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The role of policy research institutes does not end with the completion of research.They have an obligation to stimulate policy debates by broadly disseminating the results of their research. RIETl actively circulates its research results via its website, issuing publications and publicity materials, and holding symposiums & seminars.

Dissemination of Research Results

Public Relations Activities

Website traffic

Approx. ten years(Jan. 2002–March 2012)

Fiscal 2011( April 2011–March 2012)

Japanese 5,929,831 678,889

English 1,544,835 340,129

Chinese 555,380 59,965

PR activities 1) Website (http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/)

Special efforts have been made to enrich the content of the RIETI website by providing access to the work of individual fellows and study groups. These are quite unique and exclusive to RIETI. Some examples are: ◆ East Asian Industrial Productivity project As part of the project's results, the Japan Industrial Productivity Database 2011 (JIP 2011)

is published to serve as a basic resource for the analysis of Japan's economic growth and changes in its industrial structure.

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/database/JIP2011/index.html

◆ Research on a Currency Basket project Deviation indicators computed by the project, referred to as the Asian Monetary Unit (AMU)

and AMU Deviation Indicators, are published on the website everyday. http://www.rieti.go.jp/users/amu/en/index.html

◆ Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) Information about a panel survey of middle-aged and elderly citizens aged 50 or higher

conducted jointly by RIETI, Hitotsubashi University, and the University of Tokyo is posted. Not only does the data include diverse information on the economic, social, and health as-pects of the middle-aged and the elderly, it is also designed to maintain maximum compa-rability with other surveys conducted in developed countries such as the Health and Retire-ment Study (HRS) in the United States, the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement (SHARE) in Europe, and the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA) in the United Kingdom. By analyzing the data, it is possible to identify the unique and universal aspects of middle-aged and elderly citizens in Japan as compared to the world.

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/projects/jstar/index.html

A reader's column has been set up for timely and policy-related topics, written by fellows in order to create a forum for active discussion. The Perspectives from Around the World section introduces the views of some of the world's leading researchers regarding various issues in-cluding economic policy, security, and environmental problems.

In enhancing the English and Chinese websites, custom-made contents are created and added for issues of special interest for overseas readers, and electronic newsletters such as RI-ETI Report (in English) and Dianzixinxi (in Chinese) are published to circulate Japanese policy information to RIETI's broad international audience.

Operated in three languages—Japanese, English and Chinese—the RIETI website is a key ele-ment in our public relations activities. The number of page views for each language has been growing steadily (see table below). The website makes available to the public a wide range of materials offering in-depth analyses on individual policy issues such as Discussion Papers writ-ten by fellows and handout materials of policy symposiums.

RIETI's publications cover a diverse array of themes and appear under the imprint of various publishers. The contents range from studies of a high academic standard that have undergone peer review in their respective disciplines to timely policy study topics for a wider audience. (http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/act_rb.html)

History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (10): Natural Resources and Energy PolicyJul. 2011Written by KIKKAWA TakeoKeizai Sangyo Chosakai¥7,500/459 pages

History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (11): Intellectual Property PolicyOct. 2011Written and edited by NAKAYAMA NobuhiroKeizai Sangyo Chosakai¥7,500/555 pages

History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (5): Location, Environment and Safety PolicyJun. 2011Written and edited by TAKEDA HaruhitoKeizai Sangyo Chosakai¥9,000/720 pages

History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (6): Basic Industry PolicyJul. 2011Written and edited by YAMAZAKI ShiroKeizai Sangyo Chosakai¥7,500/519 pages

Publications in the third medium-term period (2011–2015)

Corporate Governance in Japan: Toward a re-design and restoration of competitivenessJul. 2011Written and edited by MIYAJIMA HideakiToyo Keizai Inc.¥4,800/449 pages

True Potential of the Japanese Economy: When the lying dragon awakesAug. 2011Written by TODO YasuyukiChuokoron-Shinsha,Inc.¥740/179 pages

Optimum Disclosure System in the Era of International Financial Reporting Stan-dards (IFRS)Oct. 2011Written and edited by KOGA ChitoshiChikura Publishing Co., Ltd.¥4,600/361 pages

Non-regular Employ ment System Reform in Japan: Changing the way people workJun. 2011Written and edited by TSURU Kotaro, HIGUCHI Yoshio, MIZUMACHI YuichiroNippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd. ¥4,400/318 pages

Theories of the Enterprise Law Reformation: Institu-tional designs of the incen-tive systemNov. 2011Written and edited by SHISHIDO ZenichiNikkei Publishing Inc. ¥6,000/412 pages

Japan's Economy and the Two Lost DecadesMar. 2012Written by FUKAO KyojiNikkei Publishing Inc. ¥4,200/321 pages

Internationali zation of Modern Japanese Firms: Analyses of panel dataNov. 2011Edited by WAKASUGI RyuheiIwanami Shoten, Publishers¥6,600/216 pages

PR Activities 2) Publications Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, IAA ANNUAL REPORT 2011　46 47

Domain III and related booksFormulating Japan's Strategy in Response to Globalization and Deepening Economic Interdependence in Asia

Domain I and related books Maintaining Economic Dynamism under the Adverse Demographic Conditions of Low Fertility and Aging Population

Publications in the second medium-term period (2006–2010)

Work Life Balance: Empirical analysis and policy recommendationsDec. 2009Written by YAMAGUCHI KazuoNikkei Publishing Inc.¥2,800/287 pages

Economic Vitality in the Face of Low Fertility and an Aging PopulationMar. 2011Written and edited by FUJITA Masahisa and YOSHIKAWA HiroshiNihon Hyoronsya¥4,600/297 pages

Debates; Work-life Balance in JapanApr. 2008 Written and edited by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo and HIGUCHI Yoshio Nikkei Publishing Inc.¥2,400/323 pages

The Size of the Government and the Social Security SystemJun. 2007Written and edited by TACHIBANAKI ToshiakiUniversity of Tokyo Press¥3,800/240 pages

The Future of the Multi-lateral Trading System: East Asian perspectivesDec. 2009Written and edited by KOTERA Akira, ARAKI Ichiro and KAWASE TsuyoshiCMP Publishing£130/425 pages

Food Safety and TradeApr. 2008Written and edited by YAMASHITA KazuhitoNippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd.¥5,300/498 pages

Free Trade Agreements in The Asia Paci�cDec. 2009Written and edited by URATA Shujiro and Christopher FINDLAYWorld Scienti�c PublishingUS$95/305 pages

Economic Analysis of a Case for Common Basket in East AsiaAug. 2007Written and edited by ITO Takatoshi, OGAWA Eiji and SHIMIZU JunkoToyo Keizai Inc.¥3,400/208 pages

Direct Investment in China by Japanese CompaniesDec. 2009Written by SHIBOTA AtsuoSanwa Shoseki¥3,000/156 pages

Food SecurityMar. 2009Written by YAMASHITA KazuhitoNippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd.¥2,300/238 pages

Transforming East AsiaSep. 2006Written by MUNAKATA NaokoBrookings Institution PressUS$24.95/258 pages

Globalization and Interna-tional Economic StrategiesMar. 2011Written and edited by FUJITA Masahisa and WAKASUGI Ryuhei Nihon Hyoronsya¥4,600/319 pages

The Environment and TradeMar. 2011Written by YAMASHITA KazuhitoNihon Hyoronsya¥5,700/350 pages

Japan Going Back to a Less Developed CountryDec. 2010Written by TODO YasuyukiNikkei Publishing Inc.¥850/191 pages

International Invest-ment AgreementApr. 2010Written and edited by KOTERA AkiraSanseido Publishing Co., Ltd.¥3,800/321 pages

Domain II and related books Domain IV

Productivity and Japan's Economic GrowthMar. 2008Written and edited by FUKAO Kyoji and MIYAGAWA Tsutomu University of Tokyo Press¥5,600/347 pages

Productivity and Innovation SystemsMar. 2011Written and edited by FUJITA Masahisa and NAGAOKA Sadao Nihon Hyoronsya¥4,600/369 pages

History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (9): Industrial Technology PolicyMar. 2011Written by SAWAI Minoru Keizai Sangyo Chosakai¥7,500/491 pages

History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (4): Commerce and Distribu-tion PolicyMar. 2011Written and edited by ISHIHARA Takemasa Keizai Sangyo Chosakai¥7,500/536 pages

Productivity in AsiaDec. 2007Written and edited by Dale JORGENSON, KURODA Masahiro and MOTOHASHI KazuyukiEdward Elgar Publishing¥14,000/244 pages

Economics of the Life-cycles of FirmsDec. 2006Written and edited by TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki and YASUDA TakehikoNakanishiya Shuppan¥3,200/259 pages

Promoting Innovation and Strengthening International Competitiveness

Compilation of the History of Japan's Trade & Industry Policy

Adjacent Basic Research Areas & others

Working Hours Reform: How to change the way Japanese workMar. 2010Written and edited by TSURU Kotaro, HIGUCHI Yoshio and MIZUMACHI YuichiroNippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd.¥3,500/184 pages

Invitation to Re-source EconomicsJul. 2010Written and edited by TAKARADA Yasuhiro and MANAGI ShunsukeMinerva Shobo¥5,000/268 pages

The Economics of Transport Infrastructure and Gover-nanceJul. 2010Written by AKAI NobuoYuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd.¥3,400/250 pages

Labor Market Institutions Reform in JapanMar. 2009Written and edited by TSURU Kotaro, HIGUCHI Yoshio and MIZUMACHI YuichiroNippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd.¥4,600/306 pages

Rivalry for Oil among NationsFeb. 2009Written by HASEGAWA EiichiMinerva Shobo¥3,000/349 pages

Empirical Analysis of SME Financing in JapanOct. 2007Written and edited by WATANABE Tsutomu and UESUGI IichiroNikkei Publishing Inc.¥3,200/236 pages

Economic Analysis of Regulatory ReformsOct. 2007Written and edited by HATTA Tatsuo and TANAKA MakotoNikkei Publishing Inc.¥4,000/238 pages

Corporate Governance in JapanAug. 2007Written and edited by AOKI Masahiko, Gregory JACKSON and MIYAJIMA HideakiOUP¥12,500/416 pages

M&A in JapanJun. 2007Written and edited by MIYAJIMA HideakiToyo Keizai Inc.¥3,800/389 pages

Relationship Banking and Regional FinanceMay 2007Written and edited by TSUTSUI Yoshiro and UEMURA ShuichiNikkei Publishing Inc.¥4,000/319 pages

Economics of Urban RecentralizationJun. 2006Edited by HATTA TatsuoNihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.¥3,800/210 pages

Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, IAA ANNUAL REPORT 2011　48 49

Publications in the first medium-term period (2001–2005)

Domain I and related books

Economic Analysis of Labor Market Design: Enhancing the job-matching functionDec. 2005Written and edited by HIGUCHI Yoshio, KODAMA Toshihiro and ABE MasahiroToyo Keizai Inc.¥4,600/432 pages

Current Issues Surrounding Women at Work and in the Family: Proposals going be-yond this age of decreasing populationOct. 2005Written and edited by TACHIBANAKI ToshiakiMinerva Shobo¥3,500/279 pages

Fiscal Reform of Japan: Redesigning the frame of the stateDec. 2004Written and edited by AOKI Masahiko and TSURU KotaroToyo Keizai Inc.¥4,800/612 pages

Health Care ReformFeb. 2002Written by KAWABUCHI KoichiToyo Keizai Inc.¥2,400/322 pages

Economics of Balance-sheet RestructuringJun. 2001Written by FUKAO Mitsuhiro, TERAZAWA Tatsuya and KOBAYASHI KeiichiroToyo Keizai Inc.¥2,000/266 pages

Maintaining Economic Dynamism under the Adverse Demographic Conditions of Low Fertility and Aging Population

Domain II and related books

Japan’s National Innovation System: Rebuilding the engine of growthMar. 2006Written and edited by GOTO Akira and KODAMA ToshihiroUniversity of Tokyo Press¥5,200/327 pages

Industry-academia Cooperation: Toward institutional design to cultivate innovative power Apr. 2003Written and edited by HARAYAMA Yuko Toyo Keizai Inc.¥2,500/246 pages

Architecture-based Analysis of Chinese Manufacturing IndustriesMay 2005Written and edited by FUJIMOTO Takahiro and SHINTAKU JunjiroToyo Keizai Inc.¥4,200/353 pages

Empirical Analysis of IT Innovation: Has IT changed long-term Japanese economic performance?Mar. 2005Written by MOTOHASHI KazuyukiToyo Keizai Inc.¥3,400/208 pages

Industry-academia Cooperation: Toward institutional design to cultivate innovative powerFeb. 2005Written and edited by SAWA Akihiro, TERAZAWA Tatsuya and INOUE SatoshiToyo Keizai Inc.¥3,200/312 pages

Toward the Theory of Knowledge-based Country: A new paradigm of the policy processMar. 2003Written and edited by NONAKA Ikujiro, IZUMIDA Hirohiko and NAGATA AkiyaToyo Keizai Inc.¥2,800/319 pages

The Japanese Firm in TransitionSep. 2002Written and edited by ITOH Hideshi Toyo Keizai Inc.¥3,600/369 pages

Designing In-stitutions in the Broadband EraApr. 2002Written and edited by HAYASHI Koichiro and IKEDA NobuoToyo Keizai Inc.¥2,500/259 pages

Modularity: A new industrial architectureMar. 2002Written and edited by AOKI Masahiko and ANDOH Haruhiko Toyo Keizai Inc.¥2,800/334 pages

Promoting Innovation and Strengthening International Competitiveness

Domain III and related books

Implementation System under the WTO Dispute Settlement MechanismNov. 2005Written and edited by KAWASE Tsuyoshi and ARAKI IchiroSanseido¥4,500/483 pages

Pros and Cons of RMB Revaluation: Interests and arguments of China, Japan and the United StatesOct. 2004Written and edited by C. H. KWAN and the CASS Institute of World Economics and PoliticsToyo Keizai Inc.¥2,600/247 pages

Agricultural Policy Reform for Japan and its Consumers: To bet-ter steer WTO and FTA negotiationsAug. 2004Written by YAMASHITA KazuhitoToyo Keizai Inc.¥4,400/368 pages

Safeguards under the WTO Agreement: Issues and proposals for a more e�ective mechanismJul. 2004Written and edited by KAWASE Tsuyoshi and ARAKI Ichiro Toyo Keizai Inc.¥3,800/262 pages

WTO at the Crossroads– An analysis of non-trade issue linkagesMar. 2003Written and edited by KOTERA AkiraToyo Keizai Inc.¥3,600/274 pages

Transnational Civil SocietyMar. 2003Written by MEKATA MotokoToyo Keizai Inc.¥3,400/229 pages

A Reintroduction to the Chinese EconomyOct. 2002Written by C.H. KWAN Toyo Keizai Inc.¥1,600/280 pages

Turning Point of Japan-China Rela-tionsAug. 2001Written and edited by MUNAKATA Naoko Toyo Keizai Inc.¥2,200/220 pages

Formulating Japan’s Strategy in Response to Globalization and Deepening Economic Interdependence in Asia

Adjacent Basic Research Areas & others

Microeconomic Modeling for Policy AnalysisMar. 2006Written and edited by KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu, HASUIKE Katsuhito and FUJIWARA ToruToyo Keizai Inc.¥4,000/303 pages

The Collapse of the 1990s Bubble: Research on the non-performing loan problemMar. 2005Written and edited by MURAMATSU MichioToyo Keizai Inc.¥4,200/346 pages

Liberalizing Elec-tricity Markets: An economic analysisAug. 2004Written and edited by HATTA Tatsuo and TANAKA Makoto Toyo Keizai Inc.¥4,400/367 pages

Revisiting Global Warming IssuesFeb. 2004Written and edited by SAWA Akihiro and SEKI Soichiro Toyo Keizai Inc.¥3,400/328 pages

Institutional Reforms for Enterprise-based Welfare ProvisionsSep. 2003Written and edited by TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki and KANEKO YoshihiroToyo Keizai Inc.¥3,600/244 pages

Civil Mind Civil Power: NPO/NGOs as the lead actor in the public sectorMay 2003Written and edited by SAWA Akihiro, et. alToyo Keizai Inc.¥1,900/259 pages

Local Governance Reform in an Era of ChangeMar. 2003Written and edited by MURAMATSU Michio and INATSUGU HiroakiToyo Keizai Inc.¥3,800/339 pages

The Political Economy of the Japanese Financial Big Bang: Institutional change in �nance and public policy making Feb. 2003Written by TOYA Tetsuro Toyo Keizai Inc.¥3,800/400 pages


Note: Titles and affiliations of participants are current as of the day of the events. Lists of Speakers/Panelists are in order of appearance.

RIETI Policy SymposiumPay and Benefits System Reform and Post-3/11 Labor and Employment Policyhttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/11120201/info.html

Date 12/02/2011Venue Iino Hall and Conference CenterHost RIETIProgram

Opening RemarksPresentation （Overview）Part I： Pay, Bene�ts, and Other Conditions of Employment (Approach from the viewpoint of econom-

ics and business management theory)"Changes in the Japanese Employment System as Seen in Wage Pro�les""Examining Wage Premiums as Compensation for the Lack of Work-Life Balance"

Part II： Equitable Treatment and Labor-Management Relations (Approach from the viewpoint of legal theory)"Legal Principles for Addressing Disparities between Regular and Non-regular Workers""Legislative Steps toward Achieving More Equitable Treatment of Non-regular Workers"

Part III： Panel Discussion on Employment Conditions and Labor Policy after the Quake"Current State of Employment Conditions in A�ected Areas and Employment Promotion Programs"Panel Discussion and Wrap-up

Closing RemarksSpeakers/Panelists

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)TSURU Kotaro (SF and PD, RIETI)KAWAGUCHI Daiji (FF, RIETI/Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)YAMAMOTO Isamu (Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)MIZUMACHI Yuichiro (Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)TAKEUCHI (OKUNO) Hisashi (Associate Professor, College of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University)SHIMADA Yoichi (Professor of Law, Waseda University)FUJISAWA Katsuhiro (Director, Employment Policy Division, Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)HIGUCHI Yoshio (Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)OTAKE Fumio (Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)OGINO Katsuhiko (General Manager, Industrial A�airs Dept., Government & Industrial A�airs Div.,Toyota Motor Corporation)HASEGAWA Yuko (Executive Director, Department of Working Conditions, JTUC-RENGO)MORIKAWA Masayuki (VP, RIETI)

RIETI Policy SymposiumToward Sustainable Economic Growth Following the Great East Japan Earth-quake: Restructuring of the economic infrastructure and policy responsehttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/11111501/info.html

Date 11/15/2011Venue Iino Hall and Conference CenterHost RIETIProgram　Opening Remarks　Keynote　Speech

"Short- and Long-term Measures to Reform Japan's Power and Gas Markets""Restoring Fiscal Health without Undermining Economic Growth"

Panel Discussion　　　　Toward Sustainable Economic Growth in Post-quake Japan　Closing RemarksSpeakers/Panelists

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)HATTA Tatsuo (Advisor, RIETI)FUKAO Mitsuhiro (FF and PD, RIETI/Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)UESUGI Iichiro (FF, RIETI/Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)KIMURA Keiji (Chairman of the Board and Representative Director of Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd/Chairman, Project Team for the Reconstruc-tion from the Great East Japan Earthquake, Japan Association of Cor-porate Executives)TOKUI Joji (FF, RIETI/Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shinshu Univer-sity)FUJITA Masahisa (President and CRO, RIETI/Professor, Konan Univer-sity/Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto Univer-sity)

RIETI Policy SymposiumToward Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness Following the Great East Japan Earthquake: Efforts by the industrial sector and policy responsehttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/11110701/info.html

Date 11/07/2011Venue Iino Hall and Conference CenterHost RIETIProgram　Opening Remarks　Guest Speech　Keynote　Speech

"Toward Creative Reconstruction: Insights from the viewpoint of spa-tial economics""Industrial Reconstruction and the Internationalization of Markets"

Panel Discussion　　　　Enhancing Post-quake Industrial Competitiveness

　Closing RemarksSpeakers/Panelists

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)YANAGISAWA Mitsuyoshi (Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and In-dustry)FUJITA Masahisa (President and CRO, RIETI/Professor, Konan Univer-sity/Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto Univer-sity)WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University/FF and PD, RIETI)NAGATA Osamu (Managing Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation)OHASHI Hiroshi (FF and PD, RIETI/Professor, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo)HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (FF and PD, RIETI/Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University)TODO Yasuyuki (FF, RIETI/Professor, Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of To-kyo)

RIETI Policy Symposium"Pay and Benefits System Reform and Post-3/11 Labor and Employment Policy" (12/02/2011) TSURU Kotaro, SF

Public Relations Activities 3-1) Symposiums

The First Asia KLEMS Conference

Productivity Growth in Asiahttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/11072701/info.html

Date 07/27/2011Venue Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Host RIETI, Hitotsubashi University Hi-Stat Project, ADBIProgram　Opening Session　Opening Address　Welcoming Remarks　Keynote Speech

"World KLEMS and Asia KLEMS"　Session 1

"Productivity Growth in India""Productivity Growth in Japan""Productivity Growth in Singapore"

