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Understanding Japan's Role in the Global Economy

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) is the preeminent US academic center focused on promoting knowledge of Japanese business systems in domestic, East Asia, and international contexts.

Columbia Business School

Highlights

New 2018-2019 Annual Report

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event(s)

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Knocking Down Walls: Making Japanese Companies Responsive to Their Shareholders

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | 6:00-7:30 PM
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University

Featuring: Ken Hokugo '93, Director, Head of Corporate Governance; Director, Hedge Fund Investments, Pension Fund Association of Japan; Tim Laurie, Investment Analyst, Fir Tree Partners; Tsuyoshi Maruki, President & CEO, Strategic Capital, Inc.; Howard Smith, Portfolio Manager, Japanese Equities, Indus Capital Partners

Servant Leadership

Thursday, February 13, 2020 | 12:30-1:45 PM (Lunch will be provided.)

Room 140, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School

Featuring: Timothy E. Sander, Executive Vice President; Chief Administrative Officer; General Manager of Legal & Compliance Group and Human Resources Group, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas

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Building a Safe and Eco-Friendly Society in Which Humans and Mosquitoes Can Cohabit: Economic Effects, Opportunities and Challenges

Friday, February 14, 2020 | 12:30- 1:45 PM (Lunch will be provided)
Room 207, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School (New Location)

Featuring: Daiki Tagami CC ’22, I.I. Rabi Scholar, Columbia College; Undergraduate Researcher, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University

Japan Economic Seminar
Thursday, February 20, 2020 | 1:00 – 6:00 PM
Feldberg Space (1st Floor), Warren Hall, Columbia Business School

The Bamboo Ceiling: Are There Few Asian Leaders in the United States?

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | 12:30- 1:45 PM (Lunch will be provided.)
Room 303, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School

Featuring: Jackson G. Lu PhD '18, Mitsui Career Development Assistant Professor, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Is Korea Following in Japan's Footsteps? An OECD Perspective on the Two Economies

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 | 12:30- 1:45 PM (Lunch will be provided.)
Room 140, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School

Featuring: Randall S. Jones, Former Senior Counselor - East Asia; Former Head of Japan/Korea Desk, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development; Visiting Fellow, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School

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550 Years in Bloom: Revitalizing a Traditional Flower Arranging Family Business in Modern Era Japan

Friday, April 24, 2020 | 2:00- 3:30 PM

TBC, Columbia University

Featuring: Mika Ikenobo

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CJEB Annual Tokyo Conference
Monday, May 18, 2020 | Afternoon
Location: Otemachi Financial City Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan
Co-sponsored by the Development Bank of Japan Inc.
Simultaneous translation provided

Announcements

Application Now Open - "Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship” - Full Tuition Coverage for Study in Japan

The application for the academic year of 2020-2021 is now open.

How to apply?

Submit a complete application to the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (Attention to JP Perez) no later than February 28, 2020.

Copies of the Foundation’s application and the guidelines are available via e-mail, contact JP Perez, Program Manager, at jp3945@columbia.edu.

Selected candidates will be contacted for an interview in early March.

Please note that the successful applicant will need to apply directly to the Japanese university of his/her choice for admission.

More questions?

Contact JP Perez, Program Manager at the Center, at jp3945@columbia.edu.

For more information about eligibility, please also check our website page here.

Special Luncheon with Minister Shinjiro Koizumi

On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business was honored to hold a special luncheon with His Excellency Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of the Environment, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan. At the luncheon, current Columbia University students, including many from Columbia Business School, had the opportunity to have an informal discussion with Minister Koizumi on topics ranging from student life in New York to Japan’s efforts and challenges related to climate change.

CJEB's Chairman, Professor Hugh Patrick, expressed great pleasure in welcoming Minister Koizumi back to campus because they had first met when Minister Koizumi was a student at Columbia University. Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds and CJEB’s Associate Director of Research, introduced Minister Koizumi.

The event was cosponsored by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School and the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.

