotam MARGALIT (Associate Professor, Columbia University / Tel Aviv University)
    • Moderator: NAKATA Hiroyuki (Senior Fellow (Adjunct), RIETI / Senior Lecturer, School of Management, University of Leicester)
    • Handout [PDF:1.4MB]
    • Handout [PDF:360KB]

  • July 8, 2015

    Corporate Management and Policymaking: Lessons to learn from history

    • Speaker: DEGUCHI Haruaki (Chairman and CEO, LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY)
    • Moderator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 3, 2015

    A New Way of Working for Women Entrepreneurs of the New Age

    • Speaker: MURATA Mari (Executive Officer, Director of Curation Service Planning Division, DeNA Co., Ltd. and CEO of iemo Co., Ltd.)
    • Commentator: SAKAMOTO Riwa (Director, Startup and New Business Promotion Division, Business Support Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
    • Moderator: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, The University of Chicago)

    Japanese

  • June 29, 2015

    Servicification of Manufacturing: Facts and reflections on policy implications

    • Speaker: Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva / Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR))
    • Moderator: WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Senior Research Advisor, Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University / Professor, Graduate School of International Studies and Regional Development, University of Niigata Prefecture)
    • Handout [PDF:1.5MB]

  • June 26, 2015

    Measuring the Quality of Education and Analyzing its Determinants

    • Speaker: INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Preparatory Office for the Faculty of International Social Studies, Gakushuin University)
    • Moderator: ISOZUMI Koji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Assistant Principal, Seiko Gakuin Junior High and High School)

    Japanese

  • June 25, 2015

    Japan's SME Financing after the 'Two Lost Decades'

    • Speaker: UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Moderator: GOTO Yasuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 24, 2015

    [Venture Series] Local Contribution of Cross Company Inc.

    • Speaker: ISHIKAWA Yasuharu (Chief Executive Officer, Cross Company Inc.)
    • Moderator: KOJIMA Eriko (Deputy Director, Business Environment Promotion Division, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • June 17, 2015

    Outlook for Business Cycles and Asset Markets in Japan and Other Developed Economies: Is monetary policy normalization necessary?

    • Speaker: SHIRAKAWA Hiromichi (Chief Economist, Credit Suisse Japan)
    • Moderator: IKARI Hiroshi (Research Coordinator (Research), RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 3, 2015

    Future of Artificial Intelligence —Beyond deep learning

    • Speaker: MATSUO Yutaka (Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: MATSUDA Naoko (Felllow (Adjunct), RIETI / Project Assistant Professor, Todai Policy Alternative Research Institute, The University of Tokyo)

    Japanese

  • May 28, 2015

    2015 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan and 2015 White Paper on Small Enterprises in Japan

    • Speaker: MIZUNO Masato (Director, Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
      SAKURAMACHI Michio (Director, Small Enterprise Division, Business Support Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
    • Moderator: UENO Toru (Director of International Coordination and Public Relations & Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 21, 2015

    Global Economy and Financial Markets: Outlook and Policy Challenges

    • Speaker: KINOSHITA Yuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Head of Office, IMF's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP))
    • Moderator: INOUE Seiichiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

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  • April 23, 2015

    Yamato Group's Management of Creating Satisfaction

    • Speaker: KIGAWA Makoto (Representative Director and Chairman, YAMATO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.)
    • Moderator: NOMURA Eigo (Director, Distribution and Logistics Policy Division, Commerce, Distribution and Industrial Safety Policy Group, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • April 22, 2015

    Persuasive Logic for a Corporate Tax Cut

    • Speaker: DOI Takero (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
    • Moderator: NII Yasuhito (Director, Corporate Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • April 16, 2015

    OECD Economic Survey of Japan 2015: Structural reforms to boost growth

  • April 10, 2015

    [Venture Series] Can Social Entrepreneurs Create New Local Industries? —My experience at McKinsey & Company, Bhutan, and Kesennuma Knitting—

    • Speaker: MITARAI Tamako (Chief Executive Officer, Kesennuma Knitting Co., Ltd.)
    • Moderator: MATSUMOTO Rie (Deputy Director, Budget and Accounts Division, Minister's Secretariat, METI)

    Japanese

    NOT for quotation

  • April 8, 2015

    Abenomics and the Risk-sensitive Economy

    • Speaker: MATSUMOTO Takashi (Senior Advisor, Dai-Ichi-Life Research Institute Inc.)
    • Moderator: GOTO Yasuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese