Directors
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business has established its transcendent reputation and developed into the preeminent academic center it is today under the robust leadership of our directors, Professor David E. Weinstein, the Center's Director, and Professor Hugh Patrick, the Center's Founder.
Faculty
Our Center's core faculty members provide our intellectual foundation. These seven scholars of Japanese economy, finance, and management are faculty members of Columbia University's Business School, Department of Economics, Department of Political Science, or School of International and Public Affairs.
CJEB Team
Our leadership and staff team work together to carry out the Center's mission and enhance its established reputation. For individual contact information and details, please click the link below.
David Weinstein
David E. Weinstein is the Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy at Columbia University. He is also the director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), co-director of Columbia’s APEC Study Center, co-director of the Japan Project at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and a member of the Center for Economic Policy Research and the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee.
Takatoshi Ito
Takatoshi Ito is one of Japan premier economists. A professor at the prestigious University of Tokyo, he is the author or co-author of several books on the Japanese and global economy. He served in the Japanese government as Deputy Vice Minister for International Finance in the Ministry of Finance and was a member of Japan’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. He has been a senior advisor in the research department of the International Monetary Fund and has taught at Harvard University and the University of Minnesota.