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2024.11.21-23 Participated in PIFS US-Japan Symposium.
2024.11.20 Participated in 2024 Economics & Finance Forum, Japan Society.
2024 Economics & Finance Forum: U.S. Presidential Election & Its Global Impact
Date & Time：Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Panel Discussion:
Joyce Chang, Chair, Global Research, J.P. Morgan Chase
R. Glenn Hubbard, Dean Emeritus; Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School; former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Moderator:
Merit E. Janow, Dean Emerita, & Professor of Practice, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University; Chair of the Board of Directors, Japan Society
Date & Time：Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Panel Discussion:
Joyce Chang, Chair, Global Research, J.P. Morgan Chase
R. Glenn Hubbard, Dean Emeritus; Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School; former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Moderator:
Merit E. Janow, Dean Emerita, & Professor of Practice, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University; Chair of the Board of Directors, Japan Society
2024.11.18-19 Organized and participated in A Live Webinar from the Series on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, 'Pension Funds and Alternative Investments.'
Date & Time：Monday, November 18, 2024 | 6:00 – 7:00 PM (ET)
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (Japan Time)
Featuring:
Terezie Hesounova Trivell, Director of Private Markets, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
Suyi Kim, Ex-Senior Managing Director and Head of Private Equity, CPP Investments
Moderator: Keiko Honda, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University
Opening Remarks: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, SIPA; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Note: This event was held under the Chatham House Rule. A recording of the event will not be made public.
CJEB Events Arcives
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (Japan Time)
Featuring:
Terezie Hesounova Trivell, Director of Private Markets, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
Suyi Kim, Ex-Senior Managing Director and Head of Private Equity, CPP Investments
Moderator: Keiko Honda, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University
Opening Remarks: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, SIPA; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Note: This event was held under the Chatham House Rule. A recording of the event will not be made public.
CJEB Events Arcives
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
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)
Video Here (YouTube)
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)
Video Here (YouTube)
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
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
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
2024.10.9 The 2024 Annual Lecture on the Japanese Economy (CJEB)
The 2024 Annual Lecture on the Japanese Economy by Prof. Takatoshi Ito
Three Challenges Facing the Japanese Economy: Demography, Debts, and Decarbonization
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | 6:30 – 7:45 PM
Venue: Room 620, Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School
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
CJEB Events Arcives
Three Challenges Facing the Japanese Economy: Demography, Debts, and Decarbonization
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | 6:30 – 7:45 PM
Venue: Room 620, Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School
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
CJEB Events Arcives
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
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)
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.
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
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
■ 2024.12.11 Project Syndicate column was published.
“Trump’s Tariffs Will Backfire”
■ 2024.7.31 Appeared on Bloomberg TV.
“Markets Await BOJ Rate Decision; Samsung Profit Surges | Bloomberg: The Asia Trade”