　Session 2"Productivity Growth in the People's Republic of China""Productivity Growth in the Philippines""Productivity Growth in the Republic of Korea"

　Session 3"Slicing Up Global Value Chains"Plenary Discussion and Wrap-up

　Future Plan for the Asia KLEMS Project　Closing RemarksSpeakers/Panelists

PYO Hak Kil （Professor, Seoul National University/Chair, Asia KLEMS Committee）KAWAI Masahiro （Dean and CEO, ADBI）FUJITA Masahisa （President and CRO, RIETI/Professor, Konan Uni-versity/Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University）Dale W. JORGENSON （Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University）Harry X. WU （Professor, Hitotsubashi University）Biswanath GOLDAR （Professor, University of Enclave）MIYAGAWA Tsutomu （FF, RIETI/Vice President, Gakushuin University）FUKAO Kyoji （FF and PD, RIETI/Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University）VU Minh Khuong （Assistant Professor, National University of Singa-pore）Mario B. LAMBERTE （Director, ADBI）CHUN Hyunbae （Professor, Sogang University）RHEE Keun Hee （Senior Researcher, Korea Productivity Center）Gaaitzen de VRIES （Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Gronin-gen）MORIKAWA Masayuki （Vice President, RIETI）Abdul Azeez ERUMBAN （Assistant Professor, University of Gronin-gen）

RIETI-RAND Symposium

What Have We Learned from the Panel Data of the Elderly?: For better life and healthhttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/11072901/info.html

Date 07/29/2011Venue The Tokai University ClubHost RIETI, RAND CorporationProgram　Opening Remarks　Special Greeting　Lecture "Longitudinal Aging Data for Behavioral and Social Research"　Session 1 Population Aging in the World Observed in Panel Data

"Outline and Purpose of the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) and the True Picture of Elderly People in Japan as Revealed by the Study""A Comparative Study of Well-being in the US, the UK, and Continen-tal Europe""Health and Early Retirement: Policy lessons from international com-parisons""Cognitive Health of Older Indians: Individual and geographic deter-minants of female disadvantage"

　Session 2 Considering Medical and Health Care Policy Based on Panel Data"Should Medicare Reform Target Incentives for Providers or Patients?""Using International Country Data to Learn about Health̶The case of England and the USA""Health and Health Care in Japanese Elderly"

　Session 3 Work Participation of the Elderly as Suggested by Evidence from Panel Data"Mental Retirement: National-level policy variations and pooled cross-sectional data from HRS, ELSA, and SHARE to identify a causal effect of early retirement on cognition""Retirement Process and Social Security in Japan""Were They Prepared for Retirement? Financial status at advanced ages in the HRS and AHEAD Cohorts"

　Closing RemarksSpeakers/Panelists

FUJITA Masahisa (President and CRO, RIETI/Professor, Konan Uni-versity/Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)Arie KAPTEYN (Director, RAND Labor and Population)YOSHITOMI Masaru (Special Adviser, RIETI)John W. R. PHILLIPS (Behavioral and Social Research Program, Nation-al Institute on Aging (NIA))ICHIMURA Hidehiko (FF, RIETI/Professor of Economics at the Gradu-ate School of Economics and the Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)Axel BÖRSCH-SUPAN (Director, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max-Planck-Institute for Social Law and Social Policy)Jinkook LEE (Senior Economist, RAND Corporation)HASHIMOTO Hideki (Professor, School of Public Health, The Univer-sity of Tokyo)David WEIR (Research Professor, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan/Director, Health and Retirement Study (HRS))James P. SMITH (Distinguished Chair in Labor Markets and Demo-graphic Studies, RAND Corporation)SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi (CF, RIETI/Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS))Robert WILLIS (Professor, University of Michigan)David WISE (John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy, Har-vard Kennedy School)NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)


Group of 15 Experts Plenary Meeting

A3 Triangle Initiative on Monetary and Financial Coopera-tion for Korea, China and Japanhttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/11060201/info.html

Date 06/02/2011Venue Seoul Press Centre, Seoul, KoreaHost The North East Asia Research (NEAR) FoundationProgram

Welcome Remarks and Introduction4th NEAR Award Conferment and Photo SessionKeynote SpeechSession 1　Reserve Pooling and Currency SwapSession 2　Regional Capital Market DevelopmentSession 3　A3 Regional Basket CurrencyRoundtable and Policy Recommendation to the Government

Speakers/Panelists

CHUNG Duck Koo （Chairman, The NEAR Foundation）Joshua AIZENMAN （Professor, UC Santa Cruz）OH John Junggun （President, EAMI and Professor, Korea Univer-sity）ZHANG Chengsi （Professor, Renmin University）FUKUDA Shin-ichi （Professor, The University of Tokyo）YOON Deok Ryong （Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policies）FUKAGAWA Yukiko （Professor, Waseda University）KIM Jung Sik （Yonsei University）DING Yifan （Deputy Director, Institute of World Development, Development and Research Centre）ONO Arito （Senior Economist, Mizuho Research Institute）HE Fan （Deputy Director, Chinese Academy of Social Science）OGAWA Eiji （FF, RIETI/Professor, Hitotsubashi University）DING Jianping （Professor, Shanghai Finance and Economics Uni-versity）RHEE Yeongseop （Professor, Seoul National University）YOSHIDA Yasuhiko （SF, RIETI）

Group of 15 Experts Plenary Meeting"A3 Triangle Initiative on Monetary and Financial Cooperation for Korea, China and Japan" (06/02/2011)

Note: Titles and affiliations of participants are current as of the day of the events. Lists of Speakers/Panelists are in order of appearance.

Lecture on Economy and Industry

The Global Economy and Corporate Managementhttp://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/events/12021501/info.html (in Japanese)

Date 02/15/2012Venue Hakata Miyako HotelHost Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade & Industry, RIETI, Kyushu Economy

InternationalProgram

Opening RemarksPresentation 1 　　　　"Key to Economic Growth: Globalization and industrial agglomeration"Presentation 2　　　　"Corporate Strategy to Global Niche Top Company―Kyushu edition"Presentation 3　　　　"Risk Management for Overseas Operations"

Speakers/Panelists

TAKIMOTO Toru (Director-General, Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade & Industry)TODO Yasuyuki (FF, RIETI/Professor, Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)NAMBA Masanori (Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan Asia Paci�c University)OKITA Takekazu (Branch Manager, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), Osaka Branch)

Japan-Korea Joint Workshop

Workshop on Measurement Issues in Productivity Data-bases for Asian Countrieshttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/11112501/info.html

Date 11/25/2011Venue Gakushuin UniversityHost RIETI, Foundation Research (S) "Empirical Research on Intangible

Investment in Japan (ERII)," Korea Productivity Center (KPC), Gakushuin University, and Global COE Program "Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in Social Sciences" (G-COE Hi-Stat), Hitotsubashi University

ProgramLectures "IO Table Data of the KIP, JIP, and Asia KLEMS （Industry classifica-

tion, consistency with SNA, SU Tables, etc.）""Capital Input Data of the KIP, JIP and Asia KLEMS""Labor Input Data of the KIP, JIP and Asia KLEMS"

Presentations "Intangible Assets and Economic Growth in Emerging Markets""Intangible Investment in Japan at the 2-Digit Industry Level"

Speakers/Panelists

CHUN Hyunbae （Professor, Sogang University）PYO Hak K. （Professor, Seoul National University/Chair, Asia KLEMS Committee）RHEE Keunhee （Senior Researcher, Korea Productivity Center）MIYAGAWA Tsutomu （FF, RIETI/Professor, Gakushuin University）HISA Shoichi （Associate Professor, Yokohama City University）FUKAO Kyoji （FF and PD, RIETI/Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University）

RIETI International Seminar

Mid-term Workshop on East Asian Firm Productivityhttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/12022901/info.html

Date 02/29/2012Venue RIETI's seminar roomHost RIETIProgram

Opening RemarksMorning Session Exports and Productivity of Chinese Firms

"Effect of Privatization on Exports through Changes in Productivity and Financial Factors""Trading Partners, Traded Products, and Firm Performances of China's Exporter-Importers: Does processing trade make a difference?""Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese exports"

Afternoon Session International Competition and Firms' Growth （1）"The Effect of Exporting on Product Innovation and Sources of Firm Heterogeneity: Evidence from the 1980s and 1990s in Korea""The Impact of Trade with Low-wage Countries on Manufacturing Plants in Japan"

Afternoon Session International Competition and Firms' Growth （2）"Exports, Mark-ups, and Productivity: Micro-evidence from Korean manufacturing""Exporter Dynamics and Information Spillovers through the Main Bank""Market Competition, R&D Investment, and Productivity Growth: A comparative study of Japanese and Korean firms"

Concluding RemarksSpeakers/Panelists

FUJITA Masahisa （RIETI/Konan University/ Kyoto University）ITO Keiko （Senshu University）FUKAO Kyoji （RIETI/Hitotsubashi University）TODO Yasuyuki （RIETI/The University of Tokyo）INUI Tomohiko （Cabinet Office）ZHANG Yifan （Lingnan University）YU Zhihong （University of Nottingham）KWON Hyeog Ug （RIETI/Nihon University）HAHN Chin Hee （Kyungwon University）MIYAKAWA Daisuke （Development Bank of Japan）NAKANE Masato （RIETI/IMF）Chad STEINBERG （RIETI/IMF）LEE Siwook （Myongji University）KIM YoungGak （Senshu University）

Lecture on Economy and Industry"The Global Economy and Corporate Manage-ment" (02/15/2012) TODO Yasuyuki, FF

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KIET-RIETI-TIER Workshop

Small & Medium Enterprises: Issues and Policieshttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/11112201/info.html

Date 11/22/2011Venue Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade （KIET）, Seoul, KoreaHost RIETI, KIET, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research （TIER）Program

Opening RemarksSession 1 SMEs and Globalization

"The Impact of Globalization on SMEs in Japan" "Opportunities & Challenges of Globalization for SMEs in Taiwan"

Session 2 SMEs: The Effect from Financial Sectors and Entrepreneurship"The Effect of Mega-bank Merger on SME Borrowing Costs and Bank-Firm Relationships" "Korea's Entrepreneurship Rates and Policy Implications"

Session 3 SMEs: Innovation and Cooperation"Advancing Cross-strait Cooperation on SME Development" "The Comparative Study of SBIR Program among Korea, Japan, and Taiwan""High Growth SMEs"

Closing RemarksSpeakers/Panelists

SONG Byoung Jun （President, KIET）NAKAJIMA Atsushi （Chairman, RIETI）HONG David S. （President, TIER）TANAKA Ayumu （F, RIETI）KIM Won-Kyu （Senior Research Fellow, KIET）YANG Chia-Yen （Director of Division VI, TIER） UCHINO Taisuke （F, RIETI）HONG Seok-Il （Research Fellow, KIET）HO Chen-Sheng （Associate Research Fellow, TIER）YOSHIDA Yasuhiko （SF, RIETI）

RIETI Special Seminar

Special Lecture by Professor Jorgenson, Harvard University:World KLEMS Initiativehttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/11072601/summary.html

Date 07/26/2011Venue RIETI's seminar roomHost RIETIProgram　Lecture "Introduction to the World KLEMS Consotrium"

"The Economic Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake"Speakers/Panelists

Dale W. JORGENSON (Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University)FUKAO Kyoji (FF and PD, RIETI/Professor, Institute of Economic Re-search, Hitotsubashi University)

RIETI Special BBL Seminar

Looking Back at the FSX Dispute: Lessons for the Futurehttp://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/11100701/info.html

Date 10/07/2011Venue RIETI's seminar roomHost RIETIProgram　Lecture "An American's View of Japan's FSX Program: Was it 'Reinventing the

wheel' or increasing Japan's defense capability?""Looking Back at the FSX Dispute―Lessons for the Future―"

Speakers/Panelists

James E. AUER (Director of the Center for U.S.-Japan Studies and Cooperation, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies)KONNO Hidehiro (Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation)

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Special Feature

Special Report

FUJITA MasahisaPresident and Chief Research O�cer, RIETI / Professor, Konan University

Japan's Recovery by Removing

Borders and Decentralization:

From a spatial economics perspective

On July 29, the Japanese government established the

Basic Policy on Reconstruction from the Great East Japan

Earthquake. Although the reconstruction project is on the

order of 23 trillion yen over 10 years, the vital issue of how

this project is to be funded remains a subject for future

discussion. The new Cabinet led by NODA Yoshihiko, who

was named prime minister on August 30, is required to create

and implement quickly a speci�c plan for reconstruction. This

column aims to give an outlook for the future course of Japan

through the reconstruction from the perspective of spatial

economics.

Spatial economics is a new field of economics that analyzes

dynamic changes in intercity, interregional, and international

spatial economic systems by focusing on agglomeration forces

(improvement in productivity and creativity) arising from the

proximity of diverse human activities and the complementary

relationships among them. Its fundamental task is to analyze

the process in which diverse activities of production and

consumption form a variety of agglomeration at municipal,

regional, and national levels in close interactions on the one

hand and decentralization on the other through a tradeoff

between economies of scale in individual production activities

and transport costs in a broad sense (see Figure).

Figure: Fundamental task of spatial economics

P r o f i l e

FUJITA Masahisa is RIETI's president & chief research officer and

concurrent professor at Konan University. His expertise includes urban

and regional economics, regional development, spatial economics and

international economics. He obtained his Ph.D. in regional science from

the University of Pennsylvania in 1972. Prior to his current position,

he was a professor at the Regional Science Department, University of

Pennsylvania (1986-94) and a professor at the Department of Economics,

University of Pennsylvania (1994-95). He is a member of the American

Economic Association, the Japanese Economic Association, the

Econometric Society, and the International Regional Science Association.

Selected publications include Economics of Agglomeration (written with J.

F. Thisse, Cambridge University Press, 2002), The Spatial Economy (written

with P. Krugman and A. Venables, MIT Press, 1999), Urban Economic

Theory (Cambridge University Press, 1989), and others.

August 2011

Economies of scale

Tradeo�Transport costs

Risks

Agglomeration/dispersion

RIETI Highlight 2011 Special Edition4

Quake Revival

The Great East Japan Earthquake was the first massive and

complex disaster in history that included an earthquake, a

tsunami, a nuclear power plant accident, power supply failure,

and large-scale disruptions of supply chains. It became clear

that the tradeoff between economies of scale and the risks

resulting from diverse natural and man-made disasters is an

essential issue to be addressed when thinking of the desirable

spatial structure for Japan.

Japan was at an impasse even before the earthquake, faced

with many fundamental problems. Japan should aim not just

at a recovery to the state before the earthquake but also at a

creative recovery that leads to a new future for Japan.

The experience of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake could

be a useful reference for thinking about a creative recovery

from the earthquake. Although the Port of Kobe achieved full

recovery from a devastating disaster in the short period of two

years and two months, its function as the international hub

port in East Asia had already been overtaken by Busan and

Shanghai. This fact demonstrates that the lock-in e�ects of a

hub of the international maritime transport network cannot

be recaptured once it is lost. It is also a telling reminder of the

di�culty of a creative recovery.

Transforming the disaster into a creative destruction leading

to new growth is a task that requires exceptional resolution,

energy, and time. As it appears, however, Japan has been

forced, rather than by choice, to change itself drastically. This

is indeed the greatest crisis since World War II. But Japan

must turn it into an opportunity to bring about fundamental

changes by making united efforts and taking decisive steps.

Otherwise, Japan's decline will continue.

Let us consider the direction to be taken in reconstructing the

Japanese socio-economic system by focusing on the preferred

path for recovery in the Tohoku region. The principal thrust

should come from borderlessness and decentralization.

First, let us consider the target direction for development

of the Japanese manufacturing industry in relation to the

problem of supply chains. Although the areas directly struck

by the earthquake were mainly four prefectures in the Tohoku

and Kanto regions (Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, and Ibaraki),

the entire manufacturing industry in Japan and part of the

manufacturing industry abroad were forced to suspend

production.

A single automobile is manufactured by assembling 20,000-

30,000 parts and materials. Economies of scale work for the

production of each part. With an established transportation

infrastructure and low transport costs, there is a strong

incentive in Japan for a single company to mass-produce each

part in a single location and transport such parts to places

all over Japan and some to other countries. A dense network

of supply chains is established all over Japan, and each

manufacturer has been engaged in highly e�cient production

while reducing inventory to a minimum. Such efficiency-

oriented management of supply networks backfired in the

wake of the earthquake.

Japanese companies showed remarkable responsiveness on

the frontline of production and restored supply chains at a

rate greater than initially expected with production almost

normalized in the manufacturing industry at the time of

writing. Nevertheless, production at present has merely been

rehabilitated to its original state. Placing the highest priority

to the speed of restoration, rather than taking a "building back

better" approach, was an inevitable choice, given the need to

avoid the hollowing-out of Japan's advanced manufacturing

industry. This, however, leaves Japan with the challenge of

creating more resilient supply chains both within and across

its national boundaries. We need to address this issue without

delay in order to avoid the risk of Japan being excluded from

global procurement networks, as there is strong pressure

on components and materials manufacturers from both the

domestic market and overseas markets to disperse production.

The point is how to disperse risk while taking advantage of

economies of scale, and we can take three basic policies to

achieve that end: 1) virtual dispersion of plants through a

business continuity plan (BCP) or a similar plan, 2) physical

dispersion of plants inside Japan (for instance, to western and

eastern Japan) or across national borders, and 3) thorough

differentiation of core components and materials—those

constituting the source of competitiveness—through

continual (technological) innovation and by making clear

distinction between two strategies for parts and components,

i.e., commonalization and differentiation. We must find the

best mix of these three policies to reconstruct more resilient

supply chains in Japan and abroad.

In doing so, it is necessary to be capable of responding to a

change in the major trend of the world economy, taking the

lessons learned from the failure of the complete restoration

of the Port of Kobe. Conventional global supply chains of

Japanese corporations have been constructed for consumer

markets in advanced Western countries. In this century,

however, it is in emerging countries where a large expansion

in the demand for industrial products is expected. In order to

participate in global growth, current global supply chains and

RIETI Highlight 2011 Special Edition 5

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SYMPOSIUMRIETI ─RANDシンポジウム

NIA の使命は、高齢化のプロ

セス、加齢に伴う疾病、高齢者

特有の問題とニーズについて、

質の高い調査を実施し、そのデー

タを社会保障制度、メディケア

などの幅広い主要政策課題に有

効活用できるよう関係団体に情

報を発信することにより、米国の

高齢者の健康と幸福度を改善することにある。また、

2007

年の NIA 戦略計画は、縦断的調査の開発、データ・アーカ

イ

ブの作成、データの共有化に加えて、国際比較研究を

促進す

るための高齢化に関する社会・行動データの国際的調

和の推

進を謳っている。

NIA が採用している研究モデルは、研究コミュニティ

から

膨大な量の情報を収集するものだ。即ち、自らの科学

的プロ

グラムの方向性について専門家の助言を受けるのであ

る。「健

康と引退に関する調査（HRS）」を進めるための決定も同

様で

あり、定期的なレビューに加え、「1987 年のデータ収

集の優

先順位に関する特別諮問パネル（1987 Ad Hoc Ad

visory

Panel on Data Collection Priorities）」など、多く

の学術

会議や専門家パネルでの勧告を受けつつ実施された。

それら

全ての会議から得られた一貫した主題は、学際的、縦

断調査

を実施し、とりわけバイオマーカー（生体指標）と行

政デー

タとの結合に配慮しておくことの重要性だった。

NIA は、連邦政府、データ収集者、第三者専門家間の

相互

連携を特徴とするメカニズムを活用することでデータ

の充実

と展開を図るとともに、行政データとの関連性確保な

らびに

財源調達のために他の連邦政府機関とも連携している

。また、

研究者のネットワークと配信の仕組みを通じてデータ

が十分

に活用され、調和が図られるようにするための取り組

みにも

乗り出している。NIA の助成金交付プロセスでは、H

RS を充

実させるため継続的に第三者専門家によるレビューと

モニタ

リングが実施されている。米社会保障庁、メディケア

・メディ

ケイド・サービス・センターなど、他の連邦機関とのパー

トナー

シップは、行政データを用いた独特の研究を行う場を

提供し

ている。

国際比較研究（（例）グルーバー／ワイズ（Gruber/W

ise））

の成果を踏まえ、国際比較研究の拡充を目的に、さま

ざまな

高齢化調査の比較可能性をさらに高めることが求めら

れてい

る。国際的なデータ収集に加え、より調和した尺度の

作成を

支援し、調査を充実させるため、計画準備助成金が提

供され

ている。ランド研究所は、NIA からの支援により、H

RS デー

タの効果的な配信に関する2 件のプログラムを実施し

ている。

これらは、利用しやすい RAND HRS データセットと、国際

比較研究の資源としての「ランド・サーベイ・メタデ

ータ・

レポジトリ」である。両方ともインターネット上で自

由に閲

覧できる。

要約すると、HRS は、NIA が研究コミュニティから

の膨大

なフィードバックとともに長期的な高齢者調査を求め

たこと

の結果であった。配信戦略は、学術分野のユーザー数

の増加

という点で成果を上げている。また、複数の学問領域

にまた

がる多くの主題領域を網羅し、科学面、政策面で大き

く貢献

している。たとえば、HRSは、処方薬の保険適用に関

する拡

大メディケア・プログラム、株式と引退に対する金融

危機の

高齢化への対応は、世界の多くの国々、とりわけ日本に

とって重要かつ喫緊の課題であることについては論を待

たない。すで

に、世界各国では高齢者を対象とした大規模なパネル

調査（追跡調査）が実施され、学術研究に用いられるだ

けでなく、現実

の政策立案の判断材料として活用されている。一方、日

本の高齢者の実態を多面的に捉えた統計データは不足

しているといわ

ざるを得ない状況であったが、2007 年から RIETI を

中心として世界標準の大規模高齢者パネル調査（「くらしと

健康の調査」

Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement, J

STAR）を実施し、これまでに 2 回の調査を行っている

。

今回のシンポジウムでは、アメリカ、ヨーロッパを初めと

して、世界各国で実施されている高齢者パネル調査を設

計、指揮する最

先端の研究リーダーが集結し、データから見えてくる高齢

者の実像と、現実の政策決定への活用状況について紹

介が行われると

ともに、JSTAR から見えてくる、日本の高齢者の実像

と、あるべき政策への含意、また多面的パネル調査の

重要性について

活発な議論が行われた。

高齢者パネルデータから学んだものは何か：

くらしと健康の向上のために

行動・社会的調査のための縦断的高齢化データ

Longitudinal Aging Data for Behavioral and

Social Research

講　演

John W. R. PHILLIPS米国国立老化研究所（N IA

）行動・社会調査プログラム

2011 年 7 月 29 日開催

3

SY特集

先進国の先頭を行く「少子高齢化社会」の進展への対応、

東日本大震災による

未曾有の困難からの復興、日本経済の再生、等々、

政策へのニーズはどんどん高まっている。限られた資金、資

源を使って、

最も効率的に政策を実施するためには、学術的なエビデン

スに基づく議論が不可欠だ。

そうした学術研究を支えるために RIETI が整備を進めて

いる国際的な

データベースの内容や、実証データに基づく研究成果の一

端を紹介する。

RIETI データベースの構築─少子高齢化、生産性の実

態を捉える─

　SYMPOSIUM

高齢者パネルデータから学んだものは何か：

くらしと健康の向上のために

　Non-Technical Summary

高齢者の生活満足度における家族・社会要因の

重要性に関する男女比較小塩隆士

　特別講演 Dale W. JORGENSON

　COLUMN

アジア KLEMS と JIP データベース

冨田秀昭研究コーディネーター

　Non-Technical Summary

消費税引上げの異時点間代替効果と所得効果

David CASHIN ／宇南山卓 FF

外資系企業の参入と国内企業の生産性成長：

「企業活動基本調査」個票データを利用した実証分析

伊藤恵子 FF

RIETI-RAND シンポジウム

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ジョルゲンソン教授特別講演ワールドKLEMSとアジアKLEMS

～少子高齢化、生産性の実態を捉える～少子高齢化生産性の実態を捉える

特集

RIETI データベースの構築

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01/31/2012 ASEAN and Regional Integration Speaker： Surin PITSUWAN (Secretary-General of ASEAN)

01/27/2012 Eight Ideas about Innovation Speaker： TOKUSEI Kentaro (Product Management Director Geo APAC, Google Japan)

01/26/2012 Reforming the Management of McDonald'sSpeaker： HARADA Eikoh (Chairman, President & CEO, McDonald's Holdings

Company (Japan), Ltd.)

01/18/2012Considering the Future of Corporate Governance in Japan: From the Olympus and Daio Paper scandals

Speaker：Commentator：Commentator：

MIYAJIMA Hideaki (FF, RIETI/Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University)TANAKA Wataru (Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)SAITO Takuya (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto Sangyo University)

12/21/2011Firms' Performance and its Relationship with Firms' Promotion of Female Human Resource Utilization and Employees' Work-Life Balance: Facts revealed from the analyses of RIETI's survey on firms

Speaker： YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (VF, RIETI/Hanna Holborn Grey Professor & Chair of the Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago)

12/20/2011 Japan's Diplomacy towards AfricaSpeaker： MATSUYAMA Ryoichi (Chairman, Japan National Tourism Organization

(JNTO)/Former Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Botswana)

12/13/2011 Introduction of Japanese Version IRA Speaker： MORINOBU Shigeki (Professor, Chuo Law School/Chief Research Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation)

12/07/2011 Standards, Platforms, and Public Policy

Speaker：

Commentator：

Shane GREENSTEIN (Kellogg Chair of Information Technology and Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)NAGAOKA Sadao (FF and PD, RIETI/Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)

12/06/2011 China: Economic developments and outlook Speaker： Steven BARNETT (Assistant Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)

11/30/2011 A Decade of Intelligence War: From 9/11 in the U.S. to 3/11 in Fukushima Speaker： TESHIMA Ryuichi (Journalist / Writer)

11/29/2011 Signs of Changes in the Japanese Economy Speaker: FUJISAWA Kumi (Vice President, SophiaBank)

11/24/2011【Policy History Series】Interrelationship between Organizational Theory

and Market Theory: The case of the Japanese steel industry policy

Speaker：Commentator：

KIM Yongdok (Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University)SHIOTA Koichi (Director, Iron and Steel Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)

BBL seminars are held during lunch hours. We invite Japanese and foreign guest lecturers and provide a venue for candid exchanges of opinions on a variety of policy issues, transcending industry-government-academia boundaries. During fiscal 2011, 60 BBL seminars were held, bringing the total number to 753 as of March 31, 2012. (http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/bbl/index.html)

Note: Titles and affiliations of participants are current as of the date of the events.

PR Activities 5) BBL Seminars


11/17/2011 WTO Case Law on Product Standards and Labeling: New cases, new challenges Speaker： Andrew W. SHOYER (Partner, Sidley Austin LLP)

11/11/2011 Canada's Emergence as a Global Energy SuperpowerSpeaker：Commentator：

Joe OLIVER (Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Canada)ISHII Akira (Special Adviser, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation)

11/09/2011 The Liberalization Process in the Electricity Industry in Norway and the Nordic Countries Speaker： Odd Håkon HOELSÆTER (Director, Hafslund ASA/Former President & CEO, Statnett SF)

11/08/2011Message from Accounting Profession: Toward reconstruction and development from earthquake

Speaker：

Speaker：Speaker：Speaker：

HATTA Shinji (Auditor, RIETI/Professor, Graduate School of Professional Accountancy, Aoyama Gakuin University)SHIBA Kenji (Professor, Graduate School of Kansai University, School of Accountancy)AOKI Masaaki (Professor, Tohoku University Accounting School)FUJINUMA Tsuguoki (Vice-Chair, Trustees of IFRS Foundation)

11/01/2011The Implementation of an Energy-saving Society Contributes to the Environment, People and Economy

Speaker： Francois-Xavier LIENHART (Deputy Delegate in charge of Japan, Saint-Gobain Asia-Pacific/President, MAG-ISOVER K.K.)

10/31/2011

White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri), 2011: The reconstruction of the business strategy of Manufacturing Industries in Japan which fights against the change of International Manufacturing structure and the crisis after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Speaker： SAKAI Yoshimasa (Special Assistant to Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)

10/21/2011Hidden Champions of the 21st Century―Success strategies of unknown mid-sized world market leaders


Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Hermann SIMON (Chairman, Simon-Kucher & Partners)OTA Takehiko (Director, Regional Economic Development Department, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN)

10/19/2011Global Economy and Financial Markets: Outlook and the challenges ahead with slowing growth and rising risks

Speaker： ISHII Shogo (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)

10/17/2011Why the National Women's Soccer Team Nadeshiko Japan won the 2011 World Cup Championship?―From the perspectives of policy and a growth strategy in the sports business

Speaker： HIRATA Takeo (Professor, Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University/Former General Secretary, Japan Football Association)

10/14/2011 IKEA Japan: Our journey Speaker： Mikael PALMQUIST (President & CEO, IKEA Japan K.K.)

10/12/2011Lean Startup and Innovation Happening in Japan under Rapidly Flourishing Smartphones and Various Social Media

Speaker： AKABA Yuji (Managing Director, Breakthrough Partners)

10/07/2011 Looking Back at the FSX Dispute: Lessons for the futureSpeaker：

Speaker：

James E. AUER (Director of the Center for U.S.-Japan Studies and Cooperation, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies)KONNO Hidehiro (Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation)

10/06/2011【Policy History Series】Policies on Natural Resources and Energy (1973-

2010)Speaker： KIKKAWA Takeo (Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and

Management, Hitotsubashi University)

10/04/2011Base of the Economic Pyramid (BOP) Business: From the viewpoints of business strategy and development

Speaker：

Speaker：

OKADA Masahiro (Associate Professor, Strategic Management, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University)ONO Izumi (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS))

10/03/2011 A Future Energy Scenario: Energy strategy in the post-Fukushima eraSpeaker： TANAKA Nobuo (Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability,

The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)

09/21/2011 Catastrophic world and Japan―How to survive at this serious phase Speaker： TAKITA Yoichi (Editorial Committee Member, Nikkei Inc.)

09/16/2011Analyzing Urban Social Capital and Happiness: Visualization of new concepts in the city of Niigata

Speaker：

Speaker：

Commentator：

CHIDA Toshiki (Chief Researcher, Niigata City Research Institute for Pub-lic Policy and Management)TAMAMURA Masatoshi (Visiting Fellow, Niigata City Research Institute for Public Policy and Management/Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Man-agement, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)UEYAMA Shinichi (President, Niigata City Research Institute for Public Policy and Management/Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)

09/14/2011 Another Challenge of Commercial Aircraft Development Speaker： KAWAI Teruaki (Senior Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation)

09/12/2011 China’s Demographic Change and Implications for Rest of the WorldSpeaker： CAI Fang (Director and Professor, Institute of Population and Labor Eco-

nomics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

08/31/2011 Non-regular Employment System Reform in Japan: Changing the way people work Speaker： TSURU Kotaro (SF and PD, RIETI)



07/22/2011White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2011: Toward enhanced revitalization of the global economic network beyond the disaster

Speaker：Speaker：

Speaker：

Commentator：

ISHIZUKA Yasushi (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)SEKIGUCHI Kunio (Deputy Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)UDA Kenjiro (Part-time Officer, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)ITO Banri (F, RIETI/Associate Professor, Department of International Eco-nomics, School of Economics, Senshu University)

07/21/2011On Economic and Social Development Twelfth Five-year Plan [2011-2015] in China

Speaker：

Speaker：

MENG Jianjun (SF, RIETI/Senior Fellow, Center for Industry Development and Environment Governance (CIDEG), Tsinghua University)KWAN Chi Hung (CF, RIETI/Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

07/12/2011 Philosophy of Accessible Design―Practices and observationsSpeaker：Speaker：Commentator：

GOTO Yoshikazu (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University)HOSHIKAWA Yasuyuki (Executive Director, the Accessible Design Foundation of Japan)TAKEGAMI Shiro (Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University)

07/11/20112011 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan: Recover-ing from the disaster and overcoming growth constraints

Speaker： HOSHINO Mitsuaki (Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)

07/06/2011The Measures JR East has been taking in Response to the Great East Ja-pan Earthquake, and the Issues to be solved in the Future

Speaker： TOMITA Tetsuro (Vice President/Director, Corporate Planning Headquar-ters, East Japan Railway Company)

06/30/2011【Policy History Series】Commodities Futures Market ―Is it necessary in

Japan―


OSAKI Yasuhiro (Professor, School of Law, Waseda University)TAKASHIMA Ryusuke (Director, Commerce Division, Commerce and Dis-tribution Policy Group, METI)

06/23/2011Opening Japan―Comparisons with other G20 countries and lessons learned from international experience

Speaker：

Speaker：

Dirk PILAT (Head, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology & Industry, OECD)Andrea BELTRAMELLO (Policy Analyst, Structural Policy Division, Direc-torate for Science, Technology & Industry, OECD)

06/16/2011【Policy History Series】National Innovation System in TransitionSpeaker：Commentator：

SAWAI Minoru (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)FUKUSHIMA Hiroshi (Director, Research and Development Division, In-dustrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)

06/13/2011【Policy History Series】Public Policy Focused on Community Retailing in

Japan

Speaker：

Commentator：

ISHIHARA Takemasa (Professor, Faculty of Commerce, University of Market-ing and Distribution Sciences/Professor Emeritus, Osaka City University)FUJINO Takumi (Director, Retail and Wholesale Commerce Division, Busi-ness Support Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)

06/10/2011 Social Change and Democratization in the Arab WorldSpeaker： IKEUCHI Satoshi (Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Sci-

ence and Technology, The University of Tokyo)

06/09/2011 Damages Caused by the Earthquake, Restoration and Issues for JX Group Speaker： SUGIUCHI Kiyonobu (Director, Senior Vice President, JX Holdings, Inc.)

06/06/2011Policy Issues on Japanese Economy―The great recession, inequality, budget deficit and aging― Speaker： HARADA Yutaka (Councilor, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.)

05/12/2011The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and Industrial Reconstruction: Natural disasters and changes in the spatial distribution of industries

Speaker： OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The Univer-sity of Tokyo)

05/10/2011 The Earthquake and Genba [Manufacturing Site] Oriented National PoliciesSpeaker： FUJIMOTO Takahiro (Executive Director, Manufacturing Management Re-

search Center/Professor of Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo)

04/26/2011 IMF World Economic Outlook [April 2011] Speaker： ISHII Shogo (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)

04/25/2011Are There Any Lessons from the Past Natural Disasters?―Economic recov-ery and livelihood rehabilitation from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Speaker： SAWADA Yasuyuki (FF, RIETI/Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)

04/21/2011 Economic Policy after the Great East Japan Earthquake Speaker： FUKAO Mitsuhiro (FF and PD, RIETI/Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

04/20/2011 Beyond Reconstruction: Can Japan achieve miraculous growth again?Speaker： TODO Yasuyuki (FF, RIETI/Professor, Department of International Studies,

Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

04/07/2011Proposals and Challenges for Economic Recovery Following the Great East Japan Earthquake: Focusing on financial resources for reconstruction

Speaker： SATO Motohiro (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)

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