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Application Now Open - "Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship” - Full Tuition Coverage for Study in Japan
The application for the academic year of 2020-2021 is now open.
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A book Professor Takatoshi Ito coauthored, Managing Currency Risk: How Japanese Firms Choose Invoicing Currency, received the Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science
A book Professor Takatoshi Ito coauthored, Managing Currency Risk: How Japanese Firms Choose Invoicing Currency, received the Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science.
Business Economics and Public Policy
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Professor Hugh Patrick was quoted in an article by NHK about Japan’s consumption tax increase
CJEB’s Chairman, Professor Hugh Patrick, was quoted in an article about Japan’s consumption tax increase.
Read the full article here (NHK News Web, 10/4/19)
Business Economics and Public Policy
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Professor Takatoshi Ito commented on Japan’s negative interest rates, BOJ policy, and the bond market on Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia
Professor Takatoshi Ito, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, spoke on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.” He discussed Japan’s economy, BOJ policy and the bond market.
BOJ’s Next Likely Move Is to Cut Negative Rate More, Says Professor Ito (Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia, 10/3/19)
Business Economics and Public Policy
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CJEB's Director Professor David Weinstein was quoted in New York Times article
CJEB's Director, Professor David Weinstein, was quoted in the article How Much Will the Trade War Cost You by the End of the Year? (New York Times, 9/1/2019)
Business Economics and Public Policy
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Professor Takatoshi Ito Comments on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Priorities on Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia
Professor Takatoshi Ito commented on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory in the upper house elections, and the implications for government and central bank policies. To view this segment, visit Bloomberg’s website below:
What Are Japanese PM Abe's Priorities? (Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia, 7/21/19)
Leadership
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Keynote Speech: The Economics of Trump and the G20 Summit
On May 28, 2019, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) at Columbia Business School hosted its annual Tokyo conference featuring business, government, and academic leaders from Japan and the United States. This year it was titled “U.S.-Japan Relations in a New Era: Trade, Governance, and the Global Economy.”
Leadership
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Panel I: America and the New Protectionism
On May 28, 2019, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) at Columbia Business School hosted its annual Tokyo conference featuring business, government, and academic leaders from Japan and the United States. This year it was titled “U.S.-Japan Relations in a New Era: Trade, Governance, and the Global Economy.”
Leadership
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Panel II: Shareholder Engagement: How Investors Talk to Companies
On May 28, 2019, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) at Columbia Business School hosted its annual Tokyo conference featuring business, government, and academic leaders from Japan and the United States. This year it was titled “U.S.-Japan Relations in a New Era: Trade, Governance, and the Global Economy.”
Business Economics and Public Policy
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Speech by Minister Aso at CJEB's Annual Tokyo Conference
His Excellency Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister; Minister of Finance; Minister of State for Financial Services, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, made a special appearance to give a Keynote Speech at CJEB's Annual Tokyo Conference on May 28th, 2019. Japan’s Ministry of Finance has posted the contents of the speech on their official website: