BBL Seminars FY2026

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Past BBL Reports and Summaries

  • April 23, 2026

    RIETI-NEDO Joint BBL Seminar Series: Emerging Industry Frontiers and Pioneering Innovation

    Hokkaido, the Kingdom of Food, Blazes a New Trail: Can scientific evidence be used to evaluate the functional benefits of food and applied to health promotion?

    • Speaker: NISHIHIRA Jun (Chairman of Hokkaido Information University. Professor of the Dept. of Medical Management & Informatics, Director of the Center of Health Information Science Center, Hokkaido Information University, Hokkaido, Japan.)
    • Commentator: TANABE Takefumi (Director General, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Technology and Innovation Strategy Center (TSC))
    • Moderator: SUZUKI Kaoru (Senior Researcher, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Technology and Innovation Strategy Center (TSC))

    Japanese

  • April 16, 2026

    Focusing on Liberal Arts as a Business Strategy: Reinterpreting Japanese Traditional Culture through a Strategic Management Lens Case Study: Japanese sake “Shichiken” – Tradition and innovation: Changing to remain unchanged

    • Speaker: KITAHARA Tsushima (President & CEO, Yamanashi Meijo Co., Ltd.)
    • Commentator & Moderator: SATO Katsuhiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business and Finance, Waseda University / Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University)

    Japanese

  • April 10, 2026

    Refundable Tax Credits and the Taxation of Social Insurance Premiums

    • Speaker: SATO Motohiro (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Commentator: KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
    • Moderator: SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Director of Research and Senior Fellow, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • April 2, 2026

    AI Supply Chains: Geopolitical implications

    • Speaker: Chris MILLER (Professor of International History, Fletcher School, Tufts University / Author)
    • Commentator & Moderator: NAMBU Tomoshige (Director, IT Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)