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2016-2017

Fall 2016 and Spring 2017

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May 2017

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

Thursday, May 25, 2017
1:15-6:20 PM
Otemachi Financial City Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan
Keynote Speakers:
Nobuchika Mori, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency
Alan Wm. Wolff, Chairman, National Foreign Trade Council; Former U.S. Deputy Trade Representative; Senior Counsel, Dentons US LLP

Other Participants:
David Asher, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Financial Services, SparkCognition; Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University; Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Associate Director of Research, CJEB; Yuko Kawai, Head of FinTech Center, Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Japan; Merit E. Janow, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Yutaka Matsuo, Co-Director, Chair for Global Consumer Intelligence; Project Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo; Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB; R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, Columbia Business School; Akihiko Tanaka, President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; Masaaki Tanaka, Senior Global Advisor, PwC International; David E. Weinstein, Director of Research, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University 

Co-sponsored by the Development Bank of Japan, Inc.

Agenda
Summary Report
Keynotes
Nobuchika Mori's Keynote Speech
Alan Wm. Wolff's Paper
Presentations
Masaaki Tanaka's Presentation
David Asher Presentation
Videos
Welcoming Remarks
Panel I: The Future of Japanese Financial Services and Industry
Keynote: US-Japan Relationship and American Trade Policy
Panel II: US-Japan Economic Relations Under the New US Administration
Closing Remarks

April 2017

Recent Developments in the Global Markets

Tuesday, April 25, 2017
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Room 303, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Hiroshi Watanabe, President, Institute for International Monetary Affairs
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Video

Special Lecture with Minister Aso

Wednesday, April 19, 2017
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: His Excellency Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Video
Summary Report

Conference on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds

Wednesday, April 12, 2017
1:15 - 5:30 PM
The Italian Academy, Columbia University
Sessions: "Investment Challenges in the Environment of Secular Stagnation"; "Best Practices: The Case of GPIF"; "Seeking Alpha - The Role of Alternatives in Asset Allocation"
Participants: Kevin Bong, Senior Vice President, Economics and Investment Strategy, GIC; Joyce Chang, JP Morgan Chase & Co.; Richard Clarida, Columbia University; Scott Evans, NY City Retirement Systems; Sadayuki Horie, Nomura Research Institute; former GPIF Investment Advisory Committee; Takatoshi Ito, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB; Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, Strategic Investment Group; Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB; Andrew Rozanov, Chatham House; Geoffrey Rubin, Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board; Chris Schindler, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan; Fiona Stewart, World Bank; Lawrence Summers, Harvard University; and Norihiro Takahashi, President, Government Pension Investment Fund
Summary Report

Social Innovation with Innovative Cybernic Systems: Challenges to Shape the Future "Society 5.0"

The 18th Annual Mitsui USA Symposium
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
6:30-8:00 PM
Room 142, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Yoshiyuki Sankai, Ph.D., CEO and President, Cyberdyne Inc; Professor and Director, Center for Cybernics Research (CCR), University of Tsukuba; Program Manager, ImPACT, promoted by the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Co-sponsored by the Mitsui U.S.A. Foundation
Summary Report

Household Asset Diversification for Japan’s Economic Growth

Thursday, April 6, 2017
12:30-2:00 PM
Warren Hall, Room 207, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Tetsuya Kubo, Chairman of the Board, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB

March 2017

Tokio Marine Group’s Corporate Strategy: The Future Direction of Japan’s Leading Insurance Company

Thursday, March 23, 2017
12:30-2:00 PM
Uris Hall, Room 303, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Satoru Komiya, Managing Executive Officer, R & D Department, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Short Summary

February 2017

Will New Governance Rules Change the Japanese Boardroom?

Monday, February 27, 2017
12:30 - 2:00pm
Uris Hall, Room 330, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Arthur M. Mitchell, Senior Counselor, Tokyo, White & Case LLP
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship; Senior Advisor, CJEB

Japan Economic Seminar
Friday, February 10, 2017, 1:00 – 6:00 PM
Uris 331, Columbia Business School

Paper: "Fiscal Theory of Inflation: The Great Depression and Contemporary Japan"
by Eric Leeper, Rudy Professor, Indiana University Bloomington (written with Margaret Jacobson, Indiana University Bloomington and Bruce Preston, Professor, University of Melbourne)
Discussants: Tsutomu Watanabe, Professor, The University of Tokyo and Christopher Sims, John J. F. Sherrerd ‘52 University Professor of Economics, Princeton University

Presentation - Eric Leeper
Discussant slides - Christopher Sims

Paper: "Government Spending Multipliers under the Zero Lower Bound: Evidence from Japan"
by Wataru Miyamoto, Senior Analyst, Bank of Canada (written with Thuy Lan Nguyen, Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University and Dmitriy Sergeyev, Assistant Professor, Bocconi University)
Discussants: Takeo Hoshi, Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Senior Fellow, Stanford University and Etsuro Shioji, Professor, Hitotsubashi University

Presentation - Wataru Miyamoto
Discussant slides - Takeo Hoshi
Discussant slides - Etsuro Shioji

Paper: "Estimating Japan’s Gross Domestic Income Based on Taxation Data"
by Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Director, Research and Statistics Department, Bank of Japan (written with Yasutaka Ogawa, Bank of Japan)
Discussants: David E. Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University and Director of Research, CJEB; and Emi Nakamura, Associate Professor of Business, Columbia University

Presentation - Hiroyuki Fujiwara
Discussant slides - David E. Weinstein
Discussant slides - Emi Nakamura

Paper: “Spillover Effect of Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance as an Employment Promotion Policy for Caregivers”
by Haruko Noguchi, Professor, Waseda University (written with Rong Fu, Akira Kawamura, Hideto Takahashi, and Nanako Tamiya)
Discussants: Emiko Usui, Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University and Heidi Allen, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University

Presentation - Haruko Noguchi
Discussant slides - Emiko Usui

Moderators:
Takatoshi Ito, Associate Director of Research, CJEB and Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Tokuo Iwaisako, Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University; Naohiko Baba, Managing Director and Chief Japan Economist, Goldman Sachs; Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB, Columbia Business School

January 2017

U.S. Presidential Election: The View From Japan- The Future of the U.S.-Japan Alliance

Monday, January 23, 2017
12:00 - 1:30pm
Room 918, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: Toshihiro Nakayama, Professor, Keio University
Moderator: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University
Co-sponsored by: Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

U.S. Presidential Election: The View From Japan-The Impact on Japanese Politics

Thursday, January 19, 2017
12:00 - 1:30pm
Room 918, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: Satoshi Machidori, Professor, Kyoto University
Moderator: Takako Hikotani, Gerald L. Curtis Visiting Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Columbia University
Co-sponsored by: Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

December 2016

U.S. Presidential Election: The View From Japan-Implications for Asian Security

Tuesday, December 13, 2016
12:00 - 1:30pm
Room 918, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: Hitoshi Tanaka, Chairman of the Institute for International Strategy, Japan Research Institute, Ltd.
Moderator: Takako Hikotani Gerald L. Curtis Visiting Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Columbia University
Co-sponsored by: Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

The History and Business Trends of Matcha Green Tea^

Friday, December 2, 2016
4:00 - 5:30pm
International Affairs Building Room 918
Featuring: Rona Tison, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations & PR, ITO EN (North America) INC.
Organized by: JASSA (Japan Study Student Association), School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Co-sponsored by: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
In cooperation with: ITO EN
Short Summary

Has There Really Been a Japanese Corporate Governance Revolution?^

Thursday, December 1, 2016
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Room 142, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Satoru Murase, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Mr. Murase's PowerPoint Slides

November 2016

The Invisible Arrow of Abenomics: Structural Reform and Innovation ^

Wednesday, November 30, 2016
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Associate Director of Research and Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Moderator: David Weinstein, Director of Research, CJEB

PowerPoint of Professor Ito's lecture

Summary of Professor Ito's lecture

Is the Glass Ceiling Dented, Cracked, Broken or Firmly in Place?^

Tuesday, November 29, 2016
6:15 - 7:45 PM
Uris Hall, Room 331, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Jean Afterman, Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager, New York Yankees; Michelle (Mick) Lee, CEO & Founder, WINiT; Mary Harman, Managing Director, Enterprise Payments, Bank of America
Moderator: Jennifer Hill MBA '94, Former Chief Financial Officer for Global Banking and Global Markets, Bank of America
Co-sponsored by: Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy, Columbia University

The Evolution of Bank Regulation and Supervision After the Recent Global Financial Crisis^

Tuesday, November 29, 2016
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Feldberg Space, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Masamichi Kono, Senior Advisor, KPMG AZSA LLC; Executive Fellow, Japan Securities Research Institute; Former Vice Minister for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency, Japan
Discussant: Christine M. Cumming, Central Banker in Residence and Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Former COO and First Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Associate Director of Research; Director of the Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Co-sponsored by: Initiative on Central Banking and Financial Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Christine Cumming Powerpoint slides

October 2016

Private Views on Japanese Government Corporations^

Thursday, October 6, 2016
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: Masatsugu (Mat) Nagato, President and CEO, Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.; Yasushi Kinoshita, Deputy President, Development Bank of Japan Inc.
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Summary Report
Video: Mr. Nagato's Presentation
Video: Mr. Kinoshita's Presentation
Full Video

Moving Beyond Money Capitalism: Japan’s Alternative Economic Model of Satoyama Capitalism^

Wednesday, October 5, 2016
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Japan Society (333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017)
Featuring: Kosuke Motani’94, Chief Research Economist, Japan Research Institute
Presider: Shawn Escoffery, Director of Strong Local Economies, Surdna Foundation
Main Organizer: Japan Society
Co-organizer: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School

Brewing Success: Secrets of a Japanese Sake Business

Wednesday, October 4, 2016
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Room 918, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: Yoshihisa Kita MPA' 17, Chief Research Economist, Japan Research Institute
Organized by: JASSA (Japan Study Student Association), School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Co-sponsored by: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School

September 2016

Will TPP Cause the Fall of Japan’s Powerful Agricultural Cooperatives?^

Tuesday, September 27, 2016
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Room 326, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Kazuhito Yamashita, Ph.D., Research Director, The Canon Institute for Global Studies
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB