Economic Seminar Series
1. Japan's Economic Challenges and Structural Reform Options
(Co-organized with IMF : January 18, 2016)
| Speakers: |
Luc Everaert (Assistant Director and Japan Mission Chief, IMF) Masatsugu Asakawa (Vice Minister for International Affairs, MOF) Giovanni Ganelli (Deputy Head, Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF) |
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| Discussants: |
Masaaki Kanno (Chief Economist, JPMorgan Japan) Akihiko Yoshida (Director, International Institutions Div., MOF) Hiroaki Miyamoto (Project Associate Professor, GraSPP, UTokyo) |
| Moderators: |
Naoyuki Shinohara (Professor, PARI, UTokyo) Akio Fujii (Editor-in-Chief, Nikkei Asian Review) |
2. Global Economy and China: Urgency of Structural Reforms
(Co-organized with IMF: June 2, 2016)
| Speakers: |
Romain Duval (Advisor, Research Dept., IMF) Alfred Schipke (Senior Resident Rep. in Beijing, IMF) |
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| Discussants: |
Ruud A de Mooij (Deputy Division Chief, FAD, IMF) Kennichi Ueda (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, UTokyo) Giovanni Ganelli (Deputy Head, Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF) Masahiro Kawai (Project Professor, GraSPP, UTokyo) Yosuke Tsuyuguchi (Senior Advisor, Shinkin Central Bank) Kazunori Takada (Tokyo Bureau Chief, Bloomberg) |
| Moderators: |
Naoyuki Shinohara (Professor, PARI, UTokyo) William Pesek (Executive Editor, Barron's Asia) |
3. Abenomics at the Crossroads
(NHK World Global Agenda, supported by PARI UTokyo, Oct, 1 2016)
| Panelists: |
Motoshige Ito (Professor, Gakushuin University) Franz Waldenberger (Director, German Institute for Japanese Studies) Naoyuki Shinohara (Professor, PARI, UTokyo) Gerald L. Curtis (Burgess Professor Emiritus, Columbia University) Hiroyuki Yanagi (President, Yamaha Motors Co., Ltd.) |
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| Moderator: |
Reiko Sakurai (Correspondent, NHK World) |
4. Coping with Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities and Spillovers
(Co-organized with IMF: November 7-8, 2016)
| [open sessions] | Speakers: |
Oya Celasun (Chief of World Economic Studies Division, IMF) Yiping Huang (Professor, National School of Development, Peking Univ.) Masatsugu Asakawa (Vice Minister for International Affairs, MOF) Antulio Bomfin (Senior Advisor, Monetary Affairs Division, FRB) Isabel Vansteenkiste (Head of Surveillance Division, ECB) Shigeto Nagai (Director General, International Department, BOJ) |
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| Discussants: |
Kenichi Ueda (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, UTokyo) Hoe Ee Khor (Chief Economist, ASEAN+3 Macro. Research Office) Hiroshi Ugai (Senior Economist, JPMorgan Securities Japan) Junko Koeda (Associate Professor, Waseda University) |
| Moderators: |
Giovanni Ganelli (Deputy Head, Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF) Naoyuki Shinohara (Professor, PARI, UTokyo) |
| [closed sessions] | Speakers: |
Filippo di Mauro (Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore) Other Presentations made by senior officials of ASEAN+3 countries |
| Discussants/ Moderators: |
Rudolfs Bems (Associate Professor, GraSPP, UTokyo) Masahiro Kawai (Professor, GraSPP, UTokyo), etc. Chikahisa Sumi (Head OAP, IMF), etc. |
5. Seminar : Key Economic Challenges in Asia
(Co-organized with IMF: February 3, 2017)
Session 1 Key Economic Challenges: A focus on Asia and Japan
| Speaker: |
Dr. Chang Yong Rhee, Director, Asia and the Pacific Department, IMF |
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| Commentators: |
Dr. Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute Mr. Yoichi Nemoto, President, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance (Former head of AMRO) Ms. Yoko Takeda, Deputy General Manager, Research Center for Policy & Economy, Mitsubishi Research Institute Dr. Chiwoong Lee, Senior Economist, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley |
| Moderator: |
Prof. Naoyuki Shinohara, PARI, the University of Tokyo |
Session 2 Modernizing China: Investing in Soft Infrastructure
| Speaker: |
Dr. Alfred Schipke, Senior Resident Representative in China, IMF |
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| Commentators: |
Dr. C.H. Kwan, Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research Prof. Mariko Watanabe, Economics Department, Gakushuuin University Dr. Xiao Minjie, Senior Economist - China, SMBC Nikko Securities |
| Moderator: |
Ms. Leika Kihara, Chief Correspondent, Reuters Japan |
6. Election Time(s) in Europe - Challenges on the way to economic recovery
(Co-organized with Deutsche Bundesbank: May 23, 2017)
| Keynote Speech |
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Dr. Andreas Dombret, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank |
| Statements by the Panelists |
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Professor Shumpei Takemori, Faculty of Economics, Keio University Professor Kumiko Haba, School of Int. Politics, Economics & Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University Mr. Kozo Koide, Chief Economist, Asset Management One |
| Discussion moderated by |
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Professor Naoyuki Shinohara, Policy Alternatives Research Institute (PARI), the University of Tokyo |
| Q&A |
| Dialogue with the audience |
7. Japan - Making the Most of Current Tailwinds
(Co-organized with IMF: September 22, 2017)
| Keynote Speech |
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Dr. Andreas Dombret, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank |
| Speaker |
| Odd Per Brekk, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan AIV, IMF |
| Panelists |
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Hiroshi Ugai, Chief Economist, JPMorgan Securities Ryutaro Kono, Chief Economist, BNP Paribas Takao Komine, Professor, Department of Regional Development, Taisho University Mamoru Nagano, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Seikei University |
| Moderator |
| Naoyuki Shinohara, Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute (PARI), the University of Tokyo |