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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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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Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Was Quoted in a Bloomberg Article about Japan’s GPIF and ESG Investment

Japan Center News | April 12, 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 a Bloomberg article that discusses Japan’s GPIF and balancing ESG investment with its fiduciary duties. 

World’s Top Pension Fund Treads Water as ESG Picks Up Pace (Bloomberg, 4/12/2021)

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Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Was Quoted in a Bloomberg Article about Japan’s GPIF

Japan Center News | March 31, 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 a Bloomberg article that discusses Japan’s GPIF and the decision it faces whether or not to invest in Chinese sovereign debt.

World’s Top Pension Fund Faces Moment of Truth on China Debt (Bloomberg, 3/30/2021)

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Toshiba Showdown Could Be a Turning Point for Japan Inc’s Fortunes

In the Media | March 14, 2021 | The Financial Times

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