BBL Seminars FY2021

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Past BBL Reports and Summaries

  • March 30, 2022

    Global Intelligence Series

    China's Economic Policies in Xi Jinping's New Era: Toward "Common Prosperity"

    • Speaker: MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, CIDEG, Tsinghua University)
    • Commentator: C. H. KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

    *This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • March 11, 2022

    APEC: Driving Asia-Pacific's inclusive and sustainable growth

  • March 4, 2022

    DX Thinking and the Future of Education

    • Speaker: NISHIYAMA Keita (Visiting Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo / Former Director-General, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Speaker: GODA Tetsuo (Deputy Director-General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, JAPAN)
    • Moderator: IKEDA Yoko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Digital Market Competition, Cabinet Secretariat, Japanese Government)

    Japanese

  • March 2, 2022

    DX Series

    Risk Management and DX

    • Speaker: HAMURA Tomoshiro (Division Officer, Risk Management Office, Recruit Co.,Ltd.)
    • Commentator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo / Project Assistant Professor, Research Strategy Office, National Institute of Informatics (NII) / Specially Appointed Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) / Visiting Researcher, The Research Institute for Innovation Management, Hosei University)

    Japanese

  • February 25, 2022

    DX Series

    SRE Holdings' DX Deployment and Creation of Vertical SaaS

    • Speaker: TSUNODA Tomohiro (Member of the Board, Technology Solution Business, SRE Holdings Corporation)
    • Commentator: AOKI Shinji (Deputy Director, IT Innovation Division / Digital Transformation Promotion Office, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo / Project Assistant Professor, Research Strategy Office, National Institute of Informatics (NII) / Specially Appointed Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) / Visiting Researcher, The Research Institute for Innovation Management, Hosei University)

    Japanese

  • February 16, 2022

    Global Intelligence Series

    The Geopolitics of Semiconductors Toward 2030: Who will control strategic materials?

    • Speaker: OTA Yasu (Columnist, NIKKEI)
    • Commentator: NISHIKAWA Kazumi (Director, IT Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 2, 2022

    DX Series

    New Regional Revitalization Strategy: Promoting smart cities

    • Speaker: AZUMA Hironobu (Principal, Research & Consulting Division, The Japan Research Institute)
    • Commentator: MATSUMOTO Rie (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Principal Deputy Director, IT Innovation Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo / Project Assistant Professor, Research Strategy Office, National Institute of Informatics (NII) / Specially Appointed Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) / Visiting Researcher, The Research Institute for Innovation Management, Hosei University)

    Japanese

  • January 20, 2022

    Foreign Entrepreneurs Preserving Japanese Culture: Fascinated by its charm

    • Speaker: Bjorn HEIBERG (CEO, Nakagawa Japan Co., Ltd)
    • Speaker: FUKANUMA Hikaru (Chief Research Fellow, Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute)
    • Commentator: ISHII Yoshiaki (Director, Startup and New Business Promotion Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • January 12, 2022

    Global Intelligence Series

    Biden's First Year: the International and Domestic Implications for 2022

  • December 9, 2021

    Secular Stagnation of Labor Productivity and Real Wages: Analysis using the 2021 JIP database and company data

    • Speaker: FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow & Program Director, RIETI / Specially Appointed Professor, IER & Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University / President, The Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)
    • Commentator: ISHIKAWA Hiroshi (Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • December 8, 2021

    DX Series

    Japan Railway's Business Strategy and Digital Transformation (DX)

    • Speaker: URAKABE Toshimitsu (Exective Officer, Director General, Technology Innovation Headquarters, East Japan Railway Company)
    • Commentator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo / Project Assistant Professor, Research Strategy Office, National Institute of Informatics (NII) / Specially Appointed Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) / Visiting Researcher, The Research Institute for Innovation Management, Hosei University)

    Japanese

  • December 3, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    With the 50th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations, What Current and Future Contributions Can China and Japan make to the Global Community

    • Speaker: YANG Bojiang (Director, Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
    • Commentator: IWANAGA Masashi (Deputy Director-General for Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • December 1, 2021

