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October 2020

Live Webinar
The Transition from Abenomics to Suganomics: What Should We Expect?
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 PM (EDT)
Featuring: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB

November 2020

Save the Date - Live Webinar Series
Conference on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds*
The 5th annual conference of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds

Sessions:
Pension Funds and ESG Investing
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 | 7:00 – 8:00 PM (EST)
Thursday, November 5, 2020 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM (JST)
Featuring: Anita George, Executive Vice-President and Deputy Head, CDPQ Global; Doug Peterson, President and CEO, S&P Global

Public Pension Funds in the COVID-19 Era
Thursday, November 19, 2020 | 7:00 – 8:15 PM (EST)
Friday, November 20, 2020 | 9:00 – 10:15 AM (JST)
Featuring: Dr. Catherine L. Mann, Global Chief Economist, Citibank; Masataka Miyazono, President, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF); Geoffrey Rubin, Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist, CPP Investments; Ángel Ubide, Managing Director and Head of Economic Research for Global Fixed Income, Citadel

* Please note, this conference will be held under the Chatham House Rule.

Global Investment in a Nationally-Regulated World: Should Money Stay at Home?
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 | 6:00-7:00 PM (EST)
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 | 8:00-9:00 AM (JST)
Featuring:Nels Hansen, Partner, Corporate/M&A Practice Group, White & Case LLP; Martin Chorzempa, Research Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Announcements

Professor Takatoshi Ito’s Ideas and Posts on “COVID-19: New York vs. Tokyo”

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, and Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, is compiling information and making regular updates online about the responses to COVID-19 based on media reporting in both New York and in Tokyo. The statistics and ideas are available in both English and Japanese. Please note that some daily posts are bilingual, and some are only in Japanese. They can be found here.

While not a medical authority, Professor Ito is making his own observations from the perspective of a Japanese professor currently teaching at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York. His writing is based on publicly available data, his own personal experiences, and his knowledge of New York and Tokyo.

CJEB is an independent and nonpartisan research center that takes an objective stance on political or economic policies, and we encourage our researchers and scholars to hold their own individual perspectives. Professor Ito’s posts reflect his own views and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CJEB, Columbia Business School, or Columbia University.

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CJEB News

News

September 15, 2020

CJEB core faculty member, Professor Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, appeared on Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia and commented on incoming premiere Yoshihide Suga

One of CJEB’s core faculty members, Professor Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, appeared on Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia and commented on incoming premiere Yoshihide Suga and the possibility of a snap election in Japan in the coming year.

Chances of Japanese Snap Election in Next Year Very High, Says Japan Scholar (Bloomberg 09/15/20)

September 14, 2020

Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Was Interviewed on NHK World about Economic Challenges for Japan’s Next Prime Minister

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was interviewed on NHK World. A video of the section featuring Professor Ito’s interview about the challenges that will need to addressed by Mr. Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s next prime minister, can be found at the link below.

Expert: Suga Faces Demographics Crisis (NHK World, 9/14/20)

August 5, 2020

CJEB’s Aug. 5 Webinar, “Central Banking in the COVID-19 Era,” moderated by Professor Takatoshi Ito, covered by news outlets including Bloomberg, Reuters, Asahi, NHK, and Nikkei.

On August 5, 2020 the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) organized a webinar titled, “Central Banking in the COVID-19 Era.” News outlets, including Bloomberg, Reuters, Asahi, NHK, and Nikkei, referenced the webinar and comments made by the speakers.

July 17, 2020

Jackson G. Lu PhD '18, a recipient of CJEB’s Doctoral Fellowship, was interviewed by Nikkei about his research on the under-representation of Asians in leadership positions

Jackson G. Lu PhD '18, Mitsui Career Development Assistant Professor at Sloan School of Management of MIT, and a recipient of CJEB’s Doctoral Fellowship, was interviewed by Nikkei about his research on the under-representation of Asians in leadership positions. His research focuses on potential mechanisms affecting Asian representation in leadership positions in the U.S.

[Note: the article is in Japanese only.]

米国で東アジア系がインド人より出世できない理由 (Nikkei, 7/17/20)

July 1, 2020

Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, spoke on NPR’s Planet Money podcast episode titled, “Inflation, Deflation”

Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, spoke on NPR’s Planet Money podcast in an episode titled, “Inflation, Deflation.” He can be heard midway through the podcast, starting at 11:32, when he joins to speak about deflation in Japan’s economy.

Inflation, Deflation (Planet Money, NPR, 07/01/20)

June 3, 2020

Research by CJEB's Director, Professor David Weinstein, was highlighted in a Wall Street Journal newsletter, a MarketWatch article, and a Forbes article.

May 28, 2020

Research by CJEB's Director, Professor David Weinstein, was discussed in the Bloomberg article, “Trade War Cut $1.7 Trillion From U.S. Market Caps: Study”

A paper co-authored by Professor David Weinstein, CJEB’s director, was discussed in the Bloomberg article, Trade War Cut $1.7 Trillion From U.S. Market Caps: Study.

May 11, 2020

CJEB’s Director, Professor David Weinstein, coauthored a paper titled, “The Effect of the U.S.-China Trade War on U.S. Investment.”

CJEB’s Director, Professor David Weinstein, coauthored a paper titled, “The Effect of the U.S.-China Trade War on U.S. Investment.” The paper, which is published in CJEB’s Working Paper series, estimates the effect of U.S.-China tariff announcements on aggregate returns and the differential returns of firms exposed to China in order to identify their effect on treated and untreated firms.

The paper can be found here.

May 10, 2020

Spencer Cohen, CC ’19, CJEB’s accepted nominee for the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship, wrote an article for Newsweek Japan about his experience of the COVID-19 pandemic while studying in Japan.

Spencer Cohen, CC ’19, who was awarded the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship by CJEB’s nomination, wrote an article about his experience of the COVID-19 pandemic while studying in Japan and his decision to remain there to continue his studies.

緊急事態宣言、東大留学生たちの決断「それでも僕は東京に残る」(Newsweek Japan, 4/8/2020)

April 15, 2020

CJEB core faculty member, Professor Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, commented on the Abe administration’s response to COVID-19 on ANN News

One of CJEB’s core faculty members, Professor Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, commented on the Abe administration’s response to COVID-19 on ANN News.

安倍政権の感染防止策が中途半端　米政治学者 (ANN News 4/15/2020)

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