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The Center on Japanese Economy and Business present the brown bag lecture: "An Update on US-Japan Relations."

In recent years American media have focused on the dramatic rise of China while largely ignoring the role of Japan in Asia. However, the relationship between these two Asian giants is much more complex than the occasional diplomatic flap that Americans read about in the newspapers.

Should the U.S. join the Kyoto Protocol, or at least play a positive role in the search for a successor? Or is this too costly, or otherwise fatally flawed as our President has suggested? Professor Geoffrey Heal offers expert analysis.

Three SEP students traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil during Winter break, to work on a pro bono consulting project.

On Thursday, March 20, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business hosted a zadankai (informal discussion group) titled, Japan’s Economic Prospects: How Good Are They?

The Fall 2008 semester heralds the launch of a revised core curriculum. The new core will blend the best of the old — retaining all of the foundational elements of the Columbia MBA — while allowing greater flexibility for students to pursue individual interests.

On April 14th 2008, the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information will hold the inaugural meeting of the Network of Research Centers on ICT in Latin America. This cross-disciplinary academic network seeks to advance knowledge on the social and economic impact of ICTs in Central and Latin America, and examine the policy and regulatory issues that affect its broad-based development.

In their new research, forthcoming in Psychological Science, Professor Leonard Lee and his collaborators (George Loewenstein of Carnegie Mellon University, Dan Ariely of MIT, and the founders of HOTorNOT.com, James Hong and Jim Young) found that whereas people’s own physical attractiveness has an impact on whom they choose to date, it does not affect their perception of how physically attractive their potential dates are.

"Adoptive Expectations: Rising Son Tournaments in Japanese Family Firms" by Prof. Wiwattanakantang.

March 8th celebrates International Women’s Day. For the Columbia Business School, this day was preceded by the announcement by Goldman Sachs of $100 million to fund education for women in emerging markets; Columbia Business School was named as one of the 10 partner schools.

CEO Lloyd Blankfein said the firm pledges $100 million to provide 10,000 underserved women with education and mentoring in business, management and entrepreneurship.

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Students, faculty and alumni discussed the industry’s future at the kickoff event of the new collaborative program.

Avon CEO Andrea Jung delivered the keynote address, emphasizing the importance of passion, humility, balance and social responsibility.

CITI announces a conference entitled "Future Scenarios for Latin American Communications (II)," the second installment of an event held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 5, 2007.

With no oil or natural gas reserves of its own, Japan has long depended on the Middle East for its energy needs. Ninety percent of the country's oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, so stability in the region is crucial to Japan’s economic well-being.

"Net neutrality" is a crucial issue for the future status of the internet as it becomes a major platform for video and mass media applications

Ray Fisman's monthly column in Slate.com discusses the significance of research findings for social and economic issues.

The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, with the sponsorship of the Telefonica Foundation and the Intel Corporation, has launched a study aimed at assessing the impact of Information and Communication Technologies in the social and economic development in Latin America.