The Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a conference in Tokyo last month on the development of Japan’s markets, policy and financial and business institutions. Toshihiko Fukui, governor of the Bank of Japan, delivered a keynote address on Japan’s evolving monetary policy. Participants in the two panel discussions included Junichi Ujiie, chairman of Nomura Holdings; Thierry Porte, CEO of Shinsei Bank; and David Weinstein, the Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy and the CJEB’s associate director of research. “For 20 years, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business has played an integral role in promoting knowledge and understanding of Japanese business and economics in an international context,” said Dean Glenn Hubbard. “The center is a prime example of Columbia Business School’s dedication to leading a worldwide information exchange between business leaders and the academic community linking academic thought leadership of the School and the marketplace.” The conference, titled “Japan’s Future Economic Directions,” was the first in a two-part celebration. On October 26, Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will give the keynote address at a second conference held at the School. The CJEB was founded in 1986 to increase understanding of the Japanese and Asia-Pacific economies through research, workshops, conferences and professional exchange.