Featured (FY2022)

OKAZAKI Tetsuji's Photo

Wage Increases and Low-cost Technologies are the Keys to Innovation

March 29, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Two Speed Inflation: Implications for policy around the globe (Handouts and Video)

March 24, 2023 [Symposiums]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 17: System of Justice as an Asset

March 23, 2023 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

The East Asian Electronics Sector

The East Asian Electronics Sector

March 20, 2023 [RIETI Books (English)]

Written by THORBECKE, Willem

KAMEI Kenju's Photo

Learning Activities in Pairs with a Greater Spread in Abilities Lead to Better Individual Work Performance

March 16, 2023 [Policy Update]

KAMEI Kenju (Research Associate, RIETI)

Shiro ARMSTRONG's Photo

Defending Open Multilateral Trade Central to Japan's G7 Economic Security Agenda

March 16, 2023 [East Asian Economic Strategies]

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

Authors' Photo

Stories, statistics, and memory

March 14, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Thomas GRAEBER (Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School) / Christopher ROTH (Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Warwick) / Florian ZIMMERMANN (Institute on Behavior and Inequality at University Of Bonn)

MANAGI Shunsuke's Photo

Economic Outcomes and Regional Disparity of High-Speed Railways

March 8, 2023 [Research Digest]

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

MORIKAWA Masayuki's Photo

Cornerstone of RIETI's Industrial Policy Research – In memory of Dr. Ryutaro Komiya

March 8, 2023 [Policy Update]

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

The Benefits and Costs of Big Cities (Handouts and Video)

March 7, 2023 [Symposiums]

URATA Shujiro's Photo

Toward a World-class Think Tank

March 6, 2023 [Policy Update]

URATA Shujiro (Chairman, RIETI)

Reimagining the TPP - Revisions that could facilitate U.S. reentry (Video)

March 3, 2023 [Symposiums]

Towards Comprehensive Regional Security in Asia (Video)

February 28, 2023 [Symposiums]

ANO Makoto and FURUKAWA Yuichi's photo

The Joint Paper by YANO Makoto, Former Chairman of RIETI, and FURUKAWA Yuichi, Former Faculty Fellow of RIETI, Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

February 27, 2023 [Recent Activities]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 16: System of Justice as an Intergenerational Asset—Time Inconsistency Problem

February 22, 2023 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

OWAN Hideo's Photo

Path to Correcting Gender Inequality: Information disclosure and data use are the key

February 21, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Authors' Photo

Carbon taxes may be a boon for the world, even in the short run

February 21, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Bruno CONTE (Research fellow at CESIfo, Assistant Professor at University of Bologna) / Klaus DESMET (Research Fellow at Centre for Economic Policy Research, Professor at Southern Methodist University) / Esteban ROSSI-HANSBERG (Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at University of Chicago)

The Japanese Economy: Strategies to cope with a shrinking and aging population (Handout and Video)

February 14, 2023 [Symposiums]

“Chip War” and Its Implications for Japanese Industrial and Security Policies (Handout and Video)

January 31, 2023 [Symposiums]

Chi Hung KWAN's Photo

Policy Direction of the Xi Jinping Administration in its Third Term
—The Fading of the Deng Xiaoping Line

January 31, 2023 [China in Transition]

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 15: From Economic Growthism to Intellectual Growth

January 17, 2023 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

YAMORI Nobuyoshi's Photo

Regional Financial Institutions and Startup Support

January 16, 2023 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2023 (January 2023)]

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

MORIKAWA Masayuki's Photo

EBPM and Government Statistics: Measuring the Effects of “Investment in People”

January 12, 2023 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2023 (January 2023)]

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Chief Research Officer, RIETI)

Willem THORBECKE's Photo

U.S. Trade Imbalances, East Asian Exchange Rates, and a New Plaza Accord

January 11, 2023 [Non Technical Summaries]

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

URATA Shujiro's Photo

Greeting from the Chairman

January 11, 2023 [about RIETI]

URATA Shujiro (Chairman, RIETI)

IZA Authors' Photo

Incentivizing sleep?
Insufficient sleep affects employment and productivity

January 6, 2023 [From IZA]

