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Jackson G. Lu PhD '18, Sloan School Career Development Associate Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a recipient of CJEB’s Doctoral Fellowship, has been featured in a new Nikkei article 《「竹の天井」が広く浸透　米国で東アジア系の初任給低く》  

The speech given by Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe at CJEB’s event, "Seven Reflections on Japan's Economy, Monetary Policy, and the Bank of Japan," was covered by Reuters, CNBC and other media outlets. Some of their coverage can be found below. BOJ's Wakatabe warns secular stagnation risk has yet to pass (Reuters, 2/27/2023)

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 "The UN Must Not Be Powerless." Professor Ito states in the article that, “The war in Ukraine has highlighted the shaky foundations of the international security order..."

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 Fiscal Dilemma." Professor Ito states in the article that, "Soon after announcing his intention to pay for the planned increase in Japan’s defense budget by raising taxes, fierce opposition, including from his own party, forced Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to backtrack.

Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, was quoted in the Bloomberg Article “Kuroda Ally Ito Sees Chance of BOJ Starting Policy Normalization in 2023.” The article discusses how “The Bank of Japan may be able to step toward normalizing policy this year by achieving its sustainable inflation target, according to Takatoshi Ito.”