CJEB

On April 18, 2019, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) hosted Naomi Hirose, former CEO and President of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), for a discussion about leadership following the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in March 2011. 

Jackson Lu '18, a CJEB Doctoral Fellowship recipient, has been named one of the World’s 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40 by Poets & Quants for his work as a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.  

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: 

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.” 

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.” 

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.” 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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)