Global Intelligence Series

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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.

AIG Global Trade Series

BBL Seminars

  • November 16, 2022

    The American Mid-Term Election Outcome and Its Implications

  • October 6, 2022

    Understanding and Countering Beijing’s Strategy of Economic Decoupling on Chinese Terms

  • July 27, 2022

    Growth and Capitalism in the Era of Climate Change

  • July 21, 2022

    The Sword and the Shield: The economics of targeted sanctions

  • July 14, 2022

    Japan’s Geoeconomic Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

    • Speaker: KATADA Saori N. (Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California)
    • Commentator: SUGINOHARA Masako (Professor, Faculty of Global and Intercultural Studies, Ferris University)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • June 23, 2022

    Carbon Pricing, From a Burden to an Opportunity? Testimony and shared vision from EDF, Europe’s leading electric utility

  • March 30, 2022

    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.

  • February 16, 2022

    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

  • January 12, 2022

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

  • December 3, 2021

    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

  • September 9, 2021

    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 6, 2021

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

  • September 1, 2021

    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

  • June 2, 2021

    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

  • May 24, 2021

    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 12, 2021

    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 15, 2021

    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

    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

    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

  • March 24, 2021

    China's Medium- and Long-Term Economic Outlook: Aiming for both Fairness and Efficiency

    • 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.

  • February 24, 2021

    Understanding the Turbulent Situation in the Middle East: Turkey's strategy and approach as a clue

    • Speaker: IMAI Kohei (Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies)
    • Commentator: TAMURA Ryohei (Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 19, 2021

    Evaluation of China's Innovation Power: Seen in patent macro data

    • Speaker: SASAKI Nobuo (President, Patent Strategy Design Institute Co., Ltd.)
    • Commentator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director-General, Trademark and Customer Relations Department, Japan Patent Office, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 18, 2021

    Policy Trends Related to the Application of Mobile Payments in China - From restaurant DX to SME credit ratings

    • Speaker: OKAWA Tatsuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
    • Commentator: NISHIMURA Yusaku (Professor, University of International Business and Economics)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 12, 2021

    SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and VSS (Voluntary Sustainability Standards)

    • Speaker: NAKAGAWA Junji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI/ Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Chuo Gakuin University / Director, Research Institute of Social System, Chuo Gakuin University)
    • Commentator: TAMURA Akihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director-General for Trade Policy, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

  • February 10, 2021

    European Green Recovery Strategy and Industry Perspectives

    • Speaker: Heidi HILTUNEN (First Counsellor (Climate change, energy and transport), Delegation of the European Union to Japan)
    • Speaker: Nikolaus BOLTZE (thyssenkrupp Group Representative (Japan), Representative Director & President, thyssenkrupp Japan K.K.)
    • Commentator: KAWAGUCHI Yukihiro (Director Global Environment Affairs Office, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)
    • Handout (Ms. Hiltunen) [PDF:1.6MB]
    • Handout (Mr. Boltze) [PDF:2.1MB]

  • February 5, 2021

    Multi-Risk Governance--International and Domestic Response to Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

    • Speaker: SHIROYAMA Hideaki (Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy / Graduate Schools for Law and Politics / Institute for Future Initiatives)
    • Commentator: FUKUNAGA Yoshifumi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Economic Partnership Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • February 4, 2021

    Improving Productivity in Japan

    • Speaker: David ATKINSON (CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts Co., Ltd.)
    • Commentator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)

    Japanese

    *This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • January 27, 2021

    Considerations on How Japan Can Unlock Its Full Potential in a Rapidly Evolving World

    • Speaker: André ANDONIAN (Senior Partner, Chairman and Former Managing Partner of Japan, McKinsey & Company, Inc.)
    • Commentator: NAKAGAMI Yasunori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer, Misaki Capital Inc.)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    *This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • January 14, 2021

    The International Economic Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration

  • December 17, 2020

    Getting America Back in the Game: A multilateral perspective

  • December 16, 2020

    Challenges and Opportunities for India-Japan Economic Partnership

  • December 11, 2020

    Biden's Climate Change Options in a Divided Congress

  • December 10, 2020

    Enhancing Intelligence: How AI changes the view of the world

    • Speaker: MATSUO Yutaka (Professor, Department of Technology Management for Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
    • Speaker: NISHIYAMA Keita (Visiting Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo / Former Director-General, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • December 8, 2020

    Build Back Better? The Future of the US-China Economic Relationship

  • November 30, 2020

    Israel Moves the World: How should Japan proceed?

    • Speaker: SAWAHATA Go (Senior News Editor, Editor in Chief, NHK Nagasaki Bureau)
    • Commentator: TAMURA Ryohei (Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • November 25, 2020

    The Geo-Political Tensions between the US-China: ASEAN caught in the middle, the future of the Japan and ASEAN cooperation and the prospects of semiconductor supply chains

  • November 12, 2020

    The Role of Study Abroad Returnees in China's Economic Development - China's success and challenges in global human resource competition

    • Speaker: DAI Erbiao (Research Professor and Vice President, Asian Growth Research Institute)
    • Commentator: KOBAYASHI Koji (Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • November 9, 2020

    Online Education in the Coronavirus Era

    • Speaker: MIZUNO Yusuke (CEO, Life is Tech, Inc.)
    • Commentator: ASANO Daisuke (Director, Service Affairs Policy Division and Education Industry Office, METI)
    • Moderator: KIDO Fuyuko (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) / Guest Associate Professor, Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering))

    Japanese

  • October 26, 2020

    US Sanctions Policy

    • Speaker: SUGITA Hiroki (Columnist)
    • Commentator: KAYAMA Hirobumi (Director, Security Trade Control Policy Division, Trade Control Department, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau & Office of Economic Security, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

  • October 23, 2020

    Support for Restricting Liberty for Safety: Evidence during the Covid-19 pandemic from China, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States

  • October 20, 2020

    The Mood of the American Voter on the Eve of the 2020 Presidential Election

  • October 12, 2020

    Looking back at ICEF and TCFD Summit 2020 -Future Climate Change Action

    • Speaker: MIZUNO Hiromichi (Executive Advisor to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
    • Speaker: TANAKA Nobuo (Special Advisor, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) / Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) 2007-2011 / CEO, Tanaka Global,Inc.)
    • Moderator: KAJIKAWA Fumihiro (Director, Environmental Economy Office, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)

    Japanese

  • October 7, 2020

    A Political Scientist's Look at the 2020 US Elections

    • Speaker: Barry BURDEN (Professor, Department of Political Science, Director, Elections Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
    • Commentator: ONO Yoshikuni (Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University)
    • Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, PR Strategy, RIETI)
    • Handout [PDF:2.2MB]
    • Video (Presentation) (YouTube)
    • Video (Q&A) (YouTube)

  • October 1, 2020

    Back to Normalcy? -- US Presidential election and the future of the foreign policy

    • Speaker: KUBO Fumiaki (A. Barton Hepburn Professor of American Government and History, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo)
    • Commentator: HATADA Hiroyuki (Director, Americas Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese

    *This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.

  • September 30, 2020

    The Turbulence of Indo-Pacific Regional Order and Japan-ASEAN Relationship

    • Speaker: OBA Mie (Professor, Faculty of Law Department of Law, Kanagawa University)
    • Commentator: ONODERA Osamu (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director General for Trade Policy, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
    • Moderator: WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

    Japanese