RIETI - Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese) FY2023

March 2024 24-P-004

Digitalization and Indonesia’s Changing Policy Community
- AIZAWA Nobuhiro (Kyushu University)
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February 2024 24-P-002

Security Exceptions and WTO Reform
- NAKATOMI Michitaka (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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February 2024 24-P-001

Utilization of Well-being Indices in Policy Making: Usefulness and concerns
- KUMAGAI Junya (Fukuoka University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2023 23-P-034

Final Report of USMCA Arbitration, US – Automobile Rules of Origin － Failure of an attempt to impose a condition that was not obtained through USMCA negotiations －
- UMEJIMA Osamu (Takasaki City University of Economics)
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November 2023 23-P-033

The Impact of News Shock of the Openings/Expansions of Large-scale Semiconductor Plants on Local Labor Market in Japan
- YAMAGUCHI Akira (RIETI)
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November 2023 23-P-031

The Gap between Researchers and Policy Makers on EBPM
- KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2023 23-P-030

Cross-disciplinary Research for Building an Innovation Ecosystem
- YANO Makoto (Kyoto University)
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November 2023 23-P-029

How Japanese Working Styles Changed under COVID-19: Evaluation and prospects
- TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2023 23-P-028

What is Needed to Raise Japan's Potential Growth Rate: Analysis using the JIP Database 2023
- FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2023 23-P-027

Industrial Policy for the Future: Steering towards a sustainable economic society
- OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2023 23-P-026

Innovation Capability of Japanese Industry
- NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2023 23-P-025

Local Economy and Local Industrial Policy Issues
- HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2023 23-P-024

International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Transformed after the COVID-19 Pandemic
- TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2023 23-P-023

Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Policy Making Process
- KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2023 23-P-022

COVID-19 and the Japanese Economy: A retrospective and prospects
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)
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October 2023 23-P-021

Innovation Implemented by Public-private Co-creation - Challenges of the Regulatory Sandbox -
- NAKAHARA Hirohiko (Former Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI) / IKEDA Yoko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / TANABE Kuniharu (Former Japan Economic Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat) / URANO Ryoichi (Former Japan Economic Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat) / HAGIWARA Naru (Former Japan Economic Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat) / OGATA Hiroaki (Former Japan Economic Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat) / OTA Satoshi (Former Startup and New Business Promotion Office, METI) / NAKAMURA Masakatsu (Former Startup and New Business Promotion Office, METI) / SAKASHITA Hirotaka (Former Startup and New Business Promotion Office, METI) / MASUGUCHI Yutaka (Former Competition Enhancement Office, METI)
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October 2023 23-P-020

[WTO and International Trade Case Review Series No. 42] Korea – Labor Commitments: Impact of labor clauses in the free trade agreement
- SEKINE Takemasa (Yokohama National University)
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September 2023 23-P-019

Origins and Evolution of Japan's Technical Intern Training Program
- Hiroshi FUKUYAMA (Former Immigration Services Agency) / HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)
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August 2023 23-P-016

Survival, Emergence, and Disappearance of Manufacturing Firms in the First Phase of Regional Revitalization
- NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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August 2023 23-P-015

The Geographic Distribution of the Foreign-born and Japanese Populations (2005-2022)
- HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / ITO Hiroki (Yokohama National University) / CHIKAMOTO Kairu (Hitotsubashi University)
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August 2023 23-P-014

Entry and Exit of Firms in the First Phase of Regional Revitalization: Revolving door economy and creative destruction
- NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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July 2023 23-P-013

The Appropriate Revision of the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas: Problems in the mid-term report by the panel of the policy council on food, agriculture and rural areas for the verification of the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas Part 3 on food security
- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)
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July 2023 23-P-012

The Appropriate Revision of the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas: Problems in the mid-term report by the panel of the policy council on food, agriculture and rural areas for the verification of the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas Part 2 on rural areas and environment
- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)
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July 2023 23-P-011

The Appropriate Revision of the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas: Problems in the mid-term report by the panel of the policy council on food, agriculture and rural areas for the verification of the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas Part 1 on food and agriculture
- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)
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July 2023 23-P-010

Economic Security in the WTO Agreement: Balancing trade liberalization with protection of security interests
- KOMETANI Kazumochi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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July 2023 23-P-009

The Gender Wage Transparency Policy: Discussion on disclosure of wage differentials between men and women based on the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace
- HARA Hiromi (Meiji University)
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June 2023 23-P-007

Progress of Digitalization and Industrial Revitalization: Employment and productivity dynamics of firms in Japan
- IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / ITO Keiko (Chiba University) / KIM Younggak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 2023 23-P-006

An Analysis of Diverse Approaches to Facilitating “Data Free Frow with Trust” (DFFT): Through the introduction of the “OECD Mapping Report”
- NEMOTO Taku (Nishimura & Asahi)
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April 2023 23-P-005

The Impact of Corporate Governance Reforms on Cross-shareholdings in Japan
- MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Takuji (Keio University)
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Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese) FY2023

Digitalization and Indonesia’s Changing Policy Community

Security Exceptions and WTO Reform

Utilization of Well-being Indices in Policy Making: Usefulness and concerns

Final Report of USMCA Arbitration, US – Automobile Rules of Origin － Failure of an attempt to impose a condition that was not obtained through USMCA negotiations －

The Impact of News Shock of the Openings/Expansions of Large-scale Semiconductor Plants on Local Labor Market in Japan

The Gap between Researchers and Policy Makers on EBPM

Cross-disciplinary Research for Building an Innovation Ecosystem

How Japanese Working Styles Changed under COVID-19: Evaluation and prospects

What is Needed to Raise Japan's Potential Growth Rate: Analysis using the JIP Database 2023

Industrial Policy for the Future: Steering towards a sustainable economic society

Innovation Capability of Japanese Industry

Local Economy and Local Industrial Policy Issues

International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Transformed after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Policy Making Process

COVID-19 and the Japanese Economy: A retrospective and prospects

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

[WTO and International Trade Case Review Series No. 42] Korea – Labor Commitments: Impact of labor clauses in the free trade agreement

Origins and Evolution of Japan's Technical Intern Training Program

Survival, Emergence, and Disappearance of Manufacturing Firms in the First Phase of Regional Revitalization

The Geographic Distribution of the Foreign-born and Japanese Populations (2005-2022)

Entry and Exit of Firms in the First Phase of Regional Revitalization: Revolving door economy and creative destruction

The Appropriate Revision of the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas: Problems in the mid-term report by the panel of the policy council on food, agriculture and rural areas for the verification of the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas Part 3 on food security

The Appropriate Revision of the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas: Problems in the mid-term report by the panel of the policy council on food, agriculture and rural areas for the verification of the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas Part 2 on rural areas and environment

The Appropriate Revision of the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas: Problems in the mid-term report by the panel of the policy council on food, agriculture and rural areas for the verification of the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas Part 1 on food and agriculture

Economic Security in the WTO Agreement: Balancing trade liberalization with protection of security interests

The Gender Wage Transparency Policy: Discussion on disclosure of wage differentials between men and women based on the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace

Progress of Digitalization and Industrial Revitalization: Employment and productivity dynamics of firms in Japan

An Analysis of Diverse Approaches to Facilitating “Data Free Frow with Trust” (DFFT): Through the introduction of the “OECD Mapping Report”

The Impact of Corporate Governance Reforms on Cross-shareholdings in Japan