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■ 2022.12.14-15 Participated in ESRI International Conference 2022
“Post-COVID Economy and Society.”
Date & Time:
<1st Day>International Roundtable December 14th 2022 14:00-18:00 (JST)
<2nd Day>International Conference December 15th 2022 9:30-18:10 (JST)
Method:Hybrid meeting
1st Day, International Roundtable
16:35-17:35
Session #3 : Impact of the Pandemic on the International Economy
Chair : Anil Kashyap, Professor, University of Chicago
Short presentations/comment by :
Takatoshi Ito, Professor, Columbia University; Adjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
2nd Day, International Conference
13:00-14:05
Second Session : Risks in the Financial System
Chair : Anil Kashyap, Professor, University of Chicago
Presentation : Helene Rey, Professor, University of London
Comment : Takatoshi Ito, Professor, Columbia University; Adjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
■ 2022.11.17 【CJEB Live Webinar】”Why Has Japan Become So Cheap? Part 2″
Date & Time: Thursday, November 17, 2022, 7:00-8:30 PM (EST) / Friday, November 18, 2022 | 9:00 – 10:30 AM (Japan Time)
A dialogue between:
Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Tsutomu Watanabe, Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo
■ 2022.10.5 I gave a speech, “Why Has Japan Become So ‘Cheap’?” at CJEB, Columbia University.
Slides here
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 5, 2022, 6:00-7:30 PM (Reception to follow)
Venue: Room 120 (Cooperman Commons), Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School (map)
Featuring: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University
■ 2022.9.19 Participated in SIPA Panel Discussion on Inflation and Monetary Policy.
Date: Monday, September 19, 2022 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: Columbia University, International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027
Panelists: Professors Richard Clarida, Takatoshi Ito, Guillermo Mondino and Patricia Mosser
■ 2022.8.27-28 Participated in EAEA conference 2022 as a disccussant.
Date & Time: August 27-28, 8:00am-10:00pm
Venue: Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Session S112: Lipsey Memorial Panel on Firms, Plants, and Trade 1
Chair: Fredrik Sjoholm, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Paper 1: The Changing Structure of Global Value Chains and Technological Change: Evidence from the Firm-Level Patent Data
Presenter: Keiko Ito, Chiba University
Discussant: Takatoshi Ito, Columbia University
■ 2022.8.4 I gave a keynote speech, “Challenges to the Real Estate Market (Research) in Japan” at The 26th AsRES Annual Conference 2022 in Tokyo – Hybrid.
Date & Time: August 4, 1:30pm-2:20pm
Speech: Keynote Speech & Invited Talks
Location: UTokyo Ito Hall
■ 2022.8.2 I gave a speech, “The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Yen: Why has Japan Become so cheap?” at Singapore Economic Review Conference as an invited speaker.
Session 18: Asian II
Date: August 2, 2022 8:30 to 10:00
Location: Amaryllis Breakout Room, Level 8 Orchard Wing, Hilton Singapore Orchard
Session Chair: Takatoshi Ito, Columbia University
Session type: invited
Media
■ 2023.1.20 Appeared on CNBC International TV.
“Japan’s inflation rate will probably be above 2% for some time, professor says” (YouTube)
■ 2023.1.19 An interview has appeared at Reuter.
“BOJ may raise yield cap again by mid-year, says academic Ito”
■ 2022.12.27 Project Syndicate column was published.
“Is the Bank of Japan Holstering Its Bazooka?”
■ 2022.12.21 Appeared on Bloomberg TV.
BOJ Tweaks Could Be First Step Toward Exit, Takatoshi Ito Says
■ 2022.11.21 Project Syndicate column was published.
“A Liz Truss Moment for Japan?”
■ 2022.10.28 Appeared on Bloomberg TV.
”There Is No Reason for BOJ to Hike Interest Rates: Ito”
Video Here(Bloomberg website)
YouTube Here
■ 2022.10.20 Project Syndicate column was published.
“Down Goes the Yen”
■ 2022.9.28 Project Syndicate column was published.
“The Challenge of Monetary Tightening”
■ 2022.9.22 An interview has appeared at Market Place, a pulic radio program.
“As economies worldwide struggle with inflation, Japan faces another problem: a weak yen”
■ 2022.8.30 Project Syndicate column was published.
“Japan’s Lessons for Taiwan”