Past BBL Reports and Summaries
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January 30, 2025
Perspectives of EBPM from Social Impact Assessment: Focusing on the Why and What
- Speaker: IMATA Katsuji (President, The Social Impact Management Initiative (SIMI) / Vice Chair, Japan Evaluation Society (JES) / Co-CEO, Blue Marble Japan, Inc.)
- Commentator: HASHIMOTO Keita (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Kobe Gakuin University)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
Japanese
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January 27, 2025
Weaponised Economics and Restoring Economics in the Global Order
- Speaker: Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; Director, Australia-Japan Research Centre; Director, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research)
- Commentator: TAMURA Hideyasu (Principal Director, International Economic Affairs Department / Deputy Director-General for Trade Policy, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO) and Chief EBPM Officer, RIETI)
- Presentation (Dr. Armstrong) [PDF:480KB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
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January 17, 2025
Strategic Scenario Analysis for Economic Security: Enhancing Corporate Resilience through Tabletop Exercises (TTXs)
- Speaker: Benjamin JENSEN (Senior Fellow, Futures Lab, International Security Program, CSIS)
- Commentator & Moderator: AIKAWA Yuta (Director, Office of Research and Planning, Economic Security Policy Division, Trade and Economic Security Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
- Presentation (Dr. Jensen) [PDF:3.6MB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
English / Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
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January 16, 2025
Uncertainty and Japan’s Economy
- Speaker: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI / Specially Appointed Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University / President, Economic Research Institute, Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry)
- Commentator: INOUE Seiichiro (Deputy Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow (Specially Appointed),RIETI / Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
Japanese
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December 18, 2024
The Unexpected Consequences of GenAI for Globalization
- Speaker: Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI / Professor of International Economics, IMD Lausanne)
- Commentator: IMAZATO Kazuyuki (Director, Human Resource Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO) and Chief EBPM Officer, RIETI)
- Presentation (Dr. Baldwin) [PDF:4.1MB]
- Comment (Mr. IMAZATO) [PDF:470KB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
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December 13, 2024
DX Series
Business Transformation: Implementing AI in society
- Speaker: MOURI Masataka (General Manager, AI Creative Div., AI Business Division, CyberAgent Inc.)
- Commentator: WATANABE Takuya (Director, Software and Information Service Industry Strategy Office, IT Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) / Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Informatics (NII))
Japanese
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December 11, 2024
Security of Energy Transitions
- Speaker: SADAMORI Keisuke (Director, Energy Markets and Security, IEA (International Energy Agency))
- Commentator: KIHARA Shinichi (Director General for International Policy on Carbon Neutrality, METI)
- Moderator: IKEYAMA Shigetoshi (Vice Chairman, RIETI)
Japanese
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December 9, 2024
Female Students Entering the Sciences: What is Japan’s Strategy? An exhaustive survey of all prefectures and analysis
- Speaker: YOKOYAMA Hiromi (Professor, Deputy director, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo)
- Commentator: OSUMI Noriko (Vice President for Public Relations and Promotion of Diversity Director, Tohoku University Library, Professor Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University)
- Moderator: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
Japanese
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December 6, 2024
Foreign and Security Policy of the Trump 2.0 and Japan's Strategy
- Speaker: WATANABE Tsuneo (Senior Fellow, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation)
- Commentator: FUJII Ryosuke (Director, Americas Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: IKEYAMA Shigetoshi (Vice Chairman, RIETI)
Japanese
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November 29, 2024
World Economic Outlook “Global Prospects and Policies: Policy pivot, rising threats”
- Speaker: YOSHIDA Akihiko (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
- Commentator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Economic and Social Research Institute of Northeast Asia (ERINA-UNP), University of Niigata Prefecture)
- Moderator: MORII Kazunari (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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November 27, 2024
DX Series
NVIDIA, the Accelerated Computing Platform Company
- Speaker: IZAKI Takeshi (NVIDIA, Enterprise, Senior Director)
- Commentator: WATANABE Takuya (Director, Software and Information Service Industry Strategy Office, IT Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Project Researcher, Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) / Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Informatics (NII))
Japanese
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November 20, 2024
Japan and the Second Trump Administration
- Speaker: Tobias S. HARRIS (Founder and Principal, Japan Foresight LLC)
- Commentator: YAMAGUCHI Jin (Senior Director, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
- Presentation (Mr. Harris) [PDF:648KB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
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November 14, 2024
Innovation Capability of Japanese Industry from an International Perspective
- Speaker: NAGAOKA Sadao (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University)
- Commentator: KIKUKAWA Jingo (Director-General, Innovation and Environment Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Director of Research and Senior Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
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November 7, 2024
Why Has Real Wage Been Stagnant in Japanese Labor Markets Even After the COVID-19 Crisis Cooled Down?
- Speaker: SAITO Makoto (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya University)
- Commentator: KAJI Naohiro (Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI / University Professor, IER, Hitotsubashi University)
Japanese
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November 5, 2024
Industrial Policy and the Global Trade Order Under Geopolitical Competition
- Speaker: MUNAKATA Naoko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)
- Moderator: TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO) and Chief EBPM Officer, RIETI)
Japanese
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October 29, 2024
A Week Before the U.S. Election: Who is up, who is down?
- Speaker: Bruce STOKES (Visiting Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
- Presentation (Mr. Stokes) [PDF:2.9MB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
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October 16, 2024
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: Issues and Prospects
- Speaker: Glen S. FUKUSHIMA (Vice Chair, U.S. Securities Investor Protection Corporation)
- Commentator: MAESHIMA Kazuhiro (Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University)
- Moderator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University /Senior Research Fellow, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
Japanese
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October 8, 2024
RIETI-ERIA Joint Project – "Perspectives on the ASEAN Economy" Series
EV Market in ASEAN: Policies, current status & a framework of possible outlook
- Speaker: Alloysius Joko PURWANTO (Energy Economist, ERIA (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia), Jakarta)
- Commentator: ITO Masamichi (Director, Automobile Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University /Senior Research Fellow, ERIA (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia))
- Presentation (Dr. Purwanto) [PDF:1.5MB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
English / Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
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October 2, 2024
The 2024 US Presidential Election and the Future of the International Order
- Speaker: KUBO Fumiaki (President, National Defense Academy of Japan, Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo)
- Commentator: TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO) and Chief EBPM Officer, RIETI)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
Japanese
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September 18, 2024
The World's Best Human Capital Management Classroom
- Speaker: ONO Hiroshi (Professor, Hitotsubashi University Business School / Co-chairman, Research Consortium on Human Capital and Corporate Value)
- Speaker: KAMINOYAMA Nobuhiro (Senior Executive Officer, Group Chief Human Resources Officer (Group CHRO) and Group Chief Digital Officer(Group CDO), Mizuho Financial Group)
- Moderator: HIRONO Ayako (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Editor, Nikkei Business / Distinguished Guest Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)
Japanese
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September 12, 2024
Considering Japan’s future after 100 years of population decline– The future of Japan’s regions, cities and families
- Speaker: MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research (KIER), Kyoto University / Visiting Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo)
- Commentator: KAJI Naohiro (Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University)
Japanese
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September 9, 2024
RIETI-DBJ Joint Webinar
The Ongoing Increase in Capital Investment and its Background
- Speaker: MIYANAGA Wataru (Executive Economist and Deputy President, Research Institute of Capital Formation, DBJ)
- Commentator: INOUE Seiichiro (Deputy Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: IKARI Hiroshi (Consulting Fellow and Research Coordinator (Research), RIETI / Senior Economist, Research Institute of Capital Formation, DBJ)
Japanese
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September 5, 2024
Research and Development in Generative AI and its Future Direction
- Speaker: HANAZAWA Ken (General Manager, Data Science Laboratories and (concurrent) Generative AI Center, NEC Corporation)
- Commentator: WATANABE Takuya (Director, Software and Information Service Industry Strategy Office, IT Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
Japanese
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August 1, 2024
Advancing Regional Economic Cooperation: Developments and perceptions in APEC
- Speaker: Rebecca Fatima STA MARIA (Executive Director, APEC Secretariat)
- Commentator: HACHIYAMA Koji (Deputy Director - General for Trade Policy, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University /Senior Research Fellow, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
- Presentation (Dr. Sta Maria) [PDF:2.9MB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment and Q&A) (YouTube)
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July 24, 2024
What Companies Can Do to Eliminate the Gender Wage Gap - Information Disclosure and the Use of People Analytics
- Speaker: OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University)
- Commentator: SOMA Tomoko (Director, Economic and Social Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
Japanese
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July 23, 2024
White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2024
- Speaker: AIDA Masashi (Former Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
- Commentator: TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO) and Chief EBPM Officer, RIETI)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
Japanese
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July 19, 2024
Unlocking the Future with Fungi and Mushrooms: New and future developments in microbial utilization - Mycotechnology
- Speaker: HAYAKAWA Takuro (Director-General, Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation)
- Speaker: INABA Shigeki (Manager, NITE Patent Microorganisms Depositary, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation)
- Speaker: HAGIWARA Daisuke (Associate Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
- Speaker: SAKAMOTO Yuji (Director, Strategic Planning Department, Japan Bioindustry Association / Deputy General of Secretary, Japan Association of Bioindustries Executives)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
Japanese
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July 11, 2024
White Paper on Manufacturing Industries 2024
- Speaker: KAWAMURA Miho (Director, Manufacturing Industries Strategy Planning Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
