Japan Center News
| June 27, 2016
Professor Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, on Japan's Upper House election.
You can read the article on The Wall Street Journal's website:
Japan’s Election Offers Little Choice (The Wall Street Journal, 06/26/16)
Topics: Business Economics and Public Policy | Read Article
Japan Center News
| June 2, 2016
Columbia University's Startup Lab and Thursday Boots, a shoes startup by Columbia Business School alumni, was featured in the following Nikkei article:
西海岸とはひと味違う おしゃれなＮＹ発ベンチャー
Topics: Business Economics and Public Policy | Read Article
Japan Center News
| June 1, 2016
Dean Glenn Hubbard interviewed with Nikkei Asian Review, discussing the current trends of MBA students and graduates. He discussed the diversity trends and how graduates select to work for technology companies or build their own startups, instead of working in the financial service industry.
Interview: Top US business school deans see similar trends in diversity, interest in startups (Nikkei Asian Review, 5/23/16)
Topics: Business Economics and Public Policy | Read Article
Japan Center News
| May 13, 2016
His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan made a special appearance at CJEB's 30th anniversary Tokyo Conference on May 13th, 2016. He gave a brief greeting at the conference. To read more about his greeting, Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet has posted the following message and video on their official website:
コロンビア大学ビジネススクール日本経済経営研究所創立３０周年記念カンファレンス (Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet Official Website)
Topics: Business Economics and Public Policy | Read Article
Japan Center News
| May 12, 2016
Professor Takatoshi Ito recently interviewed with Reuters, commenting that BOJ is likely to ease and expand its stimulus.
To read more on Professor Ito's comments, please refer to Reuter's website which is listed below:
Former Kuroda colleague says BOJ to ease in June or July (English)
インタビュー：追加金融緩和は6月か7月の可能性＝伊藤隆敏氏 (Japanese)
Topics: Business Economics and Public Policy | Read Article
Japan Center News
| April 28, 2016
Professor Takatoshi Ito recently appeared on Bloomberg TV and commented on Governor Kuroda's decision to hold off on stimulus to the economy. To view the interview, please click on the link below:
Former Kuroda Deputy Is Surprised by Lack of BOJ Action (Bloomberg TV)
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Japan Center News
| April 15, 2016
On April 14th, 2016, during the conference with Governor Kuroda on Japan's fight against deflation, Professor Takatoshi Ito commented on policy moves for the BoJ in order to slow down the appreciation of the Japanese Yen, including expanding the already-record stimulus. His views highlighted the importance of the policy meeting on April 27th and 28th at BoJ. Professor Ito's comments can be found in Japanese and English below.
Kuroda ally says BOJ should use easing now rather than later
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Japan Center News
| April 14, 2016
On April 13, 2016, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business hosted a special lecture, featuring Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. Governor Kuroda spoke the Bank of Japan's decision for negative interest rates and Japan's unconventional monetary policy. For media coverage and more information on this event, please see the links below:
TBS News (04/13/2016)
Bloomberg (04/14/2016)
Topics: Business Economics and Public Policy | Read Article
Japan Center News
| March 3, 2016
Professor Takatoshi Ito recently participated at IMF's conference, High-Level Conference on Economic Linkages between Asia and Latin America - Opportunities, Challenges and Policies on March 3, 2016.
He was a panelist for the session: "Assessing the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Key Opportunities and Challenges to Integration between Asia and Latin America".
For more information on this conference, please visit the IMF Website below:
Topics: Business Economics and Public Policy | Read Article
Japan Center News
| March 2, 2016
Professor Takatoshi Ito, associate director of research at CJEB, recently commented on the selling of Japanese government bonds with negative interest rates, with Marketplace.
To read the article, please visit Marketplace's website as linked below:
Why buy bonds with a negative yield?
Topics: Business Economics and Public Policy | Read Article