Announcement of CJEB Leadership Transition

A leadership transition was officially announced at our Tokyo Conference on May 28, 2019. Effective July 1, 2019, David Weinstein will take over as Director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business and Hugh Patrick, in his new role as Chariman, will continue to remain actively involved with all of the Center's operations and programming. (Full announcement here)

Sustainability and Promotion of Long-term Investing: The Role of Investors and the Stock Exchange Summary Report is Now Available

Summary Report

CJEB Annual Tokyo Conference

U.S.-Japan Relations in a New Era: Trade, Governance, and the Global Economy

Keynote Speakers:

His Excellency Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister; Minister of Finance; Minister of State for Financial Services, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (TBC)
Glenn Hubbard, Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School

Video and Summary Report for Former Minister Katsunobu Kato's Lecture are now available

Summary Report

Nobuchika Mori joins CJEB as a Professional Fellow

Mori

Nobuchika Mori, senior research scholar and adjunct professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), has joined CJEB as a Professional Fellow.
Click for more info: News Announcement | Bio

CJEB's Annual Tokyo Conference Concluded With Great Success!

Tokyo Conf 2018

Videos:Welcome Remarks | Keynote | Panel I | Panel II
Summary Report

More details here →

CJEB-NHK Symposium "Trump's Economic Policies and Their Implications for Japan and Asia" to be broadcast on Dec. 15 &16 on NHK Global Agenda

Summary Report| Video

Japan’s Global and Domestic Futures: The U.S. Relationship and FinTech

Tokyo Conference Materials:

Nobuchika Mori's Keynote	Alan Wm. Wolff's Paper
Videos	Summary Report

CJEB's 2015-2016 Annual Report is Now Available

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"Private Views on Japanese Government Corporations" Event Report & Videos Are Now Available

Summary Report
Video: Mr. Masatsugu Nagato Mr. Yasushi Kinoshita

About CJEB

CJEB News

News

January 7, 2020

CJEB's Director Professor David Weinstein’s research was featured in New York Times article American Consumers, Not China, Are Paying for Trump’s Tariffs

CJEB's Director, Professor David Weinstein, was quoted in the article American Consumers, Not China, Are Paying for Trump’s Tariffs (New York Times, 1/7/2020)

December 19, 2019

Application Now Open - "Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship” - Full Tuition Coverage for Study in Japan

The application for the academic year of 2020-2021 is now open.

November 6, 2019 | CBS News

Microsoft Tried a 4-Day Work Week — and Productivity Soared

November 3, 2019

A book Professor Takatoshi Ito coauthored, Managing Currency Risk: How Japanese Firms Choose Invoicing Currency, received the Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

A book Professor Takatoshi Ito coauthored, Managing Currency Risk: How Japanese Firms Choose Invoicing Currency, received the Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science.

October 4, 2019

Professor Hugh Patrick was quoted in an article by NHK about Japan’s consumption tax increase

CJEB’s Chairman, Professor Hugh Patrick, was quoted in an article about Japan’s consumption tax increase.

Read the full article here (NHK News Web, 10/4/19)

October 3, 2019

Professor Takatoshi Ito commented on Japan’s negative interest rates, BOJ policy, and the bond market on Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia

Professor Takatoshi Ito, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, spoke on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.” He discussed Japan’s economy, BOJ policy and the bond market.

BOJ’s Next Likely Move Is to Cut Negative Rate More, Says Professor Ito (Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia, 10/3/19)

September 1, 2019

CJEB's Director Professor David Weinstein was quoted in New York Times article

CJEB's Director, Professor David Weinstein, was quoted in the article How Much Will the Trade War Cost You by the End of the Year? (New York Times, 9/1/2019)

July 21, 2019

Professor Takatoshi Ito Comments on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Priorities on Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia

Professor Takatoshi Ito commented on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory in the upper house elections, and the implications for government and central bank policies. To view this segment, visit Bloomberg’s website below:

What Are Japanese PM Abe's Priorities? (Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia, 7/21/19)

July 3, 2019 | United Press International

Japan Trying to 'Break' Ex-Nissan Chief Carlos Ghosn in Detention, Wife Says

May 28, 2019

Speech by Minister Aso at CJEB's Annual Tokyo Conference

His Excellency Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister; Minister of Finance; Minister of State for Financial Services, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, made a special appearance to give a Keynote Speech at CJEB's Annual Tokyo Conference on May 28th, 2019. Japan’s Ministry of Finance has posted the contents of the speech on their official website:

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