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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

■　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”