- Commentator: HASHIMOTO Yuki (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)
- Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Director of Research and Senior Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
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July 9, 2024
Economic Security - A German perspective
- Speaker: Clemens von GOETZE (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Japan)
- Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University / Senior Research Advisor, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
- Presentation (H.E. Dr. Goetze) [PDF:285KB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment, Q&A) (YouTube)
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July 4, 2024
New Directions in American Economic Statecraft
- Speaker: Mireya SOLIS (Director, Center for Asia Policy Studies,Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, The Brookings Institution)
- Moderator: URATA Shujiro (Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University / Senior Research Advisor, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Q&A) (YouTube)
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June 28, 2024
2024 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan / 2024 White Paper on Small Enterprises in Japan
- Speaker: KIKUTA Ippei (Director, Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency)
- Commentator: GOTO Yasuo (Research Associate, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Social Innovation, Seijo University)
- Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Director of Research, RIETI)
Japanese
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June 26, 2024
Japan's Energy Policy from the Energy White Paper: The growing global risks surrounding energy, and what Japan should be aiming for
- Speaker: HIROTA Daisuke (Director / Investment Strategist, Energy Supply and Demand Policy Office / Research and Public Relations Office, Commissioner's Secretariat, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy)
- Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)
Japanese
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June 24, 2024
What is a Start-up? -Some clues for economic revitalization
- Speaker: KATO Masatoshi (Professor, School of Economics and Director, Research Center for Entrepreneurship (RECENT), Kwansei Gakuin University)
- Commentator: NOZAWA Yasushi (Director, Innovation and Industry-University Collaboration Division, Industrial Science, Technology and Environment Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI / University Professor, IER, Hitotsubashi University)
Japanese
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June 20, 2024
Economic Security and Geopolitics: Insights into Japan-Korea cooperation based on "Economic Security Indicators"
- Speaker: Byung Yeon KIM (Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics, Seoul National University)
- Commentator: Hyeog Ug KWON (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, College of Economics, Nihon University)
- Moderator: FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI / University Professor, IER, Hitotsubashi University)
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- Video (Comment, Q&A) (YouTube)
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June 6, 2024
The Cost of Conflict: Economic implications of a Taiwan military crisis
- Speaker: Joris TEER (Associate Analyst for Economic Security and Technology, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS))
- Moderator: NISHIKAWA Kazumi (Principal Director, Office of Economic Security, Minister's Secretariat, METI)
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May 27, 2024
Successful Case Studies Relating to the Use of Collaborations and Joint Ventures Between Japanese and Foreign Companies in Japan
- Speaker: MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University / Executive Vice President, Waseda University / Adviser, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study)
- Speaker: ASAI Yosuke (Director, Investment Facilitation Division, METI)
- Speaker: KURAHASHI Kenta (PLAID, Inc. Representative Director and CEO)
- Moderator: AMANO Fujiko (Director for Investment Collaboration, Investment Facilitation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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May 16, 2024
World Economic Outlook “Steady but Slow: Resilience amid divergence”
- Speaker: YOSHIDA Akihiko (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
- Commentator: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Economic and Social Research Institute of Northeast Asia (ERINA-UNP), University of Niigata Prefecture)
- Moderator: AIDA Masashi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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May 10, 2024
The Power of the Yen and Currency Strategies of Japanese Firms
- Speaker: SATO Kiyotaka (Professor of Economics, Dean, Faculty of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University)
- Commentator: AIDA Masashi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, METI)
- Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Director of Research and Senior Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
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April 25, 2024
Japan Re-Emerges? – The NEW Japan Management
- Speaker: Ulrike SCHAEDE (Professor of Japanese Business, University of California San Diego)
- Commentator: SEKINE Yusuke (Deputy Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
- Moderator: HIRONO Ayako (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Editor, Nikkei Business / Distinguished Guest Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)
Japanese
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April 18, 2024
Southeast Asia & Japan – The good, the bad & the ugly
- Speaker: CHOI Shing Kwok (Director & Chief Executive Officer, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute / Head, ASEAN Studies Centre / Head, Singapore APEC Study Centre)
- Commentator: AIZAWA Nobuhiro (Professor, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University / Managing Director & Dean of ERIA School of Government)
- Moderator: TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer (CRO), RIETI / Chief EBPM Officer / Professor, Otsuma Women's University)
- Presentation (Mr. Choi) [PDF:2.3MB]
- Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
- The State of Southeast Asia 2024 Survey Report
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April 5, 2024
How Much of Merit is Due to Luck?
- Speaker: KOIZUMI Hideto (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)
- Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior Fellow and Director of Research, RIETI)
Japanese