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”

Japan Center News | July 1, 2020

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)

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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”

Japan Center News | May 28, 2020

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.

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

Japan Center News | 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.” 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.

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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.

Japan Center News | May 10, 2020

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)

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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

Japan Center News | April 15, 2020

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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CJEB Research Associate, Professor Tsutomu Watanabe, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo, wrote a Working Paper, “The Responses of Consumption and Prices in Japan to the COVID-19 Crisis and the Tohoku Earthquake.”

Japan Center News | April 13, 2020

CJEB Research Associate, Professor Tsutomu Watanabe, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo, wrote a Working Paper, “The Responses of Consumption and Prices in Japan to the COVID-19 Crisis and the Tohoku Earthquake.” The paper compares the responses of consumption and prices to the COVID-19 shock and another large-scale natural disaster that hit Japan, the Tohoku earthquake in March 2011.

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CJEB’s Visiting Fellow, Dr. Randall Jones, was quoted in the Economist article “Startups offer a different future for South Korea’s economy”

Japan Center News | April 8, 2020

CJEB’s Visiting Fellow, Dr. Randall Jones, Non-resident Fellow, Korea Economic Institute of America; Former Senior Counselor - East Asia and Head of Japan/Korea Desk, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), was quoted in the Economist article “Startups offer a different future for South Korea’s economy”

Startups offer a different future for South Korea’s economy (Economist, 4/8/2020)

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Professor Takatoshi Ito’s Article on COVID-19 and Monetary Policy in Japan Published by Nikkei

Japan Center News | March 24, 2020

Nikkei recently published an article by Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, in which he discusses COVID-19 and monetary policy. [Note: The article is in Japanese only.]

コロナ対応で再度強化必要　異次元緩和、8年目へ (Nikkei, 3/24/20)

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Jackson G. Lu PhD '18, a CJEB Doctoral Fellowship recipient, had his research highlighted in an Economist article

Japan Center News | February 28, 2020

Jackson G. Lu PhD '18, had his research highlighted in the Economist article, The bamboo ceiling: Indian v Chinese bosses in America Inc (Economist, 2/28/2020).

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An article by CJEB’s Chairman, Professor Hugh Patrick, was included in the Government of Japan’s official magazine, We Are Tomodachi

Japan Center News | January 24, 2020

CJEB’s Chairman, Professor Hugh Patrick, contributed an article titled, “Local Businesses Revitalizing Regional Economies: Case of Oita,” to the Government of Japan’s official magazine, We Are Tomodachi.

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