Japan Center News

Masazumi Wakatabe, Visiting Scholar, Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Professor Hugh Patrick was recently quoted in a Wall Street Journal program about Japan's relationship and trade partnership America. To read the full story, please click the link below: From Rival to Ally: Japan's American Evolution (Wall Street Journal, March 2017)

Professor Takatoshi Ito recently appeared on Bloomberg TV on January 31, 2017 to discuss the economy and central bank's monetary policy. To watch the interview, please click on the link below: How Long Will Central Banks Remain Close to Zero (Bloomberg TV)

Professor Hugh Patrick, CJEB’s director, interviewed with NHK World on Wednesday, January 11, 2017. His segment is available on NHK World’s website, “NEWSROOM TOKYO”. Please visit their website to watch the interview: "NEWSROOM TOKYO" http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/newsroomtokyo/aired/20170111.html

Professor Takatoshi Ito recently appeared on Bloomberg TV to discuss the Bank of Japan's monetary policy and what the global economy can learn from Japan. His segment appeared on September 1, 2016. Professor Takatoshi Ito's Bloomberg Interview The Lessons Learned From Japan's Economy

Professor Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, on Japan's Upper House election. You can read the article on The Wall Street Journal's website: Japan’s Election Offers Little Choice (The Wall Street Journal, 06/26/16)

Columbia University's Startup Lab and Thursday Boots, a shoes startup by Columbia Business School alumni, was featured in the following Nikkei article: 西海岸とはひと味違う　おしゃれなＮＹ発ベンチャー

Dean Glenn Hubbard interviewed with Nikkei Asian Review, discussing the current trends of MBA students and graduates. He discussed the diversity trends and how graduates select to work for technology companies or build their own startups, instead of working in the financial service industry. Interview: Top US business school deans see similar trends in diversity, interest in startups (Nikkei Asian Review, 5/23/16)