The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) is a policy think tank established in 2001. Its mission is to conduct theoretical and empirical research, maximize synergies with those engaged in policymaking, and to make policy proposals based on evidence derived from such research activities. The institute is highly regarded both in Japan and abroad for its activity. What is RIETI? Facebook Twitter YouTube RIETI - Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry

What is RIETI?

The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) is a policy think tank established in 2001. Its mission is to conduct theoretical and empirical research, maximize synergies with those engaged in policymaking, and to make policy proposals based on evidence derived from such research activities. The institute is highly regarded both in Japan and abroad for its activity.

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Global Intelligence Series List of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) rietichannel: Video in English

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KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Has Policy Succeeded in Influencing Expectations?

March 28, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

US and UK elections 2024

March 27, 2024 [Workshop]

Creon Butler (Director, Global Economy and Finance Programme, Chatham House) / Jennifer Hillman (Professor, IIEL at Georgetown Law; Co-Director of The Center on Inclusive Trade and Development, Georgetown Law) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

Management Issues Related to Standardization Activities in a Digital Society: Results of the Survey on Standardization Activities (2021)

March 26, 2024 [Column]

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

ISHIKAWA Jota's Photo

Outlook on Political Leadership and the Civil Service: British wisdom for preserving impartiality in the civil service

March 25, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

UCHIYAMA Yu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUJITA Yukiko (Professor, Gakushuin University)

Members' photo

India – the Future of a Powerful Country

March 18, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Amitabh KANT (sherpa of the G20) / URATA Shujiro (Chairman, RIETI) / FUKAGAWA Yukiko (Professor, the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University) / TOYODA Masakazu (Chairman of JEF)

Securing access to critical metals – is US and EU collaboration possible? Supply, demand and contrasting approaches to security in critical metals

March 12, 2024 [Workshop]

Kathleen Claussen (Professor of Law, Georgetown Law) / Simon Evenett (Professor of International Trade and Economic Development, St. Gallen University; Founder of the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

Road traffic flow and air pollution concentrations: Evidence from Japan

March 6, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / Paul BURKE (Professor and Head of the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at Australian National University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Author's Photo

The tide has turned: EU firm-level productivity growth has started to suffer from Chinese import competition

March 5, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Klaus S. FRIESENBICHLER (Senior Economist at Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Deputy Director at Supply Chain Intelligence Institute Austria) / Agnes KÜGLER (Senior Economist at Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Board Member at Supply Chain Intelligence Institute Austria) / Andreas REINSTALLER (Senior Principal Economist at Office of the Austrian Productivity Board)

Innovation Implemented by Public-private Co-creation: Challenges of the regulatory sandbox and beyond

March 5, 2024 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Written and edited by NAKAHARA Hirohiko, IKEDA Yoko

ADACHI Daisuke's photo

Reskilling and Human Capital

February 29, 2024 [Column]

ADACHI Daisuke (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

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RIETI-ANU Symposium series

RIETI and Australian National University (ANU) have been jointly holding symposiums. Experts from the Asia-Pacific region gather to discuss various issues that are piling up in the increasingly uncertain global economy.

Global Intelligence Series

We invite leading experts from Japan, the United States, Europe, and other Asian countries to give lectures about various global issues including economic security and regional affairs such as the U.S.-China conflict, the situation in the Middle East, the prospects of the Chinese economy, climate change, environmental and energy issues, the post-corona global trade system, supply chain risks, SDGs, etc. Many policy proposals are derived from information collected and discussed in these lectures.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs)

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Events

March 28, 2024 [Symposiums]

How Much of Merit is Due to Luck?

Papers

March 28, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Use of Artificial Intelligence and Productivity of Japanese Firms and Workers

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

Articles

March 28, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Has Policy Succeeded in Influencing Expectations?

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 27, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Approximating Choice Data by Discrete Choice Models

Haoge CHANG (Microsoft Research) / NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Kota (California Institute of Technology)

Papers

March 27, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Work-from-home after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from surveys of firms and workers

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

Events

March 27, 2024 [Workshops]

US and UK elections 2024

Articles

March 26, 2024 [Column]

Management Issues Related to Standardization Activities in a Digital Society: Results of the Survey on Standardization Activities (2021)

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 26, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Digitalization and Indonesia’s Changing Policy Community

AIZAWA Nobuhiro (Kyushu University)

Papers

March 26, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Effects of Limiting the Number of Municipalities for Donation in the Furusato Nozei Program

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / OGAWA Hikaru (University of Tokyo) / IGEI Naoya (INTAGE RESEARCH Inc.) / ITO Chiemi (INTAGE RESEARCH Inc.)

Papers

March 26, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Welfare Effects of Government Intervention into the Licensing of Standard-essential Patents: An analysis of the Chinese smartphone and SoC markets

WATANABE Mariko (Gakushuin University) / KUBO Kensuke (Keio University)

Articles

March 25, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Outlook on Political Leadership and the Civil Service: British wisdom for preserving impartiality in the civil service

UCHIYAMA Yu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUJITA Yukiko (Professor, Gakushuin University)

Events

March 25, 2024 [Symposiums]

Future of Global Trade Order and National Security

Papers

March 25, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of Technological Decoupling between the United States and China on Trade and Welfare

JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OZAWA Shunya (Kyoto University)

Papers

March 25, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Technology Transfer, Emissions Trading, and International Trade

ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIYONO Kazuharu (Waseda University) / YOMOGIDA Morihiro (Sophia University)

Papers

March 22, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Thought Types and the Formation of Abilities in Work and Learning

NISHIMURA Kazuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YAGI Tadashi (Doshisha University)

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Papers

March 28, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Use of Artificial Intelligence and Productivity of Japanese Firms and Workers

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

Papers

March 27, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Approximating Choice Data by Discrete Choice Models

Haoge CHANG (Microsoft Research) / NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Kota (California Institute of Technology)

Papers

March 27, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Work-from-home after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from surveys of firms and workers

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

Papers

March 26, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Digitalization and Indonesia’s Changing Policy Community

AIZAWA Nobuhiro (Kyushu University)

Papers

March 26, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Effects of Limiting the Number of Municipalities for Donation in the Furusato Nozei Program

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / OGAWA Hikaru (University of Tokyo) / IGEI Naoya (INTAGE RESEARCH Inc.) / ITO Chiemi (INTAGE RESEARCH Inc.)

Papers

March 26, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Welfare Effects of Government Intervention into the Licensing of Standard-essential Patents: An analysis of the Chinese smartphone and SoC markets

WATANABE Mariko (Gakushuin University) / KUBO Kensuke (Keio University)

Papers

March 25, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of Technological Decoupling between the United States and China on Trade and Welfare

JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OZAWA Shunya (Kyoto University)

Papers

March 25, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Technology Transfer, Emissions Trading, and International Trade

ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIYONO Kazuharu (Waseda University) / YOMOGIDA Morihiro (Sophia University)

Papers

March 22, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Thought Types and the Formation of Abilities in Work and Learning

NISHIMURA Kazuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YAGI Tadashi (Doshisha University)

Papers

March 22, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Effects of Welfare Receipt on Well-being: Evidence from older people in Japan

MATSUMOTO Kodai (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

Papers

March 19, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Propagation of Export Shocks: The Great Recession in Japan

MUKOYAMA Toshihiko (Georgetown University) / NAKAKUNI Kanato (University of Tokyo) / NIREI Makoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 19, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

People Management Skills, Senior Leadership Skills and the Peter Principle

ASUYAMA Yoko (IDE-JETRO) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 15, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Security Exceptions and WTO Reform

NAKATOMI Michitaka (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 13, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Are Firms Able to Take Advantage of Academic Advances?

OROKU Masahiro (Recruit Co., Ltd.)

Papers

March 12, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Much of Merit is Due to Luck? Evidence on the Butterfly Effect of luck

KOIZUMI Hideto (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

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Events

March 28, 2024 [Symposiums]

How Much of Merit is Due to Luck?

Events

March 27, 2024 [Workshops]

US and UK elections 2024

Events

March 25, 2024 [Symposiums]

Future of Global Trade Order and National Security

Events

March 12, 2024 [Workshops]

Securing access to critical metals – is US and EU collaboration possible? Supply, demand and contrasting approaches to security in critical metals

Events

March 11, 2024 [Symposiums]

ASEAN Prospects from ERIA's Perspective: What role should ERIA and Japan play

Events

March 6, 2024 [Symposiums]

Occupational Skills and Gender Inequality, and a New RIETI Project on Gender Inequality in Workplaces and Labor Markets

Events

March 5, 2024 [Symposiums]

Connecting the EU, Japan and the World by GAIA-X, CATENA-X and Japan's Data Strategy

Events

March 4, 2024 [Symposiums]

Current Trend of Chinese OEM Going Overseas

Events

February 22, 2024 [Symposiums]

The State of the Art in Generative AI for Manga Production: Spring 2024

Events

February 20, 2024 [Symposiums]

Recent US Trends in Economic Security (Handout and Video)

Events

February 19, 2024 [Symposiums]

Innovation Implemented by Public-private Co-creation: Challenges of the Regulatory Sandbox and beyond

Events

February 6, 2024 [Symposiums]

Challenges and Possibilities for Japan as Seen in the IMD World Competitiveness Rankings

Events

February 5, 2024 [Workshops]

Hitotsbuashi-Gakushuin Conference on International Trade & FDI 2023

Events

February 2, 2024 [Symposiums]

The Japanese Economy and Policy Issues after COVID-19

Events

February 1, 2024 [Symposiums]

Flexible Regional Management: Delivering sustainability over growth

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Articles

March 28, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Has Policy Succeeded in Influencing Expectations?

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 26, 2024 [Column]

Management Issues Related to Standardization Activities in a Digital Society: Results of the Survey on Standardization Activities (2021)

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 25, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Outlook on Political Leadership and the Civil Service: British wisdom for preserving impartiality in the civil service

UCHIYAMA Yu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUJITA Yukiko (Professor, Gakushuin University)

Articles

March 18, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

India – the Future of a Powerful Country

Amitabh KANT (sherpa of the G20) / URATA Shujiro (Chairman, RIETI) / FUKAGAWA Yukiko (Professor, the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University) / TOYODA Masakazu (Chairman of JEF)

Articles

March 15, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Effect of a European carbon border adjustment mechanism on Asia and the Pacific

Aline MORTHA (Waseda University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 6, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

Road traffic flow and air pollution concentrations: Evidence from Japan

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / Paul BURKE (Professor and Head of the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at Australian National University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 5, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The tide has turned: EU firm-level productivity growth has started to suffer from Chinese import competition

Klaus S. FRIESENBICHLER (Senior Economist at Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Deputy Director at Supply Chain Intelligence Institute Austria) / Agnes KÜGLER (Senior Economist at Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Board Member at Supply Chain Intelligence Institute Austria) / Andreas REINSTALLER (Senior Principal Economist at Office of the Austrian Productivity Board)

Articles

February 29, 2024 [Column]

Reskilling and Human Capital

ADACHI Daisuke (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

Articles

February 27, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

Effect of a European carbon border adjustment mechanism on Asia and the Pacific

Aline MORTHA (Waseda University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 22, 2024 [Column]

Overseas EBPM Situation: Focusing on United States and United Kingdom

UCHIYAMA Yu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 21, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

A Tough Path to a Virtuous Price-Wage Circle

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 20, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Challenging Times for International Trade: Decarbonization is the key to supply chain building

ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 16, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Hidden Exposure: Measuring U.S. supply chain reliance

Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics at IMD Business School, Lausanne, VoxEU Founder & Editor-in-Chief at VoxEU.org)

Articles

February 15, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Challenging Times for International Trade: Realigning supply chains to overcome stagnation

TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 5, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

China is the world’s sole manufacturing superpower: A line sketch of the rise

Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics at IMD Business School, Lausanne, VoxEU Founder & Editor-in-Chief at VoxEU.org)

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