Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Wrote the Article "Where Will Fumio Kishida Take Japan?" for Project Syndicate

Japan Center News | October 21, 2021

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, wrote the Project Syndicate article "Where Will Fumio Kishida Take Japan?" The article discusses Fumio Kishida, Japan’s new Prime Minister, and the potential directions his economic policy agenda may take.

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Research by CJEB's Director, Professor David Weinstein, was highlighted in articles from the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Forbes and the Hill

Japan Center News | October 4, 2021

A paper coauthored by Professor David Weinstein, CJEB’s director, was highlighted twice in the Wall Street Journal, in a MarketWatch article, three Forbes articles, and in an article in the Hill.

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Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Wrote the Article "Japan's Four-Horse Race" for Project Syndicate

Japan Center News | September 20, 2021

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, wrote the Project Syndicate article "Japan's Four-Horse Race." The article discusses the effects of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's announcement that he will not seek re-election as president of the Liberal Democratic Party. It also goes over the likely candidates to be elected the LDP's leader and Japan's next Prime Minister.  

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Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Quoted in the Pensions&Investments Article "CIO of Japan endowment faces investing headwinds"

Japan Center News | September 6, 2021

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 quoted in the Pensions&Investments article "CIO of Japan endowment faces investing headwinds."

CIO of Japan endowment faces investing headwinds (Pensions&Investments, 9/6/2021)

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CJEB core faculty member, Prof. Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, was quoted in an Economist article discussing Japan Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide

Japan Center News | September 2, 2021

One of CJEB’s core faculty members, Professor Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, was quoted in an Economist article discussing Japan Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and the upcoming leadership vote at the end of September.

Suga Yoshihide is unpopular, uninspiring and struggling to survive (Economist 9/2/21)

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Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Wrote the Article "Japan's Delta Desperation" for Project Syndicate

Japan Center News | August 26, 2021

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, wrote the Project Syndicate article "Japan's Delta Desperation." The article discusses the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games unfolding without any major incidents, the trailing but accelerating vaccine rollout, the spread of the Delta variant in Japan, Prime Minister Suga’s general election challenges, and the political and economic outlooks resulting from the current state of the pandemic.

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Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Quoted in the Pensions&Investments Article “Japan funds' private markets diversification proceeds slowly”

Japan Center News | July 26, 2021

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 quoted in the Pensions&Investments article “Japan funds' private markets diversification proceeds slowly” which discusses trends in the portfolios of Japan’s top public pension funds, such as Government Pension Investment Fund.

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Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Quoted in the New York Times Article “Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S.”

Japan Center News | July 15, 2021

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 quoted in the New York Times article “Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S.”

Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S. (New York Times, 7/15/2021)

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Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Wrote the Article “Japan’s Quiet Olympics” for Project Syndicate

Japan Center News | July 14, 2021

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, wrote the Project Syndicate article “Japan’s Quiet Olympics” which discusses the current state of emergency declaration in Japan in response to COVID-19 and the Olympic/Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer.

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CJEB’s Director, Professor David Weinstein, Quoted in the Wall Street Journal Article “Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce”

Japan Center News | July 12, 2021

CJEB’s Director, Professor David Weinstein, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce,” in which he discusses the complicated broader inflationary impact of recent tariffs.

Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce (Wall Street Journal, 7/12/21)

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