    World Economic Outlook and the Asia Pacific Region: Recovery during a Pandemic - Health Concerns, Supply Disruptions, and Price Pressures

    • Speaker: SUMI Chikahisa (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
    • Commentator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Professor, University of Niigata Prefecture)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 19, 2021

    Design and Intellectual Property: After the Design-Driven-Management declaration

    • Speaker & Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Speaker: WASHIDA Yuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Commentator: MAEDA Ikuo (Managing Executive Officer in charge of Design and Brand Style, Mazda Motor Corporation) / HASEGAWA Yutaka (President, Sony Design Consulting Inc.) / MATANO Toshimichi (Director, Design Policy Office and Director, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, METI) / IMAMURA Wataru (Team Leader, Design-Driven Management Project Team, Japan Patent Office, METI)

    Japanese

  • November 18, 2021

    Analysis of Competitiveness and Patent Value Using Patent Information and Its Application: Responding to the publication of the Japan Patent Office Annual Report 2021 and others

    • Speaker: NISHINA Masahiro (Director, Policy Planning and Research Division, Japan Patent Office, METI)
    • Moderator: TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Institute for Future Initiatives(IFI) Visiting Researcher)

    Japanese

  • November 4, 2021

    DX Series

    Hitachi's Approach to DX

    • Speaker: NUKUI Seiichiro (Vice President and Executive Officer, CIO, and General Manager of IT Strategy & Digital Integration Division, Hitachi, Ltd.)
    • Commentator: OKITO Keisuke (Deputy Director, Software and Information Service Industry Strategy Office / Digital Transformation Promotion Office, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo / Project Assistant Professor, Research Strategy Office, National Institute of Informatics (NII) / Specially Appointed Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) / Visiting Researcher, The Research Institute for Innovation Management, Hosei University)

    Japanese

  • October 29, 2021

    DX Series

    The SMBC Group Digital Strategy for Continuous Transformation and Evolution

    • Speaker: TANIZAKI Katsunori (Group CDIO, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group)
    • Commentator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo / Project Assistant Professor, Research Strategy Office, National Institute of Informatics (NII) / Specially Appointed Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) / Visiting Researcher, The Research Institute for Innovation Management, Hosei University)

    Japanese

  • October 19, 2021

    Autocratization Turning Viral in Pandemic Times

  • October 15, 2021

    DX Series

    Business Reinvention of Japan and DX: Challenges and opportunities

  • September 29, 2021

    DX Series

    Management Structure Reform in the Yamato Group: Integrated Promotion of DX and CX

    • Speaker: MAKIURA Shinji (Senior Managing Executive Officer, Transformation & Innovation, Yamato Holdings Co., LTD.)
    • Commentator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Division of Management, Management of Innovation and Intrapreneurship (MII), Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo / Project Assistant Professor, Research Strategy Office, National Institute of Informatics (NII) / Specially Appointed Fellow, The Japan Center for Economics Research (JCER))

    Japanese

  • September 16, 2021

    Evolution Thinking and Innovation Strategy

    • Speaker: TACHIKAWA Eisuke (NOSIGNER Representative / Evolution Thinker / Design strategist / JIDA Board chair / Keio University SDM Associate Professor / The committee member to create a basic policy for the Japan pavilion at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka)
    • Commentator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 10, 2021

    DX Thinking

    • Speaker: NISHIYAMA Keita (Visiting Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo / Former Director-General, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Speaker: IKEDA Yoko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Digital Market Competition, Cabinet Secretariat, Japanese Government)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • September 9, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    China-US Relations and Implications for Japan and Taiwan

    • Speaker: KANEHARA Nobukatsu (Professor, Doshisha University / Former Deputy Secretary General of National Security Secretariat and Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • September 8, 2021

    Food-Tech: Putting Japan's advantages in food culture to work

    • Speaker: NAKADATE Naoto (Deputy Director, Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division, Electricity and Gas Industry Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy)
    • Speaker: IDO Moeha (Deputy Director, New Business and Food Industry Policy Division, New Business and Food Industry Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

  • September 6, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    Economic Security Policy as Growth Strategy and Recent Developments in Trade Rules

  • September 1, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    Emerging Economies Going Digital: Japan's Potential as a Co-Creation Partner

    • Speaker: ITO Asei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)
    • Commentator: FUJISAWA Hideaki (Director, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: KAWAI Mai (Deputy Director, Southwest Asia Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANBAE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • July 15, 2021

    Energy White Paper 2021

    • Speaker: HASEGAWA Hiroshi (Director, Research and Public Relations Office, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Commissioner's Secretariat, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

  • July 8, 2021

    DX Series

    Blockchain Now: Applications of blockchain in digital ownership and data management

    • Speaker: Chris DAI (CEO, RECIKA)
    • Introduction: YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI)
    • Commentator: MURAMATSU Yoshiyuki (Deputy Director, Digital Economy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

  • July 1, 2021

    How will East Asia's Digital Transformation Change the Global Value Chain?

  • June 22, 2021

    The 2021 White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri): The new normal of manufacturing industries - resilience, green and digital

    • Speaker: YANO Tsuyoshi (Director, Manufacturing Industries Policy Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
    • Commentator: HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

  • June 15, 2021

    The Economics of Competition Policy: Population decline, digitalization and industrial policy

    • Speaker: OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, Program Director, RIETI / Dean, Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo / Professor, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 2, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    The Xi Jinping Administration and Science & Technology: The international order transformed by his "Chinese Dream"

    • Speaker: MASUO Chisako T (Associate Professor, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • June 1, 2021

    2021 White Paper on Small, Medium, and Micro-sized Enterprises in Japan

    • Speaker: SEKIGUCHI Kunio (Director, Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI / Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
    • Commentator: MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University Business School)
    • Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 27, 2021

    ASEAN-JAPAN Business Week Special BBL Webinar

    International Politics and Economics Surrounding Southeast Asia: Perspectives on its relationship with the US and China

    • Speaker: AIZAWA Nobuhiro (Associate Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, Kyushu University)
    • Speaker: HEMMI Nobuhiro (Partner / Chief Strategist, Deloitte Tohmatsu)
    • Commentator: KOBAYASHI Hirokazu (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)

  • May 26, 2021

    World Economic Outlook and Asia Pacific Region-Managing Divergent Recoveries

    • Speaker: SUMI Chikahisa (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
    • Commentator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Professor, University of Niigata Prefecture)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • May 24, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    The Geopolitics of Biden's Green Deal

    • Speaker: TAKEMORI Shumpei (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Chairman, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 13, 2021

    COVID-19 and the Japanese Economy: How well we have survived and how the economy will recover

    • Speaker: MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)
    • Commentator: NAKATA Daigo (Senior Fellow and Data Scientist, RIETI)
    • Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • May 12, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    Preparing for Earthquakes Directly Beneath Metropolitan Tokyo: Amazing economic effects of seismic motion prediction technology

    • Speaker: YANAGISAWA Shigeru (Director, Mieruka Bousai Co,.Ltd.)
    • Introduction: YAMADA Takashi (Director for Business Continuity, Office of Director General for Disaster Management, CAO)
    • Commentator: YOSHIOKA Takashi (Director, Trade Promotion Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • April 20, 2021

    Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General

  • April 15, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    The Bureaucrats I Excommunicated

    • Speaker: OSHIMA Haruyuki (Economics Journalist / Former Executive Commentator for NHK-TV)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 14, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    Recycling-Based Society: Advanced Integration through Open Innovation

    • Speaker: MIYAZAKI Hiroshi (CEO, JFR Co., Ltd.)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 7, 2021

    Global Intelligence Series

    Mongolia Long-term Vision 2050 and Expectations for Japan, spoken by Former Chairman of National Development Agency of Mongolia

    • Speaker: BAYARSAIKHAN Banzragch, Ph.D (Former Chairman of National Development Agency of Mongolia / Counsellor, Head of Economy and Trade division, Embassy of Mongolia to Japan)
    • Commentator: ONODERA Osamu (Deputy Director General for Trade Policy, Trade Policy Bureau, METI / Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: ANDO Haruhiko (Vice Chairman, RIETI)

    Japanese