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March 25, 2016

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) 30th Anniversary

Established at Columbia Business School in 1986 under the direction of Professor Hugh Patrick, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) promotes knowledge and understanding of Japanese business and economics in an international context. 

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March 3, 2016

Professor Takatoshi Ito Speaks at an IMF Conference

Professor Takatoshi Ito recently participated at IMF's conference, High-Level Conference on Economic Linkages between Asia and Latin America - Opportunities, Challenges and Policies on March 3, 2016.  He was a panelist for the session: "Assessing the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Key Opportunities and Challenges to Integration between Asia and Latin America". For more information on this conference, please visit the IMF Website below:

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Takatoshi Ito

Associate Director of Research; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds: Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Professor (by courtesy): Finance Division

March 2, 2016

Professor Takatoshi Ito Comments on Japanese Government Bonds

 Professor Takatoshi Ito, associate director of research at CJEB, recently commented on the selling of Japanese government bonds with negative interest rates, with Marketplace. To read the article, please visit Marketplace's website as linked below: Why buy bonds with a negative yield?   

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Takatoshi Ito

Associate Director of Research; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds: Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Professor (by courtesy): Finance Division

March 1, 2016

Professor Takatoshi Ito's Interview on TV Tokyo

 Professor Takatoshi Ito, associate director of research at CJEB, recently interviewed with TV Tokyo to discuss about the G20. Please visit TV Tokyo's website to view the interview.  

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Takatoshi Ito

Associate Director of Research; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds: Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Professor (by courtesy): Finance Division

February 11, 2016

CJEB PhD Fellow, Jackson Lu, Receives Awards from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology

 CJEB's PhD Fellow, Jackson (Guannan) Lu, recently received two awards (Graduate Travel Award & Diversity Fund Graduate Travel Award) from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology for his paper, "Going Out" of the Box: Intercultural Dating Sparks Creativity. He has also written another paper titled, Foreign Experiences can Increase Immoral Behavior. 

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February 1, 2016

Professor Takatoshi Ito Weighs in BOJ's Decision on Bloomberg TV

 Professor Takatoshi Ito recently discussed his views on the Bank of Japan's decision on negative interest rates on Bloomberg TV. Weighing the Impact of the Bank of Japan's Move 

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Takatoshi Ito

Associate Director of Research; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds: Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Professor (by courtesy): Finance Division

January 13, 2016

Professor Takatoshi Ito Featured on Bloomberg on Japanese Yen

 Professor Takatoshi Ito was recently featured on a Bloomberg article titled, "Kuroda's Former Deputy Ito Says Japan Can Endure Stronger Yen". He commented that trading the Japanese yen at 120-125 per dollar would be a "comfortable range" for Japan and would not be problematic unless the yen becomes 110 per dollar. To view the article, please see the link below: 

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Takatoshi Ito

Associate Director of Research; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds: Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Professor (by courtesy): Finance Division

December 16, 2015

Professor Hugh Patrick's Article Published on East Asia Forum

 East Asia Forum has published a summary of Professor Hugh Patrick's annual essay on the Japanese economy titled "Japan's Abenomics bumps along". The full essay will be available in our 2014-2015 annual report. For the summary and for other articles written by Professor Patrick on East Asia Forum, please see the links below: Japan's Abenomics bumps along Other Articles by Professor Hugh Patrick 

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December 14, 2015

Professor Gerald Curtis Retirement Featured in The Japan Times

 Professor Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, will be retiring this month (December 2015) from Columbia University. Jeff Kingston at The Japan Times, writes an article, featuring Professor Curtis' retirement. The article can be found below: Gerald Curtis, the ultimate insider in Japanese politics, retires 

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November 2, 2015

Professor Takatoshi Ito Speaks at a CFR Event

Professor Takatoshi Ito recently spoke at a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) event, titled "The Economics of Asia"  alongside with Adam Posen, president at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The Presider was Paul Sheard, chief global economist at Standard & Poor's Head of Global Economics and Research and the Introductory Speaker was Sheila A. Smith, senior fellow for Japan Studies at CFR. Video & Transcript

Mentioned Faculty

Takatoshi Ito

Associate Director of Research; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds: Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Professor (by courtesy): Finance Division

October 27, 2015

Professor Takatoshi Ito Co-Authors a paper on the Geneva Report

 Professor Takatoshi Ito recently co-authored a paper for the Geneva Reports on the World Economy titled, "Low for Long? Causes and Consequences of Persistently Low Interest Rates". The paper examines the causes and consequences of the unusual low interest rates of this period. You can access the full paper below: Low for Long? Causes and Consequences of Persistently Low Interest Rates 

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Takatoshi Ito

Associate Director of Research; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds: Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Professor (by courtesy): Finance Division

September 18, 2015

Professor Takatoshi Ito Makes an Appearance on TV Tokyo’s “Morning Satellite” Show

 Professor Takatoshi Ito, associate director of research at CJEB, appeared on TV Tokyo's "Morning Satellite" show in 3 different segments where he commented and discussed the decision of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The segments can be found below: Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 3   

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Takatoshi Ito

Associate Director of Research; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds: Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Professor (by courtesy): Finance Division

August 20, 2015

Professor Takatoshi Ito Named as Honorary Doctor at the University of Chile

 Professor Takatoshi Ito was recently named as an Honorary Doctor at the University of Chile. Details on this can be found on the University of Chile's website (Note: The article is in Spanish). 

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Takatoshi Ito

Associate Director of Research; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds: Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Professor (by courtesy): Finance Division

August 6, 2015

Professor Hugh Patrick's Interview with Yomiuri

 Professor Hugh Patrick, director of CJEB, recently interviewed with Yomiuri Tokyo Shimbun. The interview was published in an article on July 25, 2015 and titled 「リスク取り　攻めに転じよ」 [Note: The article is in Japanese only]. 

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March 6, 2009

CJEB Associate Director David Weinstein Quoted in Bloomberg Article on U.S. Economy

CJEB Associate Director David Weinstein was quoted in a Feb. 27, 2009 Bloomberg article, titled "Obama Must Defeat Spite on Bailouts to Beat Recession."

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David Weinstein

Professor (by courtesy): Finance Division

Director: Center on Japanese Economy and Business

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