CJEB News

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article "Japan's Four-Horse Race." The article discusses the effects of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's announcement that he will not seek re-election as president of the Liberal Democratic Party. It also goes over the likely candidates to be elected the LDP's leader and Japan's next Prime Minister.   

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was quoted in the Pensions&Investments article "CIO of Japan endowment faces investing headwinds." CIO of Japan endowment faces investing headwinds (Pensions&Investments, 9/6/2021) 

One of CJEB’s core faculty members, Professor Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, was quoted in an Economist article discussing Japan Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and the upcoming leadership vote at the end of September. Suga Yoshihide is unpopular, uninspiring and struggling to survive (Economist 9/2/21) 

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article "Japan's Delta Desperation." The article discusses the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games unfolding without any major incidents, the trailing but accelerating vaccine rollout, the spread of the Delta variant in Japan, Prime Minister Suga’s general election challenges, and the political and economic outlooks resulting from the current state of the pandemic. 

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was quoted in the Pensions&Investments article “Japan funds' private markets diversification proceeds slowly” which discusses trends in the portfolios of Japan’s top public pension funds, such as Government Pension Investment Fund. 

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was quoted in the New York Times article “Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S.” Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S. (New York Times, 7/15/2021) 

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article “Japan’s Quiet Olympics” which discusses the current state of emergency declaration in Japan in response to COVID-19 and the Olympic/Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer. 

CJEB’s Director, Professor David Weinstein, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce,” in which he discusses the complicated broader inflationary impact of recent tariffs. Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce (Wall Street Journal, 7/12/21) 

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article “An Olympic Size COVID Risk” which discusses the current vaccination record in Japan and how it affects the outlook on this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. 

Jackson G. Lu PhD '18 co-authored a paper titled, "Collectivism predicts mask use during COVID-19," which was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  

One of CJEB’s core faculty members, Professor Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, was quoted in a Nikkei Asia article discussing  Rahm Emanuel, President Joe Biden’s nomination for ambassador to Japan. With Rahm Emanuel, Biden gives Tokyo exactly what it asked for (Nikkei Asia 05/14/21) 

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was quoted in a Bloomberg article that discusses Japan’s GPIF and balancing ESG investment with its fiduciary duties.  World’s Top Pension Fund Treads Water as ESG Picks Up Pace (Bloomberg, 4/12/2021) 

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was quoted in a Bloomberg article that discusses Japan’s GPIF and the decision it faces whether or not to invest in Chinese sovereign debt. World’s Top Pension Fund Faces Moment of Truth on China Debt (Bloomberg, 3/30/2021) 

Professor Takatoshi Ito will speak with Takeo Hoshi, both coauthors of The Japanese Economy, Second Edition (The MIT Press, 2020), on a Tokyo College Online Discussion Series to discuss current issues in the Japanese Economy. Taka and Takeo Explain the Japanese Economy: "The Japanese Economy" Online Discussion Season 2 [Online discussion series on YouTube] Event 1: March 10, How to achieve Carbon Neutral by 2050 Event 2: March 17, Should we introduce carbon pricing? Event 3: March 24, Demise of the traditional labor practices?  Event 4: March 31, Post-pandemic labor market in Japan Videos are available here.  The Center on Japanese Economy and Business is an outreach partner for these events. Contact: tokyo.college.event@tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp For more information click here. 

A paper coauthored by Professor David Weinstein, CJEB’s director, was referenced as a source in the below articles. The paper, Who’s Paying for the U.S. Tariffs? A Longer-Term Perspective, which updates on previous research, was coauthored with Stephen J. Redding of Princeton, and Mary Amiti of the New York Federal Reserve.