2017-2018
April 2018
Fighting to Raise Japan's Inflation Rate
Thursday, April 19, 2018
12:30-2:00 PM
Room 332, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Hiroshi Nakaso, Immediate Past Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
12:30-2:00 PM
Room 332, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Hiroshi Nakaso, Immediate Past Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Japanese Harmony between Nature and People: Suntory’s Corporate Values, Marketing Strategy, and Sustainable Development Philosophy
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
12:30-1:30 PM
Room 140, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Toshihiko "TJ" Kumakura, CEO, Suntory America Inc.
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
12:30-1:30 PM
Room 140, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Toshihiko "TJ" Kumakura, CEO, Suntory America Inc.
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Central Bank International Cooperation and Coordination
Monday, April 16, 2018
4:15-5:30 PM
Room 142, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Hiroshi Nakaso, Immediate Past Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan; Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia; Simon Potter, Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Patricia Mosser, Director, Central Banking and Financial Policy at SIPA
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs
4:15-5:30 PM
Room 142, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Hiroshi Nakaso, Immediate Past Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan; Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia; Simon Potter, Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Patricia Mosser, Director, Central Banking and Financial Policy at SIPA
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs
Changing the Game in Japan's Equity Markets: An Update on Corporate Governance Reforms
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
6:00-7:30 PM
Room 208, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Akitsugu Era, Director and Head of Investment Stewardship Team, BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.; Ryota Kimura, Chief Representative & General Manager, New York Representative Office, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB
Ryota Kimura's Presentation
6:00-7:30 PM
Room 208, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Akitsugu Era, Director and Head of Investment Stewardship Team, BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.; Ryota Kimura, Chief Representative & General Manager, New York Representative Office, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB
Ryota Kimura's Presentation
March 2018
A Tale of Two Systems: What Went Wrong at Toshiba and Wells Fargo
Thursday, March 22, 2018
6:00-7:30 PM
Room 309, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Bruce Aronson, Professor, Business Law Department, Hitotsubashi University; Shane Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Project Director, Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy, Columbia University; Josh Rosner, Managing Director, Graham Fisher & Co.
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB
6:00-7:30 PM
Room 309, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Bruce Aronson, Professor, Business Law Department, Hitotsubashi University; Shane Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Project Director, Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy, Columbia University; Josh Rosner, Managing Director, Graham Fisher & Co.
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB
Challenges and Prospects for Japanese Monetary Policy
(Cancelled due to the University closing in light of the inclement weather)
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
12:30-2:00 PM
Room 331, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Ryuzo Miyao, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo; Former Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
12:30-2:00 PM
Room 331, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Ryuzo Miyao, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo; Former Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Special Lecture with Ambassador Takahashi
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
12:30-2:00 PM
Room 209, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Reiichiro Takahashi, Ambassador, Consul-General of Japan in New York
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Summary Report
12:30-2:00 PM
Room 209, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Reiichiro Takahashi, Ambassador, Consul-General of Japan in New York
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Summary Report
February 2018
Special Lecture with the Honorable Shiozaki
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
11:00-12:30 PM
Garden Room 2, 1st Floor, Columbia University Faculty House
Featuring: Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan; Former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Summary Report
11:00-12:30 PM
Garden Room 2, 1st Floor, Columbia University Faculty House
Featuring: Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan; Former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Summary Report
Conference on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds
Monday, February 26, 2018
1:15-5:45 PM
The Italian Academy, Columbia University
Keynote speakers: Jacob J. Lew, Former Secretary of the Treasury; Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; The Honorable Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
Other participants include:
Anne Valentine Anderson, Head of Funds Management and Global COO for Real Assets, BlackRock; Ralph Berg, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Infrastructure, OMERS; Barry S. Blattman, Vice Chairman, Brookfield Asset Management; Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Christopher Ferrarone, Senior Vice President of Economics and Investment Strategy Department, GIC; Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB; Carol Jeppesen, Senior US Network Manager, United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment; John Lipsky, Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Scholar at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University; Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB, Columbia Business School; Lukasz Pomorski, Managing Director, AQR; Carine Smith Ihenacho, Global Head of Ownership Strategies, Norges Bank Investment Management; Norihiro Takahashi, President, Government Pension Investment Fund; Maria Vassalou, Partner, Asset Management, Perella Weinberg Partners
Agenda
Summary Report
Jacob J. Lew's Speech
The Honorable Yasuhisa Shiozaki's Speech
1:15-5:45 PM
The Italian Academy, Columbia University
Keynote speakers: Jacob J. Lew, Former Secretary of the Treasury; Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; The Honorable Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
Other participants include:
Anne Valentine Anderson, Head of Funds Management and Global COO for Real Assets, BlackRock; Ralph Berg, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Infrastructure, OMERS; Barry S. Blattman, Vice Chairman, Brookfield Asset Management; Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Christopher Ferrarone, Senior Vice President of Economics and Investment Strategy Department, GIC; Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB; Carol Jeppesen, Senior US Network Manager, United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment; John Lipsky, Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Scholar at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University; Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB, Columbia Business School; Lukasz Pomorski, Managing Director, AQR; Carine Smith Ihenacho, Global Head of Ownership Strategies, Norges Bank Investment Management; Norihiro Takahashi, President, Government Pension Investment Fund; Maria Vassalou, Partner, Asset Management, Perella Weinberg Partners
Agenda
Summary Report
Jacob J. Lew's Speech
The Honorable Yasuhisa Shiozaki's Speech
Japan's Role in East Asian Financial Cooperation
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
12:30-2:00 PM
Room 141, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Yoichi Nemoto, Former Director, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office; Former Director, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Short Summary
12:30-2:00 PM
Room 141, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Yoichi Nemoto, Former Director, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office; Former Director, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Short Summary
Japan Economic Seminar
Friday, February 16, 2018
1:00 – 6:00 PM
Feldberg Space, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Papers:
"Enjoying the Quiet Life: Corporate Decision-Making by Entrenched Managers" by Kotaro Inoue
Presenter slides
Discussant slides: Iwaisako, Uchida
"Identifying Neighborhood Effects among Firms: Evidence from Location Lotteries of the Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market" by Kensuke Teshima
Presenter slides
Discussant slides: Handbury
"Secular Stagnation under the Fear of a Government Debt Crisis" by Kozo Ueda
Presenter slides
Discussant slides: Shioji
"The Decline in Bank-Led Corporate Restructuring in Japan: 1981-2010" by Takeo Hoshi
Presenter slides
Discussant slides: Imai, Bolton
Presenters: Kotaro Inoue, Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Kensuke Teshima, Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación Económica Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM); Kozo Ueda, Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University; Takeo Hoshi, Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Senior Fellow, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University.
Panelists: Donald Davis, Ragnar Nurkse Professor of Economics, Columbia University; Masami Imai, Professor of Economics, Wesleyan University; Etsuro Shioji, Professor, Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University; Konari Uchida, Professor, Kyushu University
Agenda
1:00 – 6:00 PM
Feldberg Space, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Papers:
"Enjoying the Quiet Life: Corporate Decision-Making by Entrenched Managers" by Kotaro Inoue
Presenter slides
Discussant slides: Iwaisako, Uchida
"Identifying Neighborhood Effects among Firms: Evidence from Location Lotteries of the Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market" by Kensuke Teshima
Presenter slides
Discussant slides: Handbury
"Secular Stagnation under the Fear of a Government Debt Crisis" by Kozo Ueda
Presenter slides
Discussant slides: Shioji
"The Decline in Bank-Led Corporate Restructuring in Japan: 1981-2010" by Takeo Hoshi
Presenter slides
Discussant slides: Imai, Bolton
Presenters: Kotaro Inoue, Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Kensuke Teshima, Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación Económica Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM); Kozo Ueda, Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University; Takeo Hoshi, Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Senior Fellow, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University.