Joan COSTA-FONT (LSE, UK, and IZA, Germany)

Authors' Photo

Mandating COVID-19 vaccination: The benefits and the costs

January 5, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Lisa ROBINSON (Deputy Director, Center for Health Decision Science, and Senior Research Scientist, Center for Health Decision Science and Center for Risk Analysis at Harvard University) / Maddalena FERRANNA (Research Associate at Harvard Chan School of Public Health) / Daniel CADARETTE / Michael EBER (PhD Candidate in Health Policy (G4, Decision Sciences) at Harvard University) / David BLOOM (Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography at Harvard University)

Globalisation and its Future

January 4, 2023 [Workshop]

Shannon O’Neil (Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations) / Vasuki Shastry (Author; Environmental, Social and Governance Advisor; previously Global Head of Public Affairs and Sustainability, Standard Chartered Bank) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

The Future for Digital Trade

December 26, 2022 [Workshop]

Simon Evenett (Professor of international Trade and Economic Development at St. Gallen University and Director of the Global Trade Alert initiative) / Ambassador Pimchanok Pitfield (Permanent representative of Thailand to the WTO) / Chris Southworth (Secretary General, ICC UK) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

UESUGI Iichiro's Photo

What Is Necessary for SMEs to Exit from the Economic Crisis under the COVID-19 Pandemic? Improving profitability to repay financial support

December 20, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 14: Considering the Theory of Innovation-Driven Justice in Terms of Mathematical Equations

December 19, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

The U.S. Trade Agenda After the Midterms

December 15, 2022 [Workshop]

Fred Hochberg (former Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United) / Stormy-Annika Mildner (Executive Director, Aspen Institute Germany) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

Jon DANIELSSON' Photo

The beginning of the end for cryptocurrencies

December 13, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Jon DANIELSSON (Director, Systemic Risk Centre at London School of Economics and Political Science)

Confronting the Crisis - OECD Economic Outlook November 2022 (Handout and Video)

December 8, 2022 [Symposiums]

Voice Through Divestment (Handout and Video)

December 7, 2022 [Symposiums]

Chi Hung KWAN's Photo

The Low Birthrate and Aging Population in China
—A comparison with Japan

December 5, 2022 [China in Transition]

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

The American Mid-Term Election Outcome and Its Implications (Handout and Video)

November 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 13: Moderate Comprehensive Doctrine

November 17, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

How to Use Trade Policy to Meet the Climate Challenge

November 16, 2022 [Workshop]

Inu Manak (Fellow for Trade Policy, Council on Foreign Relations) / 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)

KOMIYA Ryutaro's photo

Mourning the passing of Dr. Ryutaro Komiya

November 15, 2022 [Recent Activities]

Authors' Photo

Knowledge flows from public labs to private firms

November 14, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Antonin BERGEAUD (Economist at Bank of France, Economist at Bank of France, Research associate) / Arthur GUILLOUZOUIC (Research Economist at Institut des politiques publiques (IPP)) / Emeric HENRY (Professor of Economics at Sciences-Po Paris - University) / Clément MALGOUYRES (Economist at The Institut des Politiques Publiques)

Japan - Hawaii Socio-Economic Innovation: Collaborations to advance economic development and climate resilience (Handout and Video)

November 11, 2022 [Symposiums]

Book cover

Reconstruction of Macroeconomics: Methods of Statistical Physics, and Keynes' Principle of Effective Demand

November 8, 2022 [RIETI Books (English)]

Written by YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi

NAGAOKA Sadao's photo

RIETI Program Director NAGAOKA Sadao’s book was awarded the 65th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

November 7, 2022 [Recent Activities]

UESUGI Iichiro's photo

RIETI Faculty Fellow UESUGI Iichiro’s book was awarded the 65th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

November 7, 2022 [Recent Activities]

Willem THORBECKE's Photo

Japan’s deflated record on monetary policy

November 1, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 12: Do Selfish Individuals Implement Innovations Determined by Social Contracts?

October 28, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

SAKAMOTO Masazumi's Photo

Diplomatic Stance of the Japanese Business Community in the First World War: Focusing on relations with major warring nations and the concept of economic alliance, in the middle of the war

October 26, 2022 [Non Technical Summaries]

SAKAMOTO Masazumi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Women and Trade

October 21, 2022 [Workshop]

Beata Javorcik (Chief Economist, EBRD) / Katrin Kuhlman (Visiting Professor, Georgetown IIEL) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

IZA Authors' Photo

Offshoring and labor markets in developing countries
Lessons learned and questions remaining about offshoring and labor markets in developing countries

October 20, 2022 [From IZA]

Arnab K. BASU (Cornell University, USA, and IZA, Germany) / Nancy H. CHAU (Cornell University, USA, and IZA, Germany)

Authors' Photo

The economic effects of potential EU tariff sanctions on Russia

October 19, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Olim LATIPOV (Economist at Sidley Austin LLP) / Christian LAU (Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP) / Kornel MAHLSTEIN (Senior Economist at Sidley Austin LLP) / Simon SCHROPP (Managing Economist at Sidley Austin LLP)

Understanding and Countering Beijing’s Strategy of Economic Decoupling on Chinese Terms (Handout and Video)

October 12, 2022 [Symposiums]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 11: What is Innovation?

October 3, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

The Future of Japan and Singapore (Video)

September 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

The Role of Middle Powers in Moving Global Trade Forward

September 21, 2022 [Workshop]

Sam Lowe (Partner and Head of Trade and Market Access Practice, Flint Global) / Dr. Taeho Bark (President, Lee & Ko Global Commerce Institute) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

 Willem THORBECKE's Photo

U.S. Trade Deficits and Exchange Rates

September 16, 2022 [Policy Update]

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Authors' Photo

The latest US tariff sanctions on Russia: A sectoral analysis

September 8, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Christian LAU (Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP) / Kornel MAHLSTEIN (Senior Economist at Sidley Austin LLP) / Simon SCHROPP (Managing Economist at Sidley Austin LLP)

Meet Our Fellows #4 Yoko Konishi

August 22, 2022 [YouTube: rietichannel]

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow)

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 10: Relationship between Innovation and the Social System—Abstract

August 19, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

NAGAOKA Sadao's Photo

Language Barriers and the Speed of Knowledge Diffusion

August 12, 2022 [Non Technical Summaries]

Kyle HIGHAM (Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University) / NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Chi Hung KWAN's Photo

China's Shift from Indirect to Direct Financing
—Improving the Quality of Listed Companies as the Key to Success

August 9, 2022 [China in Transition]

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

Authors' Photo

Financial crises as drivers of populism: A new channel

August 4, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Luigi GUISO (Axa Professor of Household Finance, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance; CEPR Research Fellow) / Massimo MORELLI (Professor of Political Science and Economics, Bocconi University) / Tommaso SONNO (Assistant Professor, University of Bologna) / Helios HERRERA (Professor of Economics, University of Warwick. Director CEPR POE Programme)

Willem THORBECKE's Photo

The Impact of Exchange Rates on the Turkish Economy

August 3, 2022 [Non Technical Summaries]

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / Ahmet SENGONUL (Sivas Cumhuriyet University)

Caitlin BROWN's Photo

Measuring poverty within the household
Standard poverty measures may drastically understate the problem; the collective household model can help

August 3, 2022 [From IZA]

Caitlin BROWN (Lecturer in Economics, University of Manchester, UK) / Rossella CALVI (Assistant Professor of Economics, Rice University, USA) / Jacob PENGLASE (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, San Diego State University, USA) / Denni TOMMASI (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy)

Growth and Capitalism in the Era of Climate Change (Handout and Video)

August 1, 2022 [Symposiums]

The Sword and the Shield: The economics of targeted sanctions (Handout and Video)

July 28, 2022 [Symposiums]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 9: AI's Impact on the Relationship between Innovation and Justice—Reason Expanded by AI

July 25, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

NAKAGAWA Junji's Photo

Business and Human Rights: Companies will be socially responsible without direct transactions

July 11, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

NAKAGAWA Junji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

FTAs, Values and ESG

July 8, 2022 [Workshop]

Emily Rees (Senior Fellow at ECIPE and Managing Director at Trade Strategies) / Marie Kasperek (Executive Director of the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) at Georgetown University Law) / Vasuki Shastry (Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

Alessio TERZI's Photo

A green industrial revolution is coming

July 7, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Alessio TERZI (Economist, European Commission; Lecturer, Sciences Po Lille)

New Thinking on Industrial Policy (Handouts and Video)

July 6, 2022 [Symposiums]

ITO Hiroyuki's Photo

Prospects after U.S. interest rate hike: Emerging economies tested by the strong dollar

July 1, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

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

June 30, 2022 [Symposiums]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 8: Thinking in Terms of Mathematical Formulas

June 24, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Michele RUTA's Photo

How the war in Ukraine may reshape globalisation

June 23, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Michele RUTA (Lead Economist, World Bank)

Can the Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council deliver?

June 23, 2022 [Workshop]

Elvire Fabry (Senior Research Fellow, Jacques Delors Institute) / Simon Lester (founder of Worldtradelaw.net) / Rupert Schlegelmilch (Acting Deputy Director-General, DG Trade, European Commission) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

Dale Jorgenson's photo

Mourning the Passing of Dr. Dale Jorgenson

June 13, 2022 [Recent Activities]

HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki's Photo

Gasoline Phaseout and the Fate of the Future EV Market: Support Workers Displaced by Electrification

June 7, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

SANCTIONS, ENERGY, RESOURCES AND THE FUTURE OF GLOBALISATION

May 31, 2022 [Workshop]

Simon Evenett (Professor of International Trade and Economic Development at St. Gallen University and Director of the Global Trade Alert Initiative) / Marianne Schneider-Petsinger (Senior Research Fellow, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House) / Antonio Villafranca (Director of Studies at the Italian Institute of Political Studies (ISPI)) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

TODO Yasuyuki's Photo

Focus of Economic Security: Excessive onshoring is weakening supply chains

May 27, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Richard BALDWIN's Photo

Global supply chain risk and resilience

May 20, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics at The Graduate Institute, Geneva; Founder & Editor-in-Chief of VoxEU.org; exPresident of CEPR) / Rebecca FREEMAN (Trade Associate, Centre for Economic Performance (LSE))

WATANABE Tetsuya's photo

RIETI Vice President WATANABE Tetsuya will speak at the Think7 Summit

May 19, 2022 [Recent Activities]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 7: Collapse of the Grand Narrative

May 17, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 6: Totalitarianism as a Pathological Manifestation of Reason

April 25, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

FUJI Kazuhiko's Photo

More than 6,000: How far are economic sanctions against Russia allowed to go as a result of the invasion of Ukraine?

April 22, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

FUJI Kazuhiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

ARMSTRONG, Shiro's Photo

The Effects of Institutions on the Relationship between Politics and Trade

April 12, 2022 [Non Technical Summaries]

Samuel HARDWICK (The Australian National University) / Shiro ARMSTRONG (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

YANO Makoto's Photo

RIETI Special Discussion
Japan’s New Capitalism and New Industrial Policy

April 11, 2022 [Policy Update]

Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva) / YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI) / WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

OWAN Hideo's Photo

Employment System Reform and Reskilling: The potential to Promote Human Capital Investment

April 8, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Yoko YOSHIDA's Photo

Refugee children’s earnings in adulthood
Refugee status and country of origin shape the economic outcomes of newcomer children later in life

April 7, 2022 [From IZA]

YOSHIDA Yoko (Western University, Canada) / Jonathan AMOYAW (Dalhousie University, Canada) / Rachel MCLAY (Dalhousie University, Canada)

Alexander MIHAILOV's Photo

Why paying in roubles for Russian gas and oil might matter

April 6, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Alexander MIHAILOV (Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Reading and Director of the Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR))

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro's Photo

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 5: Hegelian Philosophy—History as Evolution of Reason

April 1, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

RIETI Inaugurated New EBPM Center on April 1

April 1, 2022 [Recent Activities]