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2024.11.15 Participated in the Institute of Energy Economics Japan Outlook 2025 (SIPA and CJEB) as a moderator.
IEEJ’s (Institute of Energy Economics, Japan) Outlook 2025
 Date:Friday, 15 November 2024, 10:00-11:00(EDT)
 Venue:the Center on Global Energy Policy conference room in New York
2024.11.8 【Tokyo College Webinar】Economic Policies under Japan’s New Cabinet: Wish List and Prospects
more info here
Date(s): Friday, 8 November 2024, 8:00-9:15 JST
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Registration: Pre-registration required
Language: Japanese (English interpretation)
Program:
[Panelists]  ITO Takatoshi (Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, SIPA and CJEB)
 KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Professor, Faculty of Economics and Dean, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo)
 USUI Emiko (Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
 [Moderator]  Takeo HOSHI (Director, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)
2024.10.22 Had a panel discussion with Asia-Pacific Central Bank Governors at Columbia University.
Monetary Policy Challenges in Asia-Pacific: A panel discussion with Asia-Pacific Central Bank Governors
A panel discussion with Asia-Pacific Central Bank Governors
 Date & Time: October 22, 2024, 9:00-11:00AM
 Perry Warjiyo, Governor, Bank Indonesia
 Eli Remolona, Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Philipinas
 Rhee Changyong, Governor, Bank of Korea
 Moderator: Professor Takatoshi Ito, Columbia SIPA
 Other participating SIPA Faculty:
 Professor Richard Clarida
 Professor Jeffry Frieden
 Professor Alan Taylor
2024.10.21 Participated in PIIE-BIS-WTO event as an presenter.
Geopolitics and international trade and finance: Knowns and unknowns
 Date & Time: October 21, 2024, 3:00-4:20PM
 Session 4: Panel discussion on policy implications and solutions
 Moderator: Andréa M. Maechler, BIS
 Presenters:
  Emily Blanchard, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
  Mary E. Lovely, PIIE
  Yeo Han-Koo, PIIE
  Takatoshi Ito, Columbia Business School
2024.9 A new NBER Working paper has been published.
“Invoicing Currency and Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Japanese Imports: A Panel VAR Analysis”
Taiyo Yoshimi, Uraku Yoshimoto, Takatoshi Ito, Kiyotaka Sato, Junko Shimizu & Yushi Yoshida
WORKING PAPER 32910
DOI 10.3386/w32910
Issue Date September 2024
2024.8.23 【Tokyo College Webinar】Panel discussion “The Economy of Japan Viewed from the Outside” (Speakers: Prof. Takatoshi ITO, Prof. Nobuhiro KIYOTAKI)
more info here
Video here (YouTube)
Date(s): Friday, 23 August 2024, 16:00-17:30 JST
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Registration: Pre-registration required
Language: Japanese (English interpretation)
Program:
[Lecture] Takatoshi ITO (Tokyo College Professor, The University of Tokyo; Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University)
Nobuhiro KIYOTAKI (Tokyo College Professor, The University of Tokyo; Professor, Department of Economics, Princeton University)
[Discussion, Q&A] Moderator
Takeo HOSHI (Director, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)
2024.7.18-8.24 Assigned to the Tokyo College Professor.
2024.7.4-5 Participated in 8TH HOSPITALITY FINANCE & ECONOMICS CONFERENCE (Jointly-organized by
Hitotsubashi University, EHL Hospitality Business School and NUS Institute of Real Estate & Urban Studies) as a Keynote speaker.
8th HOSPITALITY FINANCE & ECONOMICS CONFERENCE
Program Here
Date: July 4-5, 2024
Venue: International House of Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
Day 1 – Thursday, 4 July 12:00 – 13:00
Session 2: Keynote Speech: A Tale of Two Whales, How to build up alternatives at GPIF and the University Fund in Japan
Professor Takatoshi Ito

Media

■ 2024.10.29 Project Syndicate column was published.
  “Japan’s Electoral Stalemate”

■ 2024.9.26 Project Syndicate column was published.
  “The Nine-Horse Race to Lead Japan”

■ 2024.8.26 Project Syndicate column was published.
  “Japan After Kishida”

■ 2024.7.31 Appeared on Bloomberg TV.
 
“Markets Await BOJ Rate Decision; Samsung Profit Surges | Bloomberg: The Asia Trade”