Panelists: Donald Davis, Ragnar Nurkse Professor of Economics, Columbia University; Masami Imai, Professor of Economics, Wesleyan University; Etsuro Shioji, Professor, Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University; Konari Uchida, Professor, Kyushu University
Agenda
The Trump Administration’s Asia Policy
Thursday, February 1, 2018
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Feldberg Space, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director for Research, CJEB
Cosponsors: APEC Study Center, Columbia University; JASSA (Japan Study Student Association), School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Short Summary
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Feldberg Space, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director for Research, CJEB
Cosponsors: APEC Study Center, Columbia University; JASSA (Japan Study Student Association), School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Short Summary
November 2017
Trump's Economic Policies and Their Implications for Japan and Asia
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Teatro (2nd Floor), The Italian Academy, Columbia University
Featuring: Glenn Hubbard, Dean; Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School; Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia University; David E. Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University; Director of Research, CJEB; Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Cosponsors: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School; NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Video
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Teatro (2nd Floor), The Italian Academy, Columbia University
Featuring: Glenn Hubbard, Dean; Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School; Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia University; David E. Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University; Director of Research, CJEB; Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Cosponsors: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School; NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Video
Japan's General Election: What Happened and What It Means
Monday, November 13, 2017
12:30-2:00 PM
Seminar Room 1, Faculty House, Columbia University
Featuring: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University; Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Presented by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
Summary Report & Video
12:30-2:00 PM
Seminar Room 1, Faculty House, Columbia University
Featuring: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University; Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Presented by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
Summary Report & Video
Japan and the Leadership of the World Trading System
Friday, November 10, 2017
4:30-6:30 PM
Columbia University Faculty House
Featuring: Vinod Aggarwal (UC Berkeley), Christina Davis (Princeton University), Taiji Furusawa (Hitotsubashi University)
Organized by Social Science Research Council
Cosponsors: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School; Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership; and School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University
Short Summary
4:30-6:30 PM
Columbia University Faculty House
Featuring: Vinod Aggarwal (UC Berkeley), Christina Davis (Princeton University), Taiji Furusawa (Hitotsubashi University)
Organized by Social Science Research Council
Cosponsors: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School; Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership; and School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University
Short Summary
Japan's Economy and Monetary Policy: 20 Years of Unconventional Monetary Policy
Friday, November 10, 2017
9:45 - 10:50 AM
Room 207, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Takako Masai, Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Associate Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Short Summary
9:45 - 10:50 AM
Room 207, Warren Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Takako Masai, Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Associate Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Short Summary
Power to the Pensions! Japanese and NYC Pension Funds as a Force for Good Governance
Thursday, November 9, 2017
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: Michael Garland, Assistant Comptroller, Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, Office of New York City Comptroller; Ken Hokugo '93, Director, Head of Corporate Governance; Director, Hedge Fund Investments, Pension Fund Association of Japan
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa,Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB
Opening Remarks by: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Summary Report, Video, & PPT Slides
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: Michael Garland, Assistant Comptroller, Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, Office of New York City Comptroller; Ken Hokugo '93, Director, Head of Corporate Governance; Director, Hedge Fund Investments, Pension Fund Association of Japan
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa,Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB
Opening Remarks by: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB
Summary Report, Video, & PPT Slides
October 2017
How Medical Insurance Works in Japan in Comparison with the U.S.
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Room 332, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Shunichi Homma, MD, FACC, Margaret Milliken Hatch Professor of Medicine; Deputy Chief, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center
Moderator: Hugh T. Patrick, Director, CJEB
Short Summary
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Room 332, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Shunichi Homma, MD, FACC, Margaret Milliken Hatch Professor of Medicine; Deputy Chief, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center
Moderator: Hugh T. Patrick, Director, CJEB
Short Summary
A Family Business: Tsuchiya's Strategy and History
Thursday, October 5, 2017
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Room 330, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Koichi Ohara '04, President and COO, Tsuchiya Co., Ltd.
Moderator: Hugh T. Patrick, Director, CJEB
Short Summary
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Room 330, Uris Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Koichi Ohara '04, President and COO, Tsuchiya Co., Ltd.
Moderator: Hugh T. Patrick, Director, CJEB
Short Summary
The Intergenerational War in Japan: Macroeconomic Burdens of the Demographic Change
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Room 412, Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center, Columbia University
Featuring: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Moderator: Hugh T. Patrick, Director, CJEB
Summary Report & PPT Slides
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Room 412, Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center, Columbia University
Featuring: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Moderator: Hugh T. Patrick, Director, CJEB
Summary Report & PPT Slides
September 2017
Japan's New Foreign Minister:A Dialogue with Columbia Students about Diplomacy
Thursday, September 21, 2017
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: His Excellency Tarō Kōno, Foreign Minister of Japan
Opening Remarks by: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Columbia University
Moderated by: Takako Hikotani, Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Columbia University
Closing Remarks by: Hugh T. Patrick, Director, CJEB
Co-sponsored by: APEC Study Center, Columbia University; Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School;
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; and Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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6:30 - 8:00 PM
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: His Excellency Tarō Kōno, Foreign Minister of Japan
Opening Remarks by: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Columbia University
Moderated by: Takako Hikotani, Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Columbia University
Closing Remarks by: Hugh T. Patrick, Director, CJEB
Co-sponsored by: APEC Study Center, Columbia University; Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School;
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; and Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Full Transcript
WEAI Event